The 11+ Dolley Madison Quotes

At This Late Hour A Wagon Has Been Procured, And I Have Had It Filled With Plate And The Most Valuable Portable Articles, Belonging To The House.

Two Messengers Covered With Dust Come To Bid Me Fly, But I Wait For Him.

When I Shall Again Write To You, Or Where I Shall Be Tomorrow, I Cannot Tell.

And Now, Dear Sister, I Must Leave This House Or The Retreating Army Will Make Me A Prisoner In It By Filling Up The Road I Am Directed To Take.

Disaffection Stalks Around Us.

Our Private Property Must Be Sacrificed.

It Is Done... The Precious Portrait Placed In The Hands Of The Gentlemen For Safe Keeping.

You May Imagine Me The Very Shadow Of My Husband.

I Am Accordingly Ready; I Have Pressed As Many Cabinet Papers Into Trunks As To Fill One Carriage; Our Private Property Must Be Sacrificed, As It Is Impossible To Procure Wagons For Its Transportation.

I Would Rather Fight With My Hands Than My Tongue.

It Is One Of My Sources Of Happiness Never To Desire A Knowledge Of Other People's Business.