Meet First Lady Dolley Madison in Chit Chat with Dolley Madison™, a fascinating first-person performance presented by History At Play™, LLC. A historic opportunity to converse with Dolley Madison; ...
This circa 1846 daguerreotype of Dolley Madison, made by John Plumbe Jr., was purchased for $456,000 at auction in June. (Sotheby's) The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., has acquired an ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Kat Imhoff, president and CEO of the Montpelier Foundation, provided an overview of Dolley Madison, how she is remembered and her legacy. Dolley ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Nancy Kegan Smith talked about the origin of the role of the "First Lady" and the impact of Martha Washington, Abigail Adams and Dolley ...
Sometime around May 1846, Dolley Madison made her way from her home near the White House to the studio of an enterprising photographer who had begun a quixotic effort to create a daily publication ...
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 ...
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 ...