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Author Archives: Feather Foster
Aaron Burr and the Madisons
Despite historical innuendos, Aaron Burr was not a suitor for Dolley Payne’s hand. The Promising Burr Aaron Burr (1756-1836) had a childhood mix of tragedy and blessings. His NJ family was reasonably prosperous; his grandfather was the well-known Puritan preacher … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Burr named guardian to Dolley's son, Aarron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, American history, Burr becomes Vice President, Burr introduces Madison to the Widow, Burr's duel with Hamilton, Congressman James Madison, Dolley loses husband and infant, Dolley Madison, Dolley Payne Todd, Dolley's relatives try to prevent her inheritance, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Dolley Madison, First Lady History, history, James Madison, NY Senator Aaron Burr, President James Madison, Presidential history, The childhood of Aaron Burr, The scandalous election of 1800, US history, Vice President Aaron Burr, VP Aaron Burr, White House history
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Ida McKinley’s Inaugural Trousseau
Every First Lady is entitled to some new clothes for the inauguration! Clothes Make the Woman… Of course it helps if you are good looking. It helps even more, if you have money. Martha Washington in her late fifties was … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, William McKinley
Tagged Abigail Adams, American history, Dolley Madison, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Abigail Adams, First Lady Dolley Madison, First Lady History, First Lady Ida McKinley, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, First Lady Martha Washington, First Lady Mary Lincoln, history, Ida Saxton McKinley, Jacqueline Kennedy, Martha Washinagton, Mary Lincoln, President William McKinley, Presidential history, Presidential wives, US history, White House history, William McKinley
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Lincoln: The Triumphal Stroll
The Procession As far back as recorded time goes, when a Great War was over, the victors paraded through their towns and villages, trumpets blaring. Hundreds, and even thousands of soldiers glittered in their armor, assembled and proud. Most marched. … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Admiral David Porter, American history, CSA President Jefferson Davis, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Lincoln goes to Richmond, Lincoln in City Point VA, Lincoln visits Petersburg VA, Presidential history, Secretary of State William Seward, Secretary of war Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, The burning of Richmond, The Civil War, The Confederate White House, The siege of Petersburg, US history, White House history
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Thomas Jefferson and the Cheshire Cheese
Cheese Practically all cultures include cheese (no pun intended). It basically an offshoot of milk, whether from a cow, a sheep or a goat, etc. to include the curd. As one would expect, the different animal milk produces different types … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, John Adams, Nifty History People, Thomas Jefferson
Tagged Aaron Burr, American history, Andrew Jackson’s cheese, Baptist preacher John Leland, Cheshire MA sends a cheese to Jefferson, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, John Adams, President Andrew Jackson, President Thomas Jefferson, Presidential history, Reverend John Leland, The 12th Amendment, the election of 1800, The republican cheese, Thomas Jefferson, Transporting the Berkshire Cheese to Washington, US history, Vice President Aaron Burr, White House history
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Captain Grant: A Turning Point
Grant: The 1850s Ulysses S. Grant had become a soldier under duress. His father insisted that his eldest son attend West Point. It was a free education. Not that Jesse Grant was poor; he was definitely middle class, with a … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Civil War, Democrat Stephen Douglas, Feather Schwartz Foster, Grant in Galena IL, Grant tannery in Galena IL, Grant's family, Grant's father, history, Jesse Grant Sr., Julia Grant, Republican Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, The election of 1860, Ulysses and Julia Grant, Ulysses Grant, US Civil War, US Civil war history, US history
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Dolley Madison: Medium Payne
The Promise of Payne Payne Todd had no memory of his natural father who died in a yellow fever epidemic when his toddler son was a year old. Aside from the fact that his mother remarried a year later to … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, James Madison, Nifty History People, Thomas Jefferson
Tagged American history, Dolley Madison, Dolley Madison's son Payne Todd, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, history, James Madison, James Madison's stepson Payne Todd, John Payne Todd, Madison estate Montpelier, Payne Todd, President Thomas Jefferson, Presidential children, Presidential history, Presidential wives, Secretary of State James Madison, St. Mary's Academy in Baltimore, US history
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Civil War Divas: Mary & Julia Part II
After the initial “how-do,” Mary Lincoln and Julia Grant did not meet again for a year. Mary Lincoln: 1864-5 Mary Lincoln took a long time to emerge from her deep grief over her son Willie’s death in early 1862. Custom … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Nifty History People, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Adam Badeau, American history, City Point VA, Civil War history, Col. Adam Badeau, Col. Horace Porter, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, First Lady Mary Lincoln, General Charles Griffin, General Grant, history, Julia Grant, Mary Lincoln, Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Mary Ord, Mrs. Sarah Griffin, Presidential history, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, White House history
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Mary Lincoln’s Bad Hat Story
First the source. When she was a very old lady in 1931, Julia Taft Bayne published a slim volume called Tad Lincoln’s Father. It was her personal memoir of 1861-2, when, as a teenager, she spent a good deal of … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Bud and Holly Taft, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, First Lady Mary Lincoln, history, Lincoln friends Bud and Holly Taft, Mary Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Presidential history, Presidential wives, US history, White House history
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John Tyler’s Sherwood Forest
Nestled in the northern part of Virginia’s Tidewater Peninsula, midway between its original capital of Williamsburg, and Richmond, its capital since 1780, is the retirement house of John Tyler, 10th President of the United States. It has been in the … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, John Tyler, William Henry Harrison
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, First Lady Julia Tyler, history, John Tyler, Julia Gardiner Tyler, Letitia Christian Tyler, President John Tyler, Presidential history, presidential homes, Sherwood Forest plantation, US history, VP John Tyler, White House history
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