Collection The President's Neighborhood
Since the White House was first occupied by President John Adams in 1800, influential people and organizations—or those who hoped to...
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Dolley Madison Estate Sale Catalog
Since the White House was first occupied by President John Adams in 1800, influential people and organizations—or those who hoped to...
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In April 1789, George Washington took the oath of office in New York City. Constitutional guidelines for inaugurations are sparse, offering...
For half a century she was the most important woman in the social circles of America. To this day she...
At his inauguration, James Madison, a small, wizened man, appeared old and worn; Washington Irving described him as "but a...
Romance glints from what little is known of Elizabeth Kortright's early life. She was born in New York City in 1768...
Letitia Tyler had been confined to an invalid's chair for two years when her husband unexpectedly became president. After taking...
Martin Van Buren never remarried after his wife, Hannah, died on February 5, 1819. He entered the White House in 1837 as a...
At age 22, Martha Wayles Skelton was already a widow, an heiress, and a mother whose firstborn son would die in...
Sarah Childress Polk (1803–1891) was first lady from 1845 to 1849, during the administration of her husband, James Knox Polk. A fashion trendsetter, sh...
"I am much at a loss how to dispose of Willey,” James Madison wrote to his father on December 8, 1779. “I can...
One morning in early December 1802 a Federalist senator, just arrived from New Hampshire, was ushered into the President’s House wi...