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circa 1800: First Lady Dolley Madison (1768 - 1849), nee Payne, the wife of American president James Madison and a renowned Washington socialite. (Photo by Stock Montage/Stock Montage/Getty Images)

circa 1800:  First Lady Dolley Madison (1768 - 1849), nee Payne, the wife of American president James Madison and a renowned Washington socialite.  (Photo by Stock Montage/Stock Montage/Getty Images)

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Portrait of Dolly Madison, circa 1800s. (Photo by Fotosearch/Getty Images).

Portrait of Dolly Madison, circa 1800s. (Photo by Fotosearch/Getty Images).

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circa 1830: First Lady Dolley Madison (1768 - 1849), nee Payne, the wife of American president James Madison and a renowned Washington socialite. (Photo by Stock Montage/Stock Montage/Getty Images)

circa 1830:  First Lady Dolley Madison (1768 - 1849), nee Payne, the wife of American president James Madison and a renowned Washington socialite.  (Photo by Stock Montage/Stock Montage/Getty Images)

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1814: Dolley Madison, wife of US president James Madison rescues a portrait of George Washington from the White House before the British troops set fire to the building during the War of 1812. A print by A Bubbett. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)

1814:  Dolley Madison, wife of US president James Madison rescues a portrait of George Washington from the White House before the British troops set fire to the building during the War of 1812.  A print by A Bubbett.  (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)

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First Lady Dolley Madison saving the Declaration of Independence, during the British invasion of Washington during the War of 1812; chromolithograph, 1902. (Photo by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)

First Lady Dolley Madison saving the Declaration of Independence, during the British invasion of Washington during the War of 1812; chromolithograph, 1902. (Photo by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)