Ebenezer
Sage Letter, July 24, 1810, Describing
Interior of the White House
Congressman
Ebenezer Sage (1755-1834), a Jeffersonian
Republican from New York, wrote this letter
to his niece, providing a good natured
description of social life in Washington
during the first years of the Madison
administration. The letter contains a
remarkably detailed description of the
interior of the White House and of Dolly
Madison's receptions, held there.
