Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Dolley Madison Risked Her Life for a Portrait of Washington—With a Typo
The Atlantic ^ | 7-30-14 | Tanya Basu

Posted on 07/31/2014 10:19:20 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-28 next last

1 posted on 07/31/2014 10:19:20 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: afraidfortherepublic

2 posted on 07/31/2014 10:20:10 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: afraidfortherepublic; Pharmboy

3 posted on 07/31/2014 10:21:05 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: afraidfortherepublic

Well, more of a “painto” then a “typo” - unless the picture was created with a typewriter, of course.


4 posted on 07/31/2014 10:26:59 AM PDT by Moltke (Sapere aude!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: afraidfortherepublic
And no, the typo is NOT in the lady's name – it was actually spelled 'Dolley'

(Not to be confused with the confection maker-)


5 posted on 07/31/2014 10:29:04 AM PDT by mikrofon ("It's our own crazies that will take us down...")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: afraidfortherepublic

I learn something every day. Dolly also served occasionally as First Lady when Thomas Jefferson was president.


6 posted on 07/31/2014 10:29:39 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Pharmboy

/mark


7 posted on 07/31/2014 10:30:49 AM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mikrofon

Wiki has her, and members of her family spelling it as “Dolly.”

Didn’t Dolly Madison make some great cakes many years ago that could be bought at a convenience store?


8 posted on 07/31/2014 10:32:14 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: afraidfortherepublic

Typo?
Typewriters weren’t invented until the 1860s and this was on a painting. It’s a spelling error not a type.


9 posted on 07/31/2014 10:35:53 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Unarmed people cannot defend themselves. America is no longer a Free Country.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: afraidfortherepublic

The first American selfie —


10 posted on 07/31/2014 10:36:26 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BuffaloJack

Tell The Atlantic! (I agree)


11 posted on 07/31/2014 10:39:01 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: afraidfortherepublic

Sates unite!

12 posted on 07/31/2014 10:55:21 AM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: edpc

ROTFLOL!


13 posted on 07/31/2014 10:58:05 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: Moonman62
Apparently, it depends on which Wiki you wook at…
14 posted on 07/31/2014 11:16:47 AM PDT by mikrofon ("It's our own crazies that will take us down...")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: mikrofon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolley_Madison#Spelling_of_her_name
In the past, biographers and others stated that her given name was Dorothea after her aunt, or Dorothy, and that Dolly was a nickname. But her birth was registered with the New Garden Friends Meeting as Dolley, and her will of 1841 states "I, Dolly P. Madison".[2] Based on manuscript evidence and the scholarship of recent biographers, Dollie, spelled with an "i", appears to have been her given name at birth.[3] As spelling was more variable in those years, historians have settled on using "Dolley" as the spelling of her given name. On the other hand, the print press, especially newspapers, tended to spell it "Dolly". This included many of the newspapers of her day: for example, in the Hallowell (Maine) Gazette, 8 February 1815, p. 4, it refers to how the congress had allowed "Madame Dolly Madison" an allowance of $14,000 to purchase new furniture; and the New Bedford (MA) of 3 March 1837, p. 2 referred to a number of important papers from her late husband, and said that "Mrs. Dolly Madison" would be paid by the Senate for these historical manuscripts. Several magazines of that time also used the "Dolly" spelling, such as The Knickerbocker, February 1837, p. 165.[4] it should also be noted that many popular magazines of the 1860s-1890s preferred the "Dolly" spelling, and also noted that she was often called "Mistress Dolly," including in an essay from Munsey's Magazine in 1896.[5] It is also worth noting that Lucia Beverly Cutts, her grand-niece, in her "Memoirs and letters of Dolly Madison: wife of James Madison, president of the United States" (1896) uses "Dolly" consistently throughout,[6] a usage which reflects her direct personal knowledge of the name as known to Mrs. Madison herself and the members of her family.

15 posted on 07/31/2014 11:25:17 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: Moonman62

“Dolly”

Typo?


16 posted on 07/31/2014 11:26:46 AM PDT by TexasGator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: afraidfortherepublic

Did not know this. Thanks for posting.


17 posted on 07/31/2014 11:27:38 AM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Moonman62

Reading *is* Fundamental ;-)


18 posted on 07/31/2014 11:29:14 AM PDT by mikrofon ("It's our own crazies that will take us down...")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

Resurrecting an old tagline...


19 posted on 07/31/2014 11:34:01 AM PDT by mikrofon (Truly Inquiring Minds WANT to Know... (Lazy people just don't GAS)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: afraidfortherepublic
In a mostly forgotten but absolutely amazing episode, the day after the Brits burned the Capitol and the White House, a tornado ripped through Washington, dumping torrential rains which extinguished the fires, and tossed the invaders and their guns around like matchsticks. They were so terrified by this act of God, they fled the city in disarray, never to return.

A Tornado Saves Washington during the War of 1812

White House burned by British troops

20 posted on 07/31/2014 11:45:36 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-28 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson