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here, dolley madison would sit at the head of the table and direct the conversation. she got these people to the white house and entertained them; got them together; got them talking. this was very important for dolley to make everybody feel welcome, be they enemies or allies. dolley popularized the style to american fashion and that was considered her classic look. people noticed it. the octagon was the perfect setting for james and dolley madison as they try and resume government as quickly as possible. she sat side by side with madison for almost 20 years during his retirement, helping him compile and arrange his papers. she moved back to washington d.c. in her elder years and sort of became a grand damme very much behind the scenes in the political field again. as henry clay famously said, everybody loved mrs. madison. and then, of course, her equally famous response, that s because mrs. madison loves everybody. court dolley madison came to her t ....
laughs but she was his best , friend and she compensated. it is aaron burr that lets her know that james madison wishes to meet her. she carved out a space for women, where they could wield a great deal of political power. here, dolley madison would sit at the head of the table and direct the conversation. she got these people to the white house and entertained them, got them together, got them talking. this was very important for dolley to make everybody feel welcome, be they enemies or allies. dolley popularized the style to american fashion, and that was considered her classic look. people noticed it. the octagon was the perfect setting for james and dolley madison as they try and resume government as quickly as possible. she sat side by side with madison for almost 20 years during his retirement, helping him compile and arrange his papers. she moved back to washington, d.c. in her elder years and sort of became a grand damme. very much behind the s ....
she popularized the style of american style. it was considered her classic look. people noticed it. it was a perfect setting for james and dolley madison. as they try to resume government as quickly as possible. she sat side by side with james madison helping him. compiling and arranging his papers. she moved back to washington d.c. in her elder years and became very much behind the scenes in a political field again. as henry clay famously said, everybody loves mrs. madison. her equally famous response that s because mrs. madison loves everybody. dolley madison came to her service as first lady with experience during thomas jefferson s two terms. the president often called on her to assist him. this sense of the usefulness of diplomacy allowed dolley to hit the ground wanting when she assumed the role in 1809 as her husband james madison became the president. good evening and welcome. tonight we will learn about the intriguing dolley madison. we have two g ....
box. but no, no, no. i m very happy and honored to be here with such a distinguished set of scholar and an even lovelier audience. thank you so much to bill and to the white house historical association, to the u.s. capitol historical society and, of course, james madison s mountpilyer for having me here. the slogan don t give up the ship, the figure of uncle sam, the star spangled banner, the proliferation of symbols that emerged from the war of 1812 constitutes a paradox. though, as this conference demonstrates, much recent scholarship on the causes, conduct, and legacies of the war has produced fresh insights about the costs and gains of the war, even the combatants. at the time the treaty was signed, americans understood that peace gained them little and policy, international power or territory. so on the one hand it seems contradictory that such a wealth of symbolism emerged at such a fectless endeavor. on the other hand, the very futile nature of the war. the vi ....
killed or by their wounds. in other words, they died as a direct result of combat in the war. i did some calculations, and i found that in fact about 10% more of the army died of disease, sickness, and other causes that are not directly related to battle. they were simply a product of the very unhealthy nature of military camps, the inability to provide decent sanitation, these sorts of things, which diseases, if they got into an arm camp, they could go through and take a very heavy toll on life substantially more men died as a result of disease, sickness. and then there s a bit of colateral damage that occurs that millyisha die as a result of the british raids of the sort we ve been talking about. we might estimate that 15,000, 16,000 americans died one way or another as a result of the war of 1812. the indians suffered i think proportionately higher percentage of lossesle we don t know precisely, because we don t have good figures for indian population, but of course ....