Memoirs and Letters of Dolly Madison: W...
A source page for quotes linked to Dolley Madison.
“you may imagine me the very shadow of my husband.”
“It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people's business.”
“It is done... the precious portrait placed in the hands of the gentlemen for safe keeping.”
“Two messengers covered with dust come to bid me fly, but I wait for him.”
“Our private property must be sacrificed.”
“I would rather fight with my hands than my tongue.”
“Disaffection stalks around us.”
“When I shall again write to you, or where I shall be tomorrow, I cannot tell.”