Chelsea's Big Day: A Brief History of White House Weddings

Brief History of White House Weddings
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Nellie Grant, 1874
Ulysses S. Grant's only daughter wed in the White House at the age of 18, in "perhaps the greatest American social event of the nineteenth century," according to presidential historian Doug Wead. Nellie's romance, which captivated the nation with its storybook overtones, began when she met Englishman Algernon Sartoris on an Atlantic cruise.

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