For much of this material I am greatly indebted to many persons, and especially to the following I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude for assistance so kindly given: George J. Scattergood, Philadelphia; Edward Stabler, Jr., Baltimore; Eliza Pleasants, Lincoln, Va.; Maud Wilder Goodwin, New York City; Priscilla B. Hackney, North Carolina; Rosewell Page, Richmond, Va.; Lavinia Taylor, Hanover County, Va.; Lucia B. Cutts, Boston, Mass.; L. D. Winston, Winston, Va.; Christine M. Washington, Charlestown, W. Va.; George S. Washington, Philadelphia; Eugenia W. M. Brown, Washington, D. C.; Julia E. Daggett, Washington, D. C.; Lucy T. Fitzhugh, Westminster, Md.; Margaret Crenshaw, Richmond, Va.; Charles G. Thomas, Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Moorfield Story, Boston, Mass.; Julia S. White, North Carolina; Thomas Nelson Page, Washington, D. C.; Richard L. Bentley, Baltimore; Thomas F. Taylor, Hanover, Va.; Mary W. Slaughter, Winston, Va.; Liza Madison Sheppard, Virginia; Samuel M. Brosius, Washington, D. C.; Elizabeth McKean, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. William DuPont, Montpelier, Va., and Norman Penney, London, England. ELLA KENT BARNARD. _Baltimore, November 15, 1909._ CONTENTS I. EARLY YEARS AND SCENES 17 II. MARRIAGE AND WIDOWHOOD 59 III. WASHINGTON AND THE WHITE HOUSE 88 IV. LATER YEARS 110 INDEX 126 ILLUSTRATIONS DOROTHY PAYNE TODD, at 21 _Frontispiece_ From a Miniature on ivory, now in possession of Mrs. Richard D. Cutts. Heading--Drawn by Ella K. Barnard 17 FRIENDS' MEETING HOUSE, New Garden, North Carolina 18 From an old drawing. PATRICK HENRY 20 From a painting by Sully in the State Library, Richmond, Va. COLONEL WILLIAM BYRD 30 From a painting at Brandon. SCOTCH TOWN, Hanover County, Virginia 34 From a photograph. NEGROFOOT HOUSE 36 From a photograph. THE DANDRIDGE HOME 50 From a photograph. HANOVER COURT HOUSE 52 From a photograph. Heading--Drawn by Ella K. Barnard 59 PINE STREET MEETING HOUSE 66 Drawn after a photograph HAREWOOD, FROM THE GARDEN 80 From a photograph THE PARLOR, HAREWOOD 82 Wherein James and Dolly Madison were married. From a photograph.