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- catalog abstract ""From modest Quaker beginnings as the child of financially insecure parents and the wife of a stolid young lawyer to the excitement and challenges of life as the nation's First Lady - arguably the most influential role for women in the American government's formative years - Dolley Payne Todd Madison (1768-1849) led an extraordinary life. David B. Mattern and Holly C. Shulman have culled a particularly rich selection of her letters to illuminate the story of the woman widely credited with setting the standard for successive generations of Washington's political women. This collection will prove an invaluable resource in current political and historical circles, where the role founding mothers played - both as supportive family members and as crucial political negotiators - is increasingly recognized and studied." "Organized chronologically into five sections reaching from her correspondence as a young adult in late eighteenth-century Philadelphia up to the letters of her widowhood in 1840s Washington, and with a helpful contextualizing introduction to each section, The Selected Letters of Dolley Payne Madison provides a detailed view of the life of one of the early republic's most fascinating personalities."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Correspondence. Selections".
- catalog contributor b12828093.
- catalog contributor b12828094.
- catalog contributor b12828095.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""From modest Quaker beginnings as the child of financially insecure parents and the wife of a stolid young lawyer to the excitement and challenges of life as the nation's First Lady - arguably the most influential role for women in the American government's formative years - Dolley Payne Todd Madison (1768-1849) led an extraordinary life. David B. Mattern and Holly C. Shulman have culled a particularly rich selection of her letters to illuminate the story of the woman widely credited with setting the standard for successive generations of Washington's political women. This collection will prove an invaluable resource in current political and historical circles, where the role founding mothers played - both as supportive family members and as crucial political negotiators - is increasingly recognized and studied." "Organized chronologically into five sections reaching from her correspondence as a young adult in late eighteenth-century Philadelphia up to the letters of her widowhood in 1840s Washington, and with a helpful contextualizing introduction to each section, The Selected Letters of Dolley Payne Madison provides a detailed view of the life of one of the early republic's most fascinating personalities."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Quaker Beginnings, 1768-1801 -- A Washington Education, 1801-1809 -- The Politics of War, 1809-1817 -- A Well-Deserved Retirement, 1817-1836 -- Washington Widow, 1836-1849.".
- catalog extent "xv, 442 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "081392152X (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.5/1/092 21".
- catalog subject "E342.1.M18 A4 2003".
- catalog subject "Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849 Correspondence.".
- catalog subject "Madison, James, 1751-1836 Correspondence.".
- catalog subject "Presidents' spouses United States Correspondence.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Quaker Beginnings, 1768-1801 -- A Washington Education, 1801-1809 -- The Politics of War, 1809-1817 -- A Well-Deserved Retirement, 1817-1836 -- Washington Widow, 1836-1849.".
- catalog title "Correspondence. Selections".
- catalog title "The selected letters of Dolley Payne Madison / edited by David B. Mattern and Holly C. Shulman.".
- catalog type "Records and correspondence. fast".
- catalog type "text".