Yea or Nay to Removing the Seat of Government: Dolley Madison and the Realities of 1814 Politics

2012/09/01 by Merry Ellen Scofield · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #American Constitutional Law and Politics

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.2012.00324.x

openalex publication_date 2012/09/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

On the evening of 24 August 1814, British troops burned down much of official Washington. Two weeks prior, President Madison had informed the recessed Congress that the “weighty concerns” of war re...

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