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Collection Reference Number GLC02793.012
From Archive Folder The Personal side of the Presidency: 32 letters and documents 
Title James Madison to his mother Nelly Conway Madison regarding money for her and Dolley's health
Date 25 February 1816
Author Madison, James (1751-1836)  
Recipient Madison, Nelly Conway  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Sending $400. Written as President. Signed "Yr affe. son." The Madison Papers reports that this letter is one of three surviving letters of Madison to his mother. Normally Dolley Madison would write to his mother, but apparently she had been quite ill.
Subjects First Lady  Women's History  President  Finance  Children and Family  Health and Medical  
People Madison, James (1751-1836)  
Place written Washington
Theme The Presidency; Women in American History; Children & Family; Health & Medicine
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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