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Message:: [QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 8195504, member: 20201"]Dolly MadisonFirst Lady of The United StatesBronze Medal 35mm [ATTACH=full]1435486[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1435487[/ATTACH] Dorothea "Dolley" Dandridge Payne Todd Madison (May 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849) was the wife of James Madison, President of the United States from 1809 to 1817. She was noted for her social graces, which boosted her husband’s popularity as President. In this way, she did much to define the role of the President’s spouse, known only much later by the title First Lady—a function she had sometimes performed earlier for the widowed Thomas Jefferson.Dolley Madison also helped to furnish the newly constructed White House.When the British set fire to it in 1814, she was credited with saving the classic portrait of George Washington. Later, it is said that the portrait saved was a painted copy of the original. Still, it is an historic painting and hangs in the East Room of the White House today. [ATTACH=full]1435489[/ATTACH] In widowhood, she often lived in poverty, partially relieved by the sale of her late husband’s papers. Her name is spelled "Dolley" but on the medal it is misspelled and reads "Dolly Madison" in error, which is an American bakery brand owned by Hostess Brands. The medal is from a series of which so far, I have only seen one other and that was of Martha Washington in poor condition. The Statue of Freedom is on the reverse which can be seen atop the dome of The United States Capitol Building. [ATTACH=full]1435490[/ATTACH] I personally think that Dolley presents herself very nicely on this medal.I thought this was a cool find and if you ask me, Dolley was quite the cupcake! [ATTACH=full]1435488[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]

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