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belief that West Florida was part of Louisiana Purchase,
210

See also
Mississippi River; New Orleans

L'Ouverture, Toussaint,
113
,
169

Lowell, John,
221

Lundy's Lane (battle at),
263
,
265

Lyons, Matthew,
137

MacArthur, Duncan,
247

macaw (Dolley's pet),
24
,
164
–
65

Macedonia
(US ship),
288

Macedonian
(British ship),
239
,
258

Mackinac, Fort (fall of),
251
,
254
,
255

Madison, Alfred (James's nephew),
217

Madison, Ambrose (James's brother),
49

Madison, Ambrose (James's grandfather),
339

Madison, Ambrose (James's nephew),
358

Madison, Dolley

acting as matchmaker,
304
–
305
,
321
,
322

after James's death,
348
–
67

attempting to organize and sell James's papers,
351
–
55

financial problems,
349
–
50
,
352
–
55
,
357
–
59
,
365
–
66

moving back to Washington, DC,
355
–
57
,
358
,
360
–
63
,
365

and Albert Gallatin,
86
,
239

and Andrew Jackson,
349
,
352
,
353

Anna and Richard Cutts living with James and Dolley,
43
,
250
,
271

calling James the “great little Madison,”
32
,
38
,
39
,
116
,
125
,
289

death of in 1849,
366

eulogies for,
366
–
67

during War of 1812,
225
–
41

growth of influence during,
239
–
40

saving Washington's portrait,
22
–
23
,
278

in Washington, DC, when British attacked,
13
–
32

and Edward Coles,
14
,
172
,
177
–
78
,
233
,
250
,
304
–
305
,
356
,
358

and the Federalist Party,
128
,
206
–
207

gardening,
297

health of,
125
,
126
,
137
–
38
,
175
,
231
,
314
,
366

after James's death,
355
,
357

and Henry Clay,
235
,
253
–
54
,
349
,
361

interest in fashion,
69
–
72
,
73
,
89
,
97
,
99
,
100
,
102
,
104
,
151
,
164
,
179
,
192

French fashions,
176
,
178
,
226

gown for the first inaugural ball,
151

wearing turbans,
72
,
73
,
94
,
97
,
151
,
175
,
177
,
178
–
79
,
208
,
226
,
227
,
241
,
296
,
304
,
358
,
360
,
361

and John Adams,
70
,
177

and John Quincy Adams,
97
,
127
–
28
,
361
,
365

love between James and Dolley,
39
,
41
,
99
,
125
,
126
,
127
,
165
,
168
–
69
,
205
,
299
,
347

making will,
366

marriages

to John Todd,
35
,
192

meeting and marrying James Madison,
33
–
42
,
192

at Montpelier,
53
–
54

Dolley's body moved back to,
367

Dolley selling Montpelier,
355
–
56
,
358
,
359

Dolley taking on administrative duties,
206
,
348
–
50
,
357
–
59

Madisons in residence,
49
–
59
,
93
–
94
,
180
,
272
,
273
,
291
–
302
,
303
–
316
,
309
–
311
,
329

personality and character of,
73
,
87
,
89
,
97
,
98
,
128
,
271

physical description,
16
–
17
,
37
,
38
,
42
,
69
,
81
,
87
,
97
,
172
,
180
,
241
,
286
,
361
,
365

changes caused by War of 1812,
232

problems with weight,
175
,
304

and politics

actively involved in politics with James,
57
–
58
,
312

becoming a master politician,
207
–
208

as a political animal,
148

use of social politics during War of 1812,
235
,
253
–
54

portrait of by Johnson,
358

and the Republican Party,
96
,
99
,
128
,
206
,
253

retirement,
291
–
302
,
303
–
316

social life of

after retirement,
296
,
299
,
304
,
306

befriending congress members' wives,
94
–
95

Dolley's efforts to show James's positive features,
90
,
98
–
99
,
144
,
203

during the War of 1812,
225
–
41

enjoyment of gossiping,
99
–
100
,
177
,
178
,
180
,
236
,
311

entertaining at home,
127
–
28

inauguration of James as president,
151
–
52

at Montpelier,
93
–
94
,
180
,
272
,
273
,
309
–
311

not dancing,
91

in Philadelphia,
66
–
73

rebuilding social life after burning of Washington, DC,
282
–
83

returning to Washington, DC, after death of James,
361
–
63
,
365

Thomas Jefferson asking Dolley to serve as hostess at the White House,
87
–
90
,
91
–
93
,
94
–
97
,
100
,
101
–
102
,
104
,
105
,
125
,
127
,
158
,
180

at the White House as First Lady while James was president,
163
–
81
,
225
–
41

adopting the City Orphan Asylum as her cause,
165

attending sessions of Congress and Supreme Court,
165

British threats against Dolley during War of 1812,
14
–
15

evacuation of the White House,
22
–
24

giving political advice to James,
176
,
200

increasing number of parties and receptions,
171
–
72
,
173
,
178
,
179
,
207

James and Dolley's attempts to unite after burning of Washington, DC,
31
–
32

popularity and success of,
175

protecting James from stress,
206

as a reader,
174
–
75

redecorating,
163
–
64

rumors of surrendering the White House,
13
–
14

saving the Washington portrait,
22
–
23

See also
Cutts, Anna (Payne) (Dolley's sister); Cutts, Richard (Dolley's brother-in-law); Madison, James; Montpelier; Todd, Payne (Dolley's son); Washington, Lucy (Payne) (Dolley's sister)

Madison, Fanny (Dolley's niece),
319

Madison, Frances “Fanny.”
See
Rose, Frances (Madison) “Fanny” (James's sister)

Madison, Francis (James's brother),
49

Madison, James

and Albert Gallatin,
123
,
135
,
156
,
169
–
70
,
186
–
87
,
245
–
46

and Alexander Hamilton,
44
,
64
,
67
,
315

dislike of Hamilton and his policies,
67
,
68

and Britain,
183
–
89
,
203
–
213

declaring war on,
215
–
16
,
220
,
226
–
27

Congress purchasing his papers,
352
,
353
,
354

and the Constitution,
38
,
45
,
53
,
57
,
64
–
66
,
84
,
154
–
55
,
160
,
191
,
289
,
300
,
312
,
334
,
339
,
343
,
353
,
364

death of in 1836,
345

eulogies for,
347
–
48

education of,
61
–
62

attending Princeton (College of New Jersey),
61
–
62
,
329

interest in books and learning,
61

seen as a scholar,
65
,
174

and Edward Coles,
90
–
91

as Madison's secretary,
160
–
61
,
171
,
172
–
73
,
207
,
250
,
278

and farming,
50
,
194
,
245
,
274
–
75
,
297
–
98
,
300
,
313
,
345

finances of,
298
,
306
–
307
,
309
,
327
,
354

financial costs of slavery,
342
–
43
,
346
,
358
–
59

providing loans to family and friends,
250
,
270
,
271
,
306

and George Washington,
67
,
191

advising on politics,
64
–
65

as close friends,
38
,
41
,
43

cooling of friendship,
45

efforts by others to break friendship,
44

Madison's criticisms of,
67
–
68

health of,
53
,
80
,
100
–
101
,
106
,
126
,
306
,
309
,
338

apparent sterility of,
271

in his later years,
299
,
312
,
314
,
315
,
345
,
346
–
47

people believing he was sick,
166

possibly suffering from epilepsy,
40

during War of 1812,
228
–
31
,
238

and Henry Clay,
339
,
348

and James Monroe,
85
,
272
,
278
,
296
–
97
,
298
,
300
,
307

arranging for French furniture for Montpelier,
52

as close friends,
164
,
170
,
172
,
229
,
309

correspondence between,
55
,
57
,
67
,
119
,
121
,
157
,
159

Federalist efforts to elect Monroe president instead of Madison,
142
,
143
,
144
,
170

as Madison's secretary of state,
164
,
171
,
212
–
13
,
219
,
224
,
244
–
45

as Madison's secretary of war,
281

negotiating with British on impressment issue,
209
,
219

and John Adams

Adams becoming an ally of Madison,
252
,
261

on Madison's health,
229

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