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Causten, James H., 1788-1874,. Dolley Madison papers [manuscript], 1804-1849, undated.

Title: Dolley Madison papers [manuscript], 1804-1849, undated.

The collection contains 5 letters from Nelly Conway Madison Willis to Dolley Madison relating news of family and friends. Of interest is a letter to Harpers concerning publication of Madison's papers and a letter from [Benjamin H.?] Latrobe concerning his wife's pain and necessary use of laudanum. Other correspondents include Richard Cutts, Catharine B. Farish, [B. H. ?] Latrobe, Frances Dandridge Lear, John Steele, C. S. Todd, Sally Wheaton, Dolley Coles Winston, Lucy Coles Winston, Martha Winston. The collection also contains documents signed by Dolley Madison as executrix of James Madison's estate. The documents include orders on the cashier of the Branch Bank of Virginia at Fredericksburg for payments designated int the will of madison to his niece and nephews Conway C. Macon, Henry Macon, Erasmus T. Rose, William Madison, Jr., Cattell Madison, James Madison Hite, and Rebecca Chapman. There is also an order for payment to Eliza Madison, guardian of the three sons of Robert S. Madison, and a promissory note drawn to the order of J. M. Cutts. Invitations and social notes addressed to Dolley Maidosn complete the collection. In addition there is some correspondence of other family members, particularly C. S. Todd and John Payne Todd, including a letter from George Mifflin Dallas and letters to James H. Causten and Mary Coles Payne.

ArchivalResource: 42 items.

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