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to Eliza Brooke, Jr.

News of a Quaker community in Philadelphia, where she had recently moved. Includes comments on the marriage of local couples. Signed "D. Payne."

GLC05102

to James Madison

Dates letter Thursday. Discusses President John Quincy Adams' State of the Union Address before Congress on 4 December 1827 and comments that it did not move her either negatively or positively. Observes that some may be critical of it because he...

GLC01812

to James T. Austin

Elbridge Gerry remarks that the governor of Massachusetts, Caleb Strong, "displayed his british colours," referring to Strong not allowing the Federal Government to recruit troops for the War of 1812 in his state. He notes that President Madison...

GLC00239

[Quotation for Miss Saltonstall]

Poetically compares human actions to nature. "The passions were like sounds of nature, only heard in her solitude! Our senses may captivate us with beauty but in absence we can forget . . ." Inscribed to Miss Saltonstall.

GLC03010.01

to Richard Cutts

Asks for more time to repay her debt to her niece and Cutts' daughter, Mary Cutts, and blames her delay in paying on bad weather and the roads, which have caused others not to repay her. Mentions that P. (John Payne Todd, her son) is still in...

GLC03191

to Miss Saltonstall

Thanks her for her kind thoughts. Comments that she is glad Saltonstall was able to sample figs from the southern climate. Mentions travel plans and her health, stating "I should have been with you yesterday but was obliged to sleep - I hope Dr...

GLC03010.02

to unknown

Writes to an unknown dear friend that she is very disappointed they could not see each other. Remarks that she would not have passed through Winchester, Virginia without visiting her, but her mother was expecting her arrival at her the home of her...

GLC01813

[Portraits of First Ladies Elizabeth Monroe and Dolley Madison]

One copy of a double sided printing of First Elizabeth Monroe and on the reverse side a portrait of First Lady Edith Roosevelt. Portrait of Elizabeth Monroe was painted by Benjamin West. The portrait of Dolley Madison was originally painted by...

GLC08878.2143

D.P. Madison

One print of Dolley Madison dated 1872. Engraved by Johnson, Fry & Co., from an original painting by Alonzo Chappel.

GLC08878.1233

[Portrait of Dolley Madison]

One print of Dolley Madison by an unknown artist.

GLC08878.1234