The Dolley Madison digital edition / edited by Holly C. Shulman.

Format:

Website/Database

Contributor:

Shulman, Holly Cowan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849--Correspondence.

Madison, Dolley.

Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849.

Presidents' spouses--United States.

Presidents' spouses.

United States.

United States--History--1801-1809.

History.

Virginia--History.

Virginia.

Genre:

Correspondence.

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Also known as: DMDE

Rotunda Founding Era

American Founding Era collection

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, Va. : The University of Virginia Press, 2004-

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

Dolley Payne Madison was the most important First Lady of the nineteenth century. The DMDE will be the first-ever complete edition of all of her known correspondence, gathered in an XML-based archive. It will ultimately include close to 2,500 letters. From the scattered correspondence were gathered letters that have never been previously published. The range and scope of the collection makes this edition an important scholarly contribution to the literature of the early republic, women's history, and the institution of the First Lady. These letters present Dolley Madison's trials and triumphs and make it possible to gain admittance to her mind and her private emotions and to understand the importance of her role as the national capital's First Lady.

Contents:

General introduction

Biographical introduction

Introduction to the digital edition.

Notes:

Title from the opening screen; description based on the display of October 21, 2004.

ISBN:

0813922917

OCLC:

56835268

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.