Montpelier, (Virginia), July 28, 1830. 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (250 x 200 mm). Letter is written on one sheet folded in half to make four pages. Autograph letter, signed by First Lady Dolley Madison ("D.P. Madison"), to Anne Marguerite, Baroness Hyde de Neuville; address on verso. Creasing from original folds; open tear on second leaf from when first opened, wax seal intact with paper remnant still present; old stub along left edge from when once bound. Lot includes a reproduction of a painted portrait of Madison.