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TO ANNA.
WASHINGTON, June, 1804.
MY DEAREST Anna, How delighted I should be to accompany you to all the charming places you mentioned, to see all the kind people, and to play Loo with Mrs. Knox. Mr. Madison would write, but is overwhelmed with business. The British, French, and Spanish infringements are all under his pen ; he expects General A. every day, who is to succeed Mr. Livingstone, to receive his instructions. He always sends his affectionate love. Mount Vernon has been set on fire five different times, and it is suspected some malicious persons are determined to reduce it to ashes. Oh, the wickedness of men and women! I am afraid to accept their invitations.
- Washington
- Source:
- Memoirs and letters of Dolly Madison, wife of James Madison, President of the United States. 1886, Cutts, Lucia Beverly, digitized by archive.org
