Scottish Princess

“ I mean to show the world that a pretty woman is not always a fool.”

Russian Tsaritsas

The Missouri Compromise, 1820

Following the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which sent shockwaves through the nation, former President Thomas Jefferson became increasingly troubled. Jefferson wrote to a friend confiding in him that he feared that this single action would lead to the end of the Union.

He wrote;

“But this momentous question [the Missouri Compromise] like a fireball in the night awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it the knell of the Union.”

First Ladies of the Early Republic

(1789-1837)

“I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be.”

First Daughters of US Presidents

American First Ladies of the Civil War

“It is well that this war is so terrible, or we should grow fond of it.”