“Mr. Carroll, has come to hasten my departure, in a bad humor, because I insist on waiting until the picture of Washington is secured, and it requires to be unscrewed from the wall. This process was too tedious for these perilous moment. And now, I must leave this house, or the army will make me a prisoner” – Dolley Madison.
I Must Leave Or Be A Prisoner: Dolley Madison Flees The White House!
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