The Avenue des Champs-yss as viewed from the Arc de Triomphe. The Arc de Triomphe borders the Avenue des Champs-yss on the west to create part of the "Axe historique", a combination of historic monuments and buildings that begin at the center of…
Emory writes to an unnamed doctor, asking for a letter of recommendation to Secretary of State William H. Seward for a consular position. In his letter, Emory discusses the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the public mood in Washington, D.C., as…