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From 1789 to 1797, Madison served in the House of Representatives that he had helped set up, found time to marry a buxom widow named Dolley Todd, and, with honors enough for any bookish man, retired to Virginia to lead the life of a gentleman farmer. But when Thomas Jefferson became President in 1801, he summoned his good friend Madison to become his Secretary of State. And before Jefferson left the presidency in 1809, he successfully named Madison as his successor...
Only November could tell whether, as Anderson hoped, the voters would bless the Republicans for the surplus-or whether, as an aftermath of big spending promises made during the campaign, the surplus might some day wind up in the Smithsonian with such artifacts of the good old days as Dolley Madison's inauguration gown and the Spirit of St. Louis...
After his off-the-record chat with State Representative Steve Dolley one day last week, Reporter Paul Crooke of North Carolina's daily Gastonia Gazette (circ. 20,491) tossed a memo on the crowded desk of Managing Editor Bob Hallman. Gist of the memo: Dolley, a onetime Gazette staffer, was only pleasing officials of nearby Bessemer City when he introduced a bill to reorganize their courts, had "no desire that the bill pass," was convinced that "it has no chance whatever"-and wanted the Gazette to kill any stories about it. Somehow, in the deadline shuffle, the memo...
Announcing the permanent loan of a 19th century dress, Washington's Smithsonian museum casually dropped a small footnote to American history. In its statement, the Smithsonian said that the gown once belonged to Dolley (not Dolly) Madison, wife of the nation's fourth President, justified the spelling by recent research at the University of Chicago on the James Madison papers, proving that the famed White House hostess had indeed used the "e" herself. Among references due for a change: the Encyclopaedia Britannica, which calls her Dorothy, the Encyclopedia Americana, which lists her as Dolly...
...first two volumes on the life of Madison, Author Irving Brant called her "Dolly"; in the third volume - James Madison: Father of the Constitution, 1787-1800 (Bobbs-Merrill) - he switches to "Dolley." Says Biographer Brant: "Dolley Madison's spelling of her name became apparent the instant family manuscripts were looked into. She, her husband, her son and her lawyers all spelled it 'Dolley.' It appears that way in the original text of legal documents, but is commonly changed to 'Dolly' in copies made by clerks. Her correspondence with the sculptor [John H.] Browere specifically rejects...