Life and Letters of Dolly Madison + Bonus

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Life and Letters
Of
Dolly
Madison
By Allen C. Clark 1914
517 Pages, profusely illustrated,
indexed, searchable
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Bonus Book –
Memoirs and Letters
Of
Dolly
Madison
Edited By Her Grand-niece, 1886
224 Pages, illustrated, searchable
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Bonus Book –
Dolly
Madison
By Maud Wilder Goodwin1914
316 Pages, indexed, searchable
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DOLLEY PAYNE TODD MADISON
Born:
Guilford County
,
North Carolina
Date: 1768, May 20
Father:
John Payne, born, 1736, Goochland County, Virginia; believed to have initially been a planter; once he
emancipated his slaves
(according to then-prevailing Quaker belief) and moved to Philadelphia in 1783,
Payne opened a small laundry starch-making business which failed. He died, 1792, October 24.
Mother:
Mary Coles Payne, born 1745, married 1761 in Hanover County, Virginia; Mary Coles was a Quaker,
John Payne an Episcopalian. In 1764, he applied for membership in her meeting house and was accepted.
In 1766, they moved to
North Carolina
with other Quaker families. In 1769, they returned to
Virginia
.
In 1783, they settled in
Philadelphia
.
After her husband's 1792 death, Mary Payne briefly opened their home to boarders, including Congressman
Aaron Burr of
New York
. Several years later, Burr introduced the widowed Dolley Todd to Congressman
James Madison of
Virginia
. In 1793 Mary Payne moved to "Harewood," the home of her daughter Lucy
Washington, in
Berkeley Springs
,
West Virginia
. She died at home of Mary Jackson, 1807,October.
Ancestry:
Irish, Scottish, French, English; Dolley Madison's maternal grandfather, William Coles, was born in 1703
in Enniscarthy, Ireland, immigrated to and died in
Virginia
in 1781. Her paternal great-great grandfather
John Fleming was born in
Scotland
in 1627, immigrated to and died in
Virginia
in 1686. Her paternal
great-great-great grandfather John Payne was born in 1615 in
England
and immigrated to and died in
Virginia
in 1690. Her paternal great-great-great grandparents Cornelius Dabney (born, 1640) and
Susanna Swan (born, 1644) were born in
France
and immigrated to and died in
Virginia
.
Religious Affiliation:
Born into the Quaker faith, but expelled after her marriage to non-Quaker James Madison; attended
Episcopalian services, and was confirmed in that faith in 1845, July 15 at St. John's Church, Washington, D.C.
Education:
No record exists of any formal education; although Philadelphia's Pine Street Meeting, to which the
Paynes belonged, did offer class instructions for girls as well as boys, Dolley Payne was 15 years old
at the time she moved to Philadelphia and was past the usual age for school.
Second Marriage:
26 years old, married 1794, September 15, "Harewood" estate,
Charlestown
,
West Virginia
to James
Madison (1751-1836), planter, U.S. Congressman (Virginia); following their wedding, lived in
Madison
's
elegant three-story
Spruce Street
brick house until his retirement in 1797, when they moved to the
Madison
family plantation, "
Montpelier
," in
Orange
,
Virginia
.
Occupation after Marriage:
Although she assumed the traditional role of wife and housekeeper following her first marriage, Dolley
Todd also had the assistance of her younger sister Anna, who lived with her and there is suggestion that
she was of help to John Todd in his legal work. Following her second marriage and then her 1797 move
to
Madison
's
Virginia
estate, Dolley Madison assumed not only household management of the plantation
and slaves, but also cared for her elderly mother-in-law who lived there.
James Madison served as Secretary of State in the Administration of his friend, President Thomas Jefferson,
from 1801 to 1809, and the Madisons moved to Washington, D.C.
At those receptions and dinners which the widowed President felt necessitated a female co-host, he asked
Dolley Madison to aide him. While she was not a presidential wife or in any way given an official
designation, her exposure to the political and diplomatic figures who were guests of the President, as well as to
the general public who came to meet him, provided her with a lengthy experience as a White House hostess.
Notably, she also took a large public role in the fundraising effort that supported the exploration of the
Louisiana
Territory
by explorers Lewis and Clark. These eight years of fore-knowledge and opportunity to consciously create
her own public persona were the crucial factor that enabled her to shape what was only a marital relationship
to the President into a genuine public role that was soon called "Presidentress" by some chroniclers.
Death:
Her home,
Washington
,
D.C.
1849, July 12
81 years old
Burial:
Initially buried in the Congressional Cemetery,
Washington
,
D.C.
, later re-interred at
Montpelier
estate,
Orange
,
Virginia
*According to legend, it was at Dolley Madison's funeral that incumbent President
Zachary Taylor eulogized her as "First Lady," perhaps thus being the first known
use of the title in connection with a president's wife. No record of his eulogy is extant.
Contents-Life and Letters
1. 1768—1799
7
II. 1800—1808 35
III. 1809—1811 97
IV. 1812—1816
125
V. 1817—1830 203
VI. 1831—1834 241
VII. 1835—1840 265
VIII. 1841—1844 303
IX. 1845—1847 353
X. 1848—1849 401
XI. Apropos - 483
Dolly Madison Breakfast - - - - - - 497
Appendix A. Cutts' Genealogy 501
B. Will of John Todd, Junior 502
C. Will of Dolly P. Madison 503
D. Disposition of personal effects of Mrs.
Madison
504
E. Catalogue of portraits of Mrs. Madison - 505
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