1820/00/00 |
Richard Cutts |
Home |
Cutts-Madison House is built for Comptroller of the Treasury Richard Cutts (1771-1845) and his wife Anna (1779-1832), Dolley Madison's younger sister. |
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1828/08/22 |
James Madison |
Owner |
Released on a plea of insolvency, Cutts agrees with the bank holding the mortgage to sell his house and lot to former President James Madison in satisfaction of a loan. The house and grounds were then appraised at 5,750 dollars. |
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1828/08/22 |
Richard Cutts |
Seller |
Released on a plea of insolvency, Cutts agrees with the bank holding the mortgage to sell his house and lot to former President James Madison in satisfaction of a loan. The house and grounds were then appraised at 5,750 dollars. |
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1837/11/00 |
Dolley Madison |
Home |
In order to economize, Dolley Madison moves to Lafayette Sq. James Monroe, John Q Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K Polk, Zachary Taylor, John C Calhoun, Henry Clay and Daniel Webster will visit her. |
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1849/07/12 |
Dolley Madison |
Died |
Dolley Madison dies at home, Cutts-Madison House, Washington |
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Funeral for Dolley Madison |
1849/08/00 |
John Payne Todd |
Home |
John Payne Todd inherits Cutts-Madison home from his mother. |
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1851/00/00 |
Admiral Charles Wilkes |
Home |
Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes buys the Cutts-Madison House from John Payne Todd. |
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1858/00/00 |
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After being named Special Envoy to Central America, Sir William Gore Ouseley rents Cutts-Madison on his way to the region and entertains lavishly. |
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1861/07/26 |
George B McClellan |
Union General |
General George B McClellan begins using the Madison house as his Washington headquarters. McClellan left in late October for new headquarters at a house at the corner of H Street NW and 15th Street NW (razed). |
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1886/00/00 |
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The Wilkes family sells the Cutts-Madison to the Cosmos Club for 40,000 dollars. |
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1962/02/00 |
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis |
Preservationist |
Mrs Kennedy lobbies GSA director Bernard L Boutin to stop the demolition of townhouses on Lafayette Sq. Mrs Kennedy then enlisted architect John Carl Warnecke to create a design which would incorporate the new buildings with the old. |
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