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Tag Archives: James Madison
Thomas Jefferson’s Merry Party
Thomas Jefferson was a sophisticated gentleman, not usually associated with rudeness, but… President Jefferson’s Hosting Attitudes Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) had grown up in a time and place of elegance and form. As a young student at William and Mary, he … Continue reading
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Tagged "pell-mell", Ambassador Anthony Merry, Ambassador's wife Elizabeth Merry, American history, British Minister Anthony Merry, Dolley Madison, early Washington DC, Feather Schwartz Foster, George Washington's Secretary of State, history, James Madison, President Thomas Jefferson, Presidential history, Secretary of State James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, THomas Jefferson's entertaining style, US history, White House history
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James Madison’s Romantic Lesson
James Madison, a bachelor of 43, had a history of romantic disappointment. The Non-Imposing Jemmy Madison James Madison (1751-1836) was a man of small physical stature, anywhere between 5′ and 5’6″ tall, depending on which sources you espouse. But no … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Burr, American history, Colonia history, Congressman James Madison, Dolley Madison, Dolley Madison's first husband, Dolley Madison's friend Eliza Lee, Dolley Payne Todd Maidison, Eliza Lee, Feather Schwartz Foster, George Washington, history, James Madison, John Payne Todd, PResident George Washington, President Washington's Private Address to Mistress Todd, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, The Great Little Madison, the Widow Todd, Thomas Jefferson, US history
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Dolley Madison’s Wednesday Squeezes
It did not start out to be a major event – but it became the benchmark of Washington society for nearly two decades. Washington 1801: Martha Washington and Abigail Adams, were both in their late fifties when they became First … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, American First Ladies, American history, Catherine Allgor, Dolley Madison, Entertaining at the White House, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Dolley Madison, Historian Catherine Allgor, history, James Madison, MArtha Washington, Mrs. Madison, President James Madison, President Thomas Jefferson, Presidential history, Secretary of State James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, White House history
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The White House Nellie Weddings
White House Weddings Before Ulysses S. Grant was even born, there had been weddings in the White House. During James Madison’s administration, Dolley Madison’s widowed sister married her second husband, Thomas Todd. Some years later, James Monroe’s daughter Maria Hester … Continue reading
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Tagged Algernon Sartoris, American history, Dolley Madison, Eleanor Randolph Wilson, Ellen Wilson, Ellen Wrenshall Grant, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Family history, Grant son-in-las Sartoris, history, James Madison, James Monroe, Jessie Woodrow Wilson, John Adams II, John Quincy Adams, Julia Grant, Maria Hester Monroe, Nell Wilson McAdoo, Nellie Grant, Nellie Grant Sartoris, President Grant, President U.S. Grant, President Woodrow Wilson, Treasury Secretary William G. McAdoo, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, Weddings in the White House, White House history, White House weddings, William G.McAdoo, Woodrow Wilson
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Mrs. Madison: The Most Popular First Lady Ever
Other First Ladies have been better looking, more intellectual or talented. But no one has ever been more popular. Everybody Knew Dolley Dolley Madison (1768-1849) was arguably the best known woman in the United States during the first half of … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Congressman James Madison, Dolley Madison, Dolley Madison the political hostess, Dolley Payne Todd Madison, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Dolley Madison, George Washington, history, James Madison, Lady Washington's levees, Mrs. Madison, President James Madison, Presidential histor, The Great Little Madison, the Widow Todd, Thomas Jefferson, US history, White House history
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Mrs. Madison: The Widow Dolley
The widowed Dolley Madison spent the last decade of her life in poor finances, but rich in friendships. The Legacy of James Madison James Madison was eighty-five years old when he died, frail, nearly blind from cataracts, but mentally alert. … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Dolley Madison, Dolley Payne Todd Madison, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Dolley Madison, history, James Madison, James Madison's Constitutional Congress diaries, Madison stepson Payne Todd, Montpelier, Payne Todd, President James Madison, Presidential history, White House history
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Dolley Madison’s Heartache: Payne Todd
Dolley and James Madison had no children of their own. John Payne Todd was the son of her first marriage. Dolley and James Madison Are Wed The Widow Todd, as she was then called, was helping manage her mother’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Dolley Madison, Dolley Madison's son Payne Todd, Dolley Payne Todd Madison, Dolley's son Payne, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, history, James Madison, Madison stepson, Montpelier, Payne Todd, President James Madison, Presidential families, Presidential history, Presidential wives, US history, White House history
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Dolley Madison and the Inaugural Ball
Dolley Madison was already a superstar when James Madison was elected President in 1808. The Early Inaugurals The inaugurations of George Washington had been solemn affairs, both in New York City and Philadelphia. No government of the “we the people” … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Dolley Madison, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Dolley Madison, George Washington, history, Inaugural Balls, James Madison, John Adams, PResident George Washington, President James Madison, President John Adams, President Thomas Jefferson, Presidential history, The Inaugural Ball, Thomas Jefferson, White House history
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Dolley Madison in Plain Clothes
For the first twenty-five years of her life, Dolley Payne Todd Madison wore Quaker gray gowns and bonnets. Dolley: A Strict Upbringing Dolley Payne (1768-1849) was born and raised into a strict Quaker family. Her father, John Payne, was a … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Dolley Madison, Dolley Madison and Philadelphia boarding house, Dolley Madison as a Quaker, Dolley Madison in Philadelphia, Dolley Payne, Dolley Payne Todd Madison, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, history, James Madison, MArtha Washington, Martha Washington's Philadelphia levees, Presidential wives
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Dolley Madison Saves Washington: Part II
Within hours after Dolley Madison “rescued” the portrait of George Washington, British Redcoats marched in and torched the city. The British Invade Washington Politicians and military personnel alike were surprised when the British Army targeted Washington, DC. In 1814 the … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Burning of Washington, Dolley Madison, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Dolley Madison, history, James Madison, John Tayloe III, Octagon House, President James Madison, Presidential history, Presidential wives, Sir George Cockburn, The War of 1812, US history, War of 1812, White House history
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