at the table, he would ask dolley and her sisters to come in, though he had his daughter, martha jefferson randolphbut concentrating or thinking about dolley sort of waiting in the wings for the presentation of the president's mansion obscures the fact that what she was really doing during those years. thomas jefferson feared aristocracy and cut out socializing and kept new year's and the fourth of july but that was it. there were to be no parties where women and unofficial characters, as he called women in the court years, were going to appear. he had the famous dinner parties with men of one party or the other because he was trying to control power. what was happening, however, in the house of the secretary of state during those years is dolley was building a mini empire there. that's the place in washington. you could see the white house all dark up there but the house on s street was all light and where the republicans and -- she was building a political sell-on there and that certainly becomes most apparent when jefferson with the diplomacy between great britain and the united states screeches

sometimes her sisters to come in, though he had an official hostess which was his daughter, martha jefferson randolph concentrating or thinking about dolly is waiting in the wings for that invitation from the president's mansion, obscures the fact of what she was really doing during the years. thomas jefferson feared it, he cut out the new year's day and the, he kept new years and fourth of july, but that was it. no parties and where women and all kinds of unofficial characters as he called women were going to appear. and he had those famous dinner parties with men of one party or the other because he was trying to control power. what was happening however on s street in the house of the sec state of state during those eight years is that dolly is building a little mini empire there. that's the place in washington. i would say came to washington on an evening you'd see the white house all dark up there, but the house on s street was full of life and color and that's where federalists met republicans and where the ambassadors, this is, she was building a political is a lom there. and that becomes most

sometimes her sisters to come in though he had an official hostess which was his daughter martha jefferson randolph. but to think of dolley waiting in wings obscures the fact that what she was really doing over those years, thomas jefferson feared aristocracy, he cut out any kind of socializing including the new year's day party and -- he kept new years and fourth of july but that was it. there were to be no parties where women and all kinds of unofficial characters as he called women and courtiers were going to appear. he had those famous dinner parties with men of one party or the other because he was trying to control power. what was happening in the house of the secretary of state during those eight years that dolley is building a little mini empire there. that's the place in washington. if you came to washington on an evening you would see a dark house but the house on "f street street was full of color. that's where federalists met republicans, she was building a political salon there and that becomes apparent when diplomacy between britains and the united states screeches to a halt and the m

sometimes her sisters to come in, though he had an official hostess which was his daughter, martha jefferson randolphconcentrating or thinking about dolly is waiting in the wings for that invitation from the president's mansion, obscures the fact of what she was really doing during the years. thomas jefferson feared it, he cut out the new year's day and the, he kept new years and fourth of july, but that was it. no parties and where women and all kinds of unofficial characters as he called women were going to appear. and he had those famous dinner parties with men of one party or the other because he was trying to control power. what was happening however on s street in the house of the sec state of state during those eight years is that dolly is building a little mini empire there. that's the place in washington. i would say came to washington on an evening you'd see the white house all dark up there, but the house on s street was full of life and color and that's where federalists met republicans and where the ambassadors, this is, she was building a political is a lom there. and that becomes most