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ON DOLLEY MADISON'S ROLE IN THE WAR OF 1812. >> DOLLEY MADISON, THEY ALWAYS CALL IT MR. MADISON'S WAR AND MY LECTURE IS MRS. MADISON'S WAR. WHEN THE...
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ON GREAT BRITAIN ON JUNE 18, 1812, DOLLEY MADISON WAS ALREADY A WELL KNOWN PERSON IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF WASHINGTON AND IN THE NATION. IN FACT, SHE...
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| 00:44:11 |
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MID-40s, YES. IT IS FUNNY. THE QUESTION IS HOW OLD IS DOLLY THROUGH ALL OF THIS. SHE IS IN HER MID-40s. SHE IS NOT A YOUNG
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| 00:44:19 |
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WOMAN. IT DOES REMIND ME OF AND. WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING ON DOLLEY MADISON, EVERYBODY MENTIONED HER PHYSICALITY OR BEAUTY AND I REALIZED AT SOME...
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| 00:45:22 |
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THE DRAWING ROOMS THAT IT WAS A PREMEDICATED TAPE OF EVENT THAT SHE WENT INTO THAT KNOWING SHE WAS GOING TO CREATE THE POLITICAL EFFECT THAT IT DID...
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| 00:45:48 |
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SORT OF A POLITICAL WEAPON AND FIRST LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING VERY FRUSTRATING ABOUT DOLLY WHICH IS MY MY FIRST BOOK IS A BY AGO GRAEF OF HER FOR...
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| 00:48:45 |
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DOLLEY OFF OF THIS DOOR, HAD TO SELL JAMES' PAPERS AND SO FORTH AND HAVE YOU EVER READ WHERE HE EVENTUALLY -- >> THE QUESTION IS ABOUT DOLL EY'S SON...
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| 00:49:04 |
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PERSON AND SHE BROUGHT GREAT GIFTS TO THE POLITICAL ARENA AND AS IS OFTEN THE CASE THESE ARE NOT THE KIND OF THINGS IN PERSONAL LIFE. DOLLY HAD A...
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| 00:53:18 |
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IN VIEW OF WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT DOLLY BEING KIND TO THE BRITISH, WHY WERE THEY SO CONCERNED WITH CAPTURING HER RATHER THAN THE
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PRESIDENT? >> THE IDEA OF ALL OF THESE THREATS, NOT CAPTURING JAMES AND PARADING HIM THROUGH THE STREETS OF
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| 00:53:42 |
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LONDON. POSSIBLY BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTOOD THE SYMBOLIC NATURE OF DOLLY. PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE EVEN IN THE SAME ROOM WITH HIM DON'T KNOW WHAT JAMES...
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| 00:54:50 |
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BUT HAS THERE EVER BEEN OTHER FIRST LADY WHO IS HAD SUCH AN INFLUENCE THROUGH SOCIAL INTERACTIONS. >> A GREAT COMPARISON TO OTHER FIRST LADIES. WHEN YOU...
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| 00:55:08 |
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THE ROLE OF THE FIRST LADY. THIS IDEA OF BEING A CUSTODIAN OF THE WHITE HOUSE. THE MISTRESS AND THE SPHERE AND BEING A CHARISMATIC FIGURE. EACH HAS...
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| 00:57:11 |
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QUESTION IS DOLLY AND PRE-DOLLY AND WHAT GOT HER UP TO SPEED FOR WHAT SHE DID IN WASHINGTON. THIS ALSO
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| 00:57:19 |
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REFERENCES A LITTLE BIT TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT SOCIETY. I CALLED DOLLY A GENIUS IN A WAY. NOTHING COULD HAVE PREPARED HER FOR THIS. GENIUSES ARE...
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