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Dolley Madison

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It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people's business.


— Dolley Madison


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Disaffection stalks around us.


— Dolley Madison


#stalks #us

Two messengers covered with dust come to bid me fly, but I wait for him.


— Dolley Madison


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And now, dear sister, I must leave this house or the retreating army will make me a prisoner in it by filling up the road I am directed to take.


— Dolley Madison


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At this late hour a wagon has been procured, and I have had it filled with plate and the most valuable portable articles, belonging to the house.


— Dolley Madison


#been #belonging #filled #had #hour

It is done... the precious portrait placed in the hands of the gentlemen for safe keeping.


— Dolley Madison


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Our private property must be sacrificed.


— Dolley Madison


#our #private #private property #property #sacrificed

When I shall again write to you, or where I shall be tomorrow, I cannot tell.


— Dolley Madison


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Did you know about Dolley Madison?

Several magazines of that time also used the "Dolly" spelling such as The Knickerbocker February 1837 p. They stretched to take a large house as Dolley believed entertaining would be important in the capital. During this time Dolley Madison organized and copied her husband's papers.

Her success as a hostess contributed to increasing the popularity of Madison as president. During the previous administration of Thomas Jefferson a widower and their friend Dolley Madison occasionally acted as First Lady for him to fulfill the ceremonial functions more usually associated with the President's wife. She also aided in the completion and furnishing the interior of the newly constructed White House.

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