The country's first First Lady is the subject of a new documentary production which filmed scenes last week at Montpelier. The program, which depicts the life of Dolley Madison in her roles of ...

Dolley Payne is born in the Quaker community of New Garden (now part of Greensboro), North Carolina to parents John Payne and Mary Coles Payne. Dolley’s father, John Payne, liberates his slaves and ...

A circa 1846 portrait of Dolley Madison by John Plumbe Jr. Sotheby's Three years before her death in 1849 at age 81, Dolley Madison posed for photographer John Plumbe Jr. at his studio in Washington, ...

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Washington, DC, has acquired the earliest known photograph of a US first lady. The quarter-plate daguerreotype of former First Lady Dolley Madison, ...

Sotheby’s is offering a recently surfaced 1846 daguerreotype of Dolley Madison, who is credited with inventing the role of first lady. By Jennifer Schuessler Sometime around May 1846, Dolley Madison ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Sotheby’s made a ...

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has snagged the first known portrait of an American First Lady, buying the daguerreotype of Dolley Madison in its original leather case at Sotheby’s for ...

Carpenters' Hall re-creates the tea parties Dolley Madison hosted that helped build a young nation. Tuesday Tea with Dolley Madison at Carpenters Hall offers an array of scones, tea sandwiches, and ...

Before she moved to Washington, D.C., with America's fourth president, Dolley Madison lived in a brick house on Walnut Street. Over two centuries later, she's returning to her roots with an event ...