Tag Archives: Secretary of State James Madison

Dolley Madison: Medium Payne

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Feather Foster

The Promise of Payne Payne Todd had no memory of his natural father who died in a cholera epidemic when his toddler son was a year old. Aside from the fact that his mother remarried a year later to one … Continue reading →

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Jefferson, Madison and Mellimelli

Posted on March 18, 2024 by Feather Foster

Piracy was not new in 1800. It had been around for centuries. The Barbary Pirates For centuries, North African countries then part of the Ottoman Empire, augmented their respective economies by state-sponsoring rogue pirates to plague commercial shipping on the … Continue reading →

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Dolley Madison: The Recipe Swap

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Feather Foster

  Just as the Madison parlor was always full, so was their dining table. The Early Madison Years When the young widow Dolley Payne Todd became Mrs. James Madison in 1794, their first two years were spent in Philadelphia, then … Continue reading →

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Dolley Madison’s Merry Party

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

The position of Secretary of State is the country’s premier diplomatic post. James Madison and the Merrys Anthony Merry was the first British Minister Plenipotentiary (considered Ambassador) sent to the United States. He and his uber pretentious wife Elizabeth were … Continue reading →

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Thomas Jefferson’s Merry Party

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

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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Dolley Madison’s Wednesday Squeezes

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Feather Schwartz Foster

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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