...touches the subject of lights at another entertainment, saying: "I went this evening to a party at Mr. Charles H. Russell's, given in honor of the bride,...than common, it gave out suddenly in the midst of a cotillion. This accident occasioned great merriment to the company, and some embarrassment to the host...

...be built, on a larger and more magnificent plan. The whole brought $765,100. December 30, 1836. — I went this evening to a party at Mrs. Charles H....very handsome on this occasion. The house is lighted by gas, and the quantity consumed being greater than common it gave out suddenly in the midst of a...

...evening to a party at Mrs. Charles H. Kussell's given in honor of the bride, Mrs. William H. Kussell. The splendid apartments of this fine house are well...very handsome on this occasion. The house is lighted by gas, and the quantity consumed being greater than common it gave out suddenly in the midst of a...