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	The Fourth First Lady — Dolley Madison - History
		Dolley Payne was born in North Carolina in 1768 to John and Mary Payne.
		Dolley was a warm, charming, and gracious hostess as she served in the difficult new city of Washington.
		Dolley Madison’s grace and vivaciousness once again served her well as the performed her duties as wife of a head of state.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art4997.asp (625 words)

	The White House Historical Association > Classroom
		Madison prior to her hasty escape, the circumstances under which the painting and other national valuables were saved are described in detail.
		Dolley Madison's rescue of George Washington's portrait secured her place as a legendary figure in American history, although she had made a name for herself in many other ways.
		Although Dolley Madison fled the White House only hours earlier, taking with her state papers, important pieces of silver and the ultimate symbol of the country, the full length portrait of George Washington, she had expected to serve dinner to 40 military and cabinet officers accompanied by her husband.
	www.whitehousehistory.org /04/subs/04_b_1812.html (1540 words)

	SparkNotes: James Madison: Dolley Madison
		Madison desired to make her acquaintance, and in early 1794, his old school friend Aaron Burr (famous for besting Alexander Hamilton in a fatal duel several years later) introduced him to her.
		Madison by his side, he was better able to forge the sort of social alliances that are always helpful in politics.
		Dolley Madison was beloved throughout Washington, and the women of the city called her "Lady Madison." She gained the warm gratitude of many Washingtonians and Americans throughout the country during the War of 1812.
	www.sparknotes.com /biography/madison/section6.rhtml (735 words)

	STRENGTH AND HONOR: The Life of Dolly Madison By Richard N. Côté
		The reason is simple: Dolley was extremely fortunate in that when she married Madison, her papers were considered to be an equal part of the papers of the president.
		Because of his many courtesies to Dolley and her mother (in Philadelphia, Burr was living in Mary Payne's boarding house), and to assure her son a good education in case she died, Burr became his guardian." Dolley Madison would, however, end her days in financial straits.
		When Madison served as Jefferson's Secretary of State it was Dolley who assumed the role of official hostess at the President's House, and continued in that position for sixteen years when her husband succeeded Jefferson as president.
	www.bookdoctor.com /corinthian/cote/dolley.html (3077 words)

	Indian King Tavern Museum: Dolley Madison in Haddonfield
		Dolley Madison, who was a beloved national figure as First Lady, also became famous for her culinary skills and flair for fashion.
		And although, as a Quaker, Dolley Payne was prohibited from dancing, she is said to have taken a particular delight in the social excitement and pageantry of the affairs as well as in high-spirited interactions with her aunt and uncle and cousins as they played gregarious hosts to the thirsty crowds.
		In 1794, Dolley married Madison and was officially expelled from the Society of Friends for marrying outside the faith.
	www.levins.com /ik8.html (1374 words)

	Dolley Madison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dolley Todd married James Madison on September 14, 1794.
		During her husband's political life, Dolley Madison was noted as a gracious hostess, whose sassy, ebullient personality, love of feathered turbans, and passion for snuff (tobacco) seemed at odds with her Quaker upbringing.
		However, probably her most lasting achievement was her rescue of valuable treasures, including state papers and a Gilbert Stuart painting of George Washington, from the White House before it was burned by the British army in 1814.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dolley_Madison (509 words)

	Dolley Madison (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Dolley Payne, a Quaker, was born on May 20, 1768 in Guilford County, North Carolina.
		James Madison suffered from arthritis in his later years and was unable to write so Dolley spent much of her time letting him dictate his correspondence.
		Dolley was the first to serve ice cream in the White House, during the Jefferson administration.
	www.montpelier.org /history/dolley.cfm (325 words)

	Wikinfo \| James Madison (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Madison was born in King George County, Virginia.
		Madison's arguments were powerfully influenced by the political thought of Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu.
		In 1794, Madison married his wife Dolley (Dolley Madison), who cut as attractive and vivacious figure as he a sickly and antisocial one.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=James_Madison (884 words)

	Biography of Dolley Madison
		She always called herself Dolley, and by that name the New Garden Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends, in Piedmont, North Carolina, recorded her birth to John and Mary Coles Payne, settlers from Virginia.
		Dolley grew up in the strict discipline of the Society, but nothing muted her happy personality and her warm heart.
		Blessed with a desire to please and a willingness to be pleased, Dolley made her home the center of society when Madison began, in 1801, his eight years as Jefferson's Secretary of State.
	www.whitehouse.gov /history/firstladies/dm4.html (512 words)

	Dolley Madison biography
		Because James Madison was an Episcopalian, Dolley was ostracized from the Society of Friends (Quakers) for marrying outside her faith.
		Dolley took to Washington, D.C., society like a duck takes to water, and she was given a golden opportunity when Thomas Jefferson, a widower, asked her to serve as his hostess at White House social functions.
		Once Dolley Madison became first lady in 1809, her status as the central figure of Washington society was confirmed.
	www.lkwdpl.org /wihohio/madi-dol.htm (924 words)

	History's Women
		Dolley’s father John Payne was a Virginia farmer and her mother Mary was a sister of Patrick Henry’s mother.
		Dolley was an indulgent mother who sympathetically tolerated his lack of ambition, and even Madison came to see that encouraging him to acquire a profession was a lost cause.
		Madison was re-elected in 1812, and as the couple remained in the White House the stage was set for one of Dolley’s most well known feats.
	www.historyswomen.com /1stWomen/dolleymadison.html (2270 words)

	Biography of James Madison
		At his inauguration, James Madison, a small, wizened man, appeared old and worn; Washington Irving described him as "but a withered little apple-John." But whatever his deficiencies in charm, Madison's buxom wife Dolley compensated for them with her warmth and gaiety.
		A student of history and government, well-read in law, he participated in the framing of the Virginia Constitution in 1776, served in the Continental Congress, and was a leader in the Virginia Assembly.
		Madison made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing, with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, the Federalist essays.
	www.whitehouse.gov /history/presidents/jm4.html (603 words)

	dolleymadison
		While Dolley Madison may be best known to us today as either the name of a pastry company or because she used snuff, to her contemporaries she was a widely honored, respected and beloved figure.
		Dolley retained a sense of amused tolerance at the attention she had caused during these final years.
		As she grew older, Dolley was baptized and confirmed at the Episcopal church she attended, and also drew up a will giving half of her $20,000 trust fund to Payne Todd and the other half to the loyal niece she had adopted.
	www.historyswomen.com /earlyamerica/dolleymadison.html (2009 words)

	The James Madison Research Library and Information Center
		Madison never received any endorsement revenue from use of her name and popularity, and lived in relative poverty in her last years.
		Madison compensated for her husband's moderation and became the heroine of the War of 1812.(Read Dolley Madison’s recounting of the British invasion)
		It was a state occasion, attended by the president, the cabinet officers, the diplomatic corps, members of the House and Senate, the justices of the Supreme Court, officers of the army and navy, the mayor and city leaders, and "citizens and strangers." [more].
	www.madisonbrigade.com /library_jm_d_madison.htm (1345 words)

	American President (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Dolley Madison was thus aware of the perks, responsibilities, and the criticism inherent in the job and was the first presidential spouse to fully embrace the role.
		While Dolley Madison had accommodated herself to the informal style of entertaining required in the Jefferson White House, she reinstated some of the formality of earlier administrations when she became hostess in her own right.
		The first presidential spouse to renovate the White House, Dolley Madison was revered as a hostess and fashion trendsetter.
	www.americanpresident.org /history/jamesmadison/firstlady (650 words)

	Dolley Madison - The Story of Virginia
		Dolley (Payne) Todd Madison (1768–1849) lived through three wars, knew eleven presidents, and was a gracious and influential personality in the political landscape of Washington for fifty years.
		Dolley, seventeen years younger than her husband, outgoing and socially skilled, was a contrast and a complement to James, a brilliant yet reserved statesman who valued his wife's abilities as a host.
		The Madisons lived at his Orange County estate, Montpelier, until President Thomas Jefferson appointed James as his Secretary of State in 1801.
	www.vahistorical.org /sva2003/dm.htm (298 words)

	Dolley Madison, Lucretia Garfield, and Edith Wilson:Manuscript Division
		Dolley Madison, Lucretia Garfield, and Edith Wilson:Manuscript Division
		The papers of Dolley Madison (1768-1849) [catalog record] were among the first materials acquired by the division when they were transferred to the Library from the Smithsonian Institution in 1866, seventeen years after her death.
		As the young widow of John Todd Jr., Dolley married James Madison in 1794, and from 1801 to 1809 she acted as White House hostess for fellow Virginian Thomas Jefferson while her husband served as the president's secretary of state.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/awhhtml/awmss5/madison.html (624 words)

	Dolley Madison (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Madison first served as "unofficial first lady" during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, a widower, while her husband served as secretary of state.
		Madison returned to Washington where her home once again became a center of social life.
		Dolley Payne Madison was the wife of President James Madison and one of the most famous First Ladies in U. History.
	dolleymadison.org (490 words)

	DOLLEY MADISON: AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL
		Dolley was born in Guilford County, North Carolina.
		Dolley, on the other hand, was able to charm even her husband's opponents.
		Dolley Madison is indeed one of the greatest women in American history.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/presidents_and_first_ladies/37392 (555 words)

	Dolly Madison: Notable Women of Early America - Archiving Early America
		Dolly Madison was a granddaughter of John Payne, an English gentleman who migrated to Virginia early in the 18th century.
		Her enormous popularity as a hostess is credited with Madison's re-election to a second term.
		During the burning of the White House by the British in 1814, confronted by confusion and terror, she removed the portrait of George Washington from the house, saving it from the devastation that followed.
	www.earlyamerica.com /earlyamerica/notable/madisond (228 words)

	The War of 1812
		It was rapidly dawning on President Madison that he'd been wrong to entrust the defence of the capital to Secretary of War John Armstrong who, even now, refused to admit the British would ever attack Washington.
		Dolley was now packing state papers and wondering how she might save Gilbert Stuart's priceless full-length portrait of George Washington.
		It would be another thirty-six hours before Dolley was reunited with her "dear Jemmy," and several days before she would see Washington again, to find the Mansion she had so lovingly decorated three years before was now a soot-flened shell.
	www.galafilm.com /1812/e/people/dollymadison_let.html (612 words)

	James Madison
		James Madison, the fourth president of the United States (1809-1817), is recognized as the "Father of the Constitution." He helped craft the original document and co-wrote the Federalist Papers, which helped get the Constitution approved by the states.
		Madison was a shy man who married the very outgoing Dolley Payne Todd.
		During the War of 1812, first lady Dolley Madison saved many White House artifacts and her husband narrowly escaped death when the British burned Washington.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/madison (118 words)

	Dolley Madison, First Lady
		Dolley Payne was born on May 20, 1768 to John and Mary Payne.
		James Madison became Secretary of State and he and Dolley moved to Washington, D.C. Dolley gave elegant parties and she was called the "Queen of Washington City."
		Madison had a green parrot as a pet while she was First Lady.
	www.classroomhelp.com /lessons/FirstLadies/DMadison.html (213 words)

	Explore DC: Dolley Madison
		Dolley's outgoing and vivacious personality was a remarkable asset to Madison's political career.
		When she was finally forced to leave the mansion by frantic advisors, Dolley insisted on taking with her in her carriage the portrait of George Washington by American portraitist Gilbert Stuart.
		Dolley Madison was 17 years younger than her husband.
	www.exploredc.org /index.php?id=195 (301 words)

	Dolley Madison (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		She was born Dolley Payne on May 20, 1768, in what is now Greensboro, Guilford County.
		Dolley is best known for her heroic actions in the War of 1812.
		President Madison was with his soldiers outside the city, but Dolley was in the White House.
	ncmuseumofhistory.org /workshops/womenshistory/Dolley.htm (461 words)

	Dolly Madison on the Burning of Washington - 1814
		This is taken from a letter by First Lady Dolley Madison to her sister, Anna, written the day before Washington, D.C. was burned by British forces during the War of 1812.
		Madison fled she rendezvoused with her husband, and together, from a safe distance, they watched Washington burn.
		Madison safe, so that he can accompany me, as I hear of much hostility towards him.
	www.nationalcenter.org /WashingtonBurning1814.html (561 words)

	Dolley Madison Biography (U.S. First Lady) — Infoplease.com
		Dolley Madison - Madison, Dolley, 1768–1849, wife of President James Madison, b.
		James Madison - James Madison Born: 3/16/1751 Birthplace: Port Conway, Va. James Madison was born in Port Conway,...
		Memoirs and Letters of Dolly Madison, Wife of James Madison, President of the United States.: Wife of James Madison, President of the United States (Kennikat...
	www.infoplease.com /biography/var/dolleymadison.html (396 words)

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