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

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

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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.

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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...

Dallas, George Mifflin, 1792-1864

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George Mifflin Dallas (July 10, 1792 – December 31, 1864) was an American politician and diplomat who served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1828 to 1829 and as the 11th vice president of the United States from 1845 to 1849. The son of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander J. Dallas, George Dallas attended elite preparatory schools before embarking on a legal career. He served as the private secretary to Albert Gallatin and worked for the Treasury Department and the Second Bank of the United Stat...

Madison, James, 1751-1836

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James Madison (1751-1836) was the fourth president of the United States, born in Port Conway, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia legislature from 1776 to 1780 and from 1784 to 1786, and the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1783. His proposals at and management of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 earned him title "father of the U.S. Constitution." He cooperated with Alexander Hamilton and Jay in writing a series of papers (pub. 1787-88 under title of The Federalist) explaining the ne...

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...

Lear, Frances Dandridge, fl. 1839,

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Farish, Catharine B., fl. 1830,

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Cutts, Richard, 1771-1845

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U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. From the description of Richard Cutts certificate, 1804 Nov. 5. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70977469 U.S. representative from Massachusetts. From the description of Letter, 1805 Jan. 21. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70941695 U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1810-1813; Superintendant General of military supplies, 1813-1817; Second Comptroller of the U...

Payne, Mary Coles, 1745-1808,

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Wheaton, Sally, fl. 1809,

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Harper & Brothers.

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Correspondence (129 letters) and typescript (unsigned) revisions and notes, 1954, (23 p.) concerning the publication of The Scope of Total Architecture by Walter Gropius. Includes 22 letters from Gropius. From the description of Correspondence with Walter Gropius, 1952-1956. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612369957 Publishing firm in New York City. From the description of Harper & Brothers Records 1817-1929. (Columbia University In the City of New ...

Bank of Virginia

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Winston, Lucy Coles,

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Causten, James H., 1788-1874

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Lawyer, from Washington, D.C. From the description of Scrapbook, 1816-1870. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19464979 ...

Steele, John, 1758-1827

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Todd, Charles Stewart, 1791-1871

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Frankfort, Kentucky lawyer, veteran of the War of 1812, Secretary of State of Kentucky and Minister to Russia, appointed by President Tyler. Rev. D.P. Henderson was from Kentucky, but had lived and served as a judge, in Illinois and knew Lincoln. From the description of Letters, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55941346 Charles Stewart Todd was born near Danville, Ky. He was a graduate of the College of William and Mary. He studied law under ...

Willis, Nelly A. Conway Madison, fl. 1804-1812,

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Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820

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British-born American architect best known for his design of the United States Capitol and other public buildings in the United States. -- Joseph Donath was a Philadelphia merchant who is best remembered for supplying glass to Thomas Jefferson. From the description of [Letter] 1805 Sep. 19, Ironhill, Del. [to] Jos. Donath & Co. / B. Henry Latrobe. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 245178736 British-born architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, most famous for designing the ...

Winston, Martha.

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