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Excerpt from Salons Colonial and Republican <p>To treat in this volume of some phases of American life of a later date has been sugj gested to the writer by two or three incidents. While in Washington last Spring, she had the pleasure of meeting several persons who distinctly remembered Mrs. Madison - the de lightful Dolly - as she appeared in later years at a reception given by Mr. Webster in the house afterwards owned by Mr. Corcoran. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.