ARP383 Eli Whitney & Dolley Madison
From American Revolution Podcast by Michael Troy
April 12, 2026 · 33 min · Episode 383
About this episode
This episode discusses Eli Whitney's invention and the marriage of James Madison to Dolley Madison.
A young New Englander moves to Georgia to work as a tutor for a widow. He ends up inventing a device that will change the south, and the world, forever. Also James Madison, a 43 years old bachelor finally manages to find a wife, the 26 year old widow, Dolley Payne Todd. This episode's, blog entry, at blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Strength And Honor: The Life Of Dolley Madison, By Richard Cote (borrow on archive.org). Online Recommendation of the Week: Memoir of Eli Whitney, Esq. https://archive.org/details/memoirofeliwhitn00olms Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy ARP T-shirts and other merch: https://merch.amrevpodcast.com Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.com Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast…
People in this episode
Host: Michael Troy
Topics covered
- Eli Whitney
- Dolley Madison
- James Madison
- invention
- history
- American Revolution
Keywords
- Eli Whitney
- Dolley Madison
- James Madison
- invention
- American history
- tutoring
- Georgia
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: archive.org
Books & works: Strength And Honor: The Life Of Dolley Madison, Memoir of Eli Whitney, Esq.
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