Papers concerning and to Dolley Payne Todd Madison [manuscript] 1810-49.

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Papers concerning and to Dolley Payne Todd Madison [manuscript] 1810-49.

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Chiefly letters and invitations to Dolley Madison from: F.C. Clabbe, Theodosia B. David, Ellen Fletcher, Anthony Morris, Gertrude Kemble Paulding, William Cabell Rives, Julia Maria Dickinson Tayloe, Mrs. M.E. Van Ness, and Mrs. M.W. Van Zandt [42 items] -- Letter [draft, 1849] writer unknown, describing Mrs. Madison's last illness [2 p. 20 cm. holograph signed] -- Letters, ca. 1811-36 & n.d. to John Payne Todd from Lucy H. Cutts, Dorothea Payne Madison Cutts, A.I. Dalean and Anne Payne Causten. Dalean asks for figures on rent and repair of Pres. Madison's house, Dorothea Cutts discusses money Dolley is sending Todd, Anne Causten discusses Dolley's illness and the editing of the Debates [4 items]. Letter [draft 1949] describing Mrs. Madison's last illness is probably written by Elizabeth Collins Lee to her son Zaccheus Collins Lee.

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Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849

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Dolley Madison, the fourth First Lady of the United States, is widely remembered as the most lively of the early First Ladies. As a prominent entertainer and hostess, she helped shape the role of First Lady and served as the model for every future First Lady to come. Dolley Payne was born on May 20, 1768, in Guilford County, North Carolina. She was the fourth of eight children born to John and Mary Payne. The family moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1783. In 1790, Dolley Payne married la...

David, Theodosia B.,

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Causten, Anne Payne, 1819-1852,

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Van Zandt, M. W., Mrs.,

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Tayloe, Julia Maria Dickinson, d. 1846,

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Van Ness, M. E., Mrs.,

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Dalean, A. I.,

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Lee, Elizabeth Collins, -1858. Elizabeth Collins Lee papers.

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Todd, John Payne, 1792-1858

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John Payne Todd was the son of Dolley Payne and her first husband, John Todd. After Todd's death, Dolley Payne married President James Madison, making John Payne Todd Madison's stepson. Todd had a weakness for gambling, and was unsuccessful in an assignment seeking Russia's help to end the War of 1812. After the death of President Madison, Dolley Madison was forced to sell Montpelier, the family plantation, to pay her son's debts. From the description of John Payne Todd correspondenc...

Cutts, Lucy Henry Southall

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Bromsen, Maury A.

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JoseĢ Toribio Medina (1852-1930) was a Chilean historian, bibliographer, author, editor, translator, and publisher. He published over 300 different works during his life. Maury A. Bromsen (1919-2005) was an expert in, and a collector of materials relating to, colonial Spanish America, particularly pertaining to printing, publishing, and the bibliographers of that time. In the 1950s he served as a member of the Department of Cultural Affairs for the Pan American Union (later the Organization of A...

Rives, William C. (William Cabell), 1793-1868

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William Cabell Rives was the son of Robert and Margaret Jordan (Cabell) Rives. He was educated at Hampden-Sydney College and at the College of William and Mary where he graduated in 1809. He studied law and politics under Thomas Jefferson. Rives served in the War of 1812 and in the Virginia House of Delegates. After his marriage, he lived at "Castle Hill," Albemarle County, Va. Rives served in the U. S. House of Representatives, 1823-1829 and in the U. S. Senate. He also was minister to France a...

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Paulding, Gertrude Kemble, d. 1841,

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Fletcher, Ellen

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Lee, Zaccheus Collins, 1805-1859

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