@Steenshorne@JMMontpelier Thanks Jennifer. It originated as a collaboration between me/DMDE and Montpelier. It was such fun to start that collection and I know Montpelier has enjoyed expanding it.
@DavidSewellVA David. You might want to read s new book out my Steven zipperstein about the Kishinev pogrom of 1903 and the protocols of Zion — and more. It’s called program.
@Taige Question: did you choose Virgil Thomson's music (Plow) as a reference to inmigrants during 1930s/dustbowl? I am very curious. You can find me at UVA faculty.
“Mrs. Madison received the visits and congratulations of her very numerous friends on the occasion of her birth day. That her days have been long in the land and full of usefulness and honor, is truly a subject of congratulations." -The Baltimore Sun, 22 May 1848". 🎈🎉#DPM250
"You will excuse me my dear Friend for failing to attend you this evening when I assure you that a continuation of my cold prevents my enjoying that great pleasure." DPM to Unknown Correspondent, 22 May 1845.
#OTD in 1834, DPM wrote a letter of "deep sympathy" to her friend, Martha Jefferson Randolph, upon the death of her "amiable son" James Madison Randolph (1806-1834). A grandson of TJs, Randolph was the first child to be born in the WH. @WhiteHouseHstry.
❄️"Our mountains are white with snow, the winter’s wind is loud and chilling-I hope you will take more than usual care of yourselves this winter, I wish I could cover you with furs..." ~DPM to her niece and namesake DPM Cutts, December 1831 ❄️