Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849 [Quotation for Mrs. Isaac Toucey]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02231.01 Author/Creator: Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph quotation signed Date: 6 March 1849 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy
Quotation of 17th century English writer Nicholas Breton, titled Truth, and dated 1616, copied out and signed by Madison. Inscribed "For Mrs. Toucey." "Truth is the glory of Time, and the daughter of Eternity; a title of the highest grace, and a note of divine nature . . . "
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