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on her head and ornamented with white ostrich plumes, around her neck an elegant pearl necklace.”
The daughters followed their mother’s lead rather than their father’s. The eldest, Mrs. Judge Hay, wore crimson velvet, with gold cord and tassel round the waist and white plumes on her head. Her neck and arms were bare and the chronicler described the president’s daughter’s jewelry as handsome.
Her sister, Mrs. Gouverneur, had a dress of “rich white satin” trimmed in blonde lace and embroidered with silver thread. She wore pearls and like the other two Monroe women, her neck and arms were bare and white plumes adorned her hair.
The simply dressed president and his elegant lady and equally elegant daughters are the only thing missing from Ash Lawn’s schedule of holiday activities.
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