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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03191 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1840 |
| Title | Dolley Madison to Richard Cutts regarding her debt |
| Date | 8 February 1840 |
| Author | Madison, Dolley (1768-1849) |
| Recipient | Cutts, Richard |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Asks for more time to repay her debt to her niece and Cutts' daughter, Mary Cutts, and blames her delay in paying on bad weather and the roads, which have caused others not to repay her. Mentions that P. (John Payne Todd, her son) is still in Richmond. States she is unable to do business until she can get abroad. Free franked by Dolley Madison. Signed DPM. |
| Subjects | Woman Author Women's History Finance Debt Children and Family Transportation Infrastructure First Lady |
| People | Madison, Dolley (1768-1849) Cutts, Richard (1771-1845) Cutts, Mary (1801-1882) Todd, John Payne (1792-1858) |
| Theme | Women in American History; Children & Family; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | After the death of James Madison in 1836, John Payne Todd (Dolley's son from a previous marriage) squandered the family money; Dolley had to sell James Madison's papers to pay their debts. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |