After US government officials and President Madison fled the city, the First Lady Dolley Madison received a letter from her husband, urging her to be prepared to leave Washington at a moment's notice.
在美国总统及政府官员纷纷逃走后，第一夫人多莉·麦迪逊收到其丈夫催促其尽快准备离开华盛顿城的信。