I am accordingly ready; I have pressed as many Cabinet papers into trunks as to fill one carriage; our private property must be sacrificed, as it is impossible to procure wagons for its transportation.
- Dolley Madison
Private, Accordingly, Transportation
It is done... the precious portrait placed in the hands of the gentlemen for safe keeping.
- Dolley Madison
Hands, Precious, Placed, Gentlemen
And now, dear sister, I must leave this house or the retreating army will make me a prisoner in it by filling up the road I am directed to take.
- Dolley Madison
Will, Directed, Prisoner, Retreating
Two messengers covered with dust come to bid me fly, but I wait for him.
- Dolley Madison
Fly, Me, Wait, Covered
At this late hour a wagon has been procured, and I have had it filled with plate and the most valuable portable articles, belonging to the house.
- Dolley Madison
Been, Had, Wagon, Articles
Our private property must be sacrificed.
- Dolley Madison
Private, Private Property, Sacrificed
When I shall again write to you, or where I shall be tomorrow, I cannot tell.
- Dolley Madison
Tomorrow, Tell, Again, Write
It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people's business.
- Dolley Madison
Knowledge, Never, Other, Desire
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