... , enjoyed enormous popularity. The stories of her heroism-saving the government papers and the portrait of George Washington-had taken on the aura of legend, and she came to serve as the symbol of American resilience. One historian summed up the general attitude in his description of the First Lady: "Next to Joshua Barney she was the bravest American soldier. " Seeing the tremendous need in the capital after the invasion, she worked ... . Madison. A newspaper used Jefferson's inaugural address to describe Mrs. Madison: " We are all federalists, we are all republicans. " He had said it, bu...

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