(American Manuscripts & Autographs) 1 Piece. Autogtaph Material. James and Dolley Madison: Autograph Qoutation Signed. Madison, Dorothy Payne Todd, "Dolley." No place, December 30, 1844. 1 p., 12mo. "The enduring record of / departed goodness dwells in the soul / like the writing that is inscribed / upon adamant." Signed as D P Madison. Clean and clear on paper embellished with small watercolor flower and with mounted cut signature of James Madison.
Apparently quoting the English writer William Mudford, from his "Malvolti," first appearing in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, November, 1829.