cies afterward mentioned amounted to about
fifteen hundred dollars.

Mrs. Madison was eager to set about the
task imposed upon her of superintending the
publication of this manuscript, but her eyes
for some time were too weak. At length, in
the spring of 1837, by the earnest advice of
her physician, she left Montpellier to seek the
benefits of change of scene for her mind, and
of the mountain air and healing waters at the
White Sulphur Springs for her bodily ail-
ments. The prescription proved so successful
that she returned to her home at the end of
August in greatly improved health, and with
some restoration of her old cheerfulness.

Her brother at this time left Virginia for
Kentucky, and Mrs. Madison, greatly de-
pressed by the prospect of a solitary winter
in the isolation of Montpellier, begged to
have his daughter Anna left with her. The
arrangement was finally made, and this beloved
niece became her adopted daughter in fact,
and later in name.

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