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Today I will post about the 4th first lady of America. Dolley Payne Todd Madison.
On May 20th 1768, A girl, Dolly Payne, was born to Mary Coles Payne and John Payne,Jr. In January 1790, Dolley Payne had married John Todd. They very quickly had two sons, named John Payne and William Temple. Born July 4th 1793. In August 1793 a yellow fever broke out all around killing thousands of people including Dolley's husband, her three month old son William Temple, and her husband's parents. In 1794, Aaron Burr introuduced Dolley Madison to James Madison. Madison, who was 43 years old, was 17 years her senior. In August, Dolley accepted James' marriage proposal. They married on September 15,1794. In 1812, the year that war broke out with Great Britian, Madison was re-elected. As the British army started to near Washington, and staff of the White House prepared to flee, Dolley ordered a Stuart painting, a copy of the Lansdowne portrait, removed. In June 1836, James died and in 1849 Dolley died.
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