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DOLLY MADISON. BY Maude Wilder
Goodwin. with portraits. Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons New York 1896. Women of
Colonial and Revolutionary Times. PIP.
2sG Price $50 The j. w. Randolph
Company. Richmond. Va.
Mrs. Madison was Dorothea Payne, and
was born in North Carolina, though her
parents were residents OF Hanover coun-
Nv. Va, where, IN an old-held school. she
learned her A, b. C's. Her father was
a Quaker. and inclined to be deyout and
orthodox. Dollys Quakerism was modi-
fed by her surroundings and by her
loving NANNY Amy" who. African-ike'
was fond OF jewelry and other fnery. In
1873 John Payne manumitted his slaves ana
removed to Philadelphia, where. IN que
course Of time, Dolly became the wite
of John Todd lawyer Of good standing
and promise He took h7r and
their two sons to a place OF safety ana
returned to the plague-stricken; yet in
October. 1898. he died Of it in her arms,
leaving her a widow with one son, ana
only moderately provided for II became
a pity that the otner boy was not taken
also. for he proved 10 be thorn in her
noble heart.
In 17et Aaron Burr, United states
senator from New York, asked and oo-
tanned her permission to introduce to her
James Madison, who was a MEMBER OF
the lower house OF Congress from VIZ
ginia. She was young and very attrac-
tive and he was already snitten Win her
charms. With the hearty approval OF
General Washington and his wife, she &c.
cepted Madison's offer OF marriage ana
her grand career as an ornament ana
model Of American women not only ran
on with his but extended for years ar
forwards on the very theatre. to which
he. as a Cabinet officer and two-term
President had introduced her. In the
mean while she had retired with him 10
Montpelier and presided over 1t In such
a manner as TO show that she had not
made any descent from the White
House"
Her biographer does not do full Justice to
her moral and domestic greatness De-
cause she does not view IT from the
right point-the womanly and the wifeiy.
Correctly regarded, and taking properly
into account what. in her exalted ana
ouasi-publc positions, she abstaned from
doing. and giving her due credit Tor her
COMMUNITY and self-control, Dolly Madi-
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and entitled TO a higher appreciation than
our author has accorded to her
She STYLED Mr.. Madison the great niue
man" She was seventeen years younger
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