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Author Archives: Feather Schwartz Foster
Abigail Adams’ Sorrow: Like Uncle, Like Nephews
Medical science today provides substantial evidence that alcoholism can be a hereditary failing, but even back in Colonial days, people suspected that it ran in families. William Smith: Abigail Adams’ Brother Abigail Adams (1744-1818), always a credible witness to her … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog
Tagged Abigail Adams, Abigail Adams brother William Smith, Abigail Adams' son Charles, Abigail Adams' son Thomas, American history, Charles Adams, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, history, John Adams, John and Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams, Presidential wives, Thomas Boylston Adams, White House history
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The Two Mary Lincolns Disaster
It was inevitable. Mary Todd Lincoln, mother-in-law, and Mary Harlan Lincoln, daughter-in law… Mary Lincoln Meets Mary Harlan When the Lincolns came to Washington in 1861, they became acquainted with Senator and Mrs. James Harlan, Republicans of Iowa. In due … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, First Lady Mary Lincoln, First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, history, Mary HArlan Lincoln, Mary Lincoln, Mary Lincoln's daughter-in-law, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, Mrs. Robert Lincoln, Presidential wives, Robert Lincoln, Robert Lincoln's wife, Robert Todd Lincoln, US history
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Winnie Davis: The Daughter of the Confederacy
Varina Anne Davis was a tragic story from the start. Winnie Davis’ First Years “Little Pie Cake” as she was called for the first year of her life, entered the world in June, 1864, the second daughter and sixth child … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged American Civil War, American history, Beauvoir, Civil War history, Confederate history, Confederate States of America, Daughter of the Confederacy, Feather Schwartz Foster, Fortress Monroe, Fred Wilkinson, history, Jefferson Davis, Jefferson Davis daughter, Mrs. Jefferson Davis, The Daughter of the Confederacy, US history, Varina Anne Davis, Varina Davis, Winnie Davis
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The Herbert Hoover Presidential Site
It is not Paris. It is not even Mt. Vernon. But history lovers must not overlook the charmer of an understated and underrated Presidential Birthplace and Library in tiny little West Branch, Iowa. The Herbert Hoover Birthplace Herbert Hoover was … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Herbert Hoover, Presidential Sites
Tagged American history, Herbert Hoover, Herbert Hoover Birthplace, Herbert Hoover Library, Herbert Hoover Museum, Herbert Hoover Presidential Site, history, Iowa, Lou Henry Hoover, Presidential birthplaces, Presidential history, Presidential site, US history, West Branch
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Julia Tyler: Fashionista
About five years before becoming a First Lady, a nineteen-year-old Julia Gardiner was featured in an actual advertising promotion. Miss Julia Gardiner Julia Gardiner was pretty, socially prominent, and very very rich. Her father, Senator David Gardiner, was a “Gardiner … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, John Tyler
Tagged American history, Bogert And Mecamly, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, First Lady Julia Tyler, Gardiner's Island, history, John Tyler, Julia Gardiner, Julia Gardiner Tyler, Julia Tyler, President John Tyler, President Tyler, President TYler's Second Wife, Presidential history, Presidential wives, Rose of Long Island, US history, White House history
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Mrs. Adams Goes to Paris
Abigail Adams had never been farther from home than Boston, when her husband sent for her to come to Paris. The Separations of Abigail and John Adams When the Adamses married in 1764, John Adams was a struggling attorney, riding … Continue reading
The Polarizing Mrs. Lincoln
Mrs. Lincoln is never viewed in neutral. You either love her or hate her. Some historians evaluate Mary Todd Lincoln as a termagant who made Lincoln’s life a misery. Some claim she is one of the most misunderstood characters … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, history, Katherine Helm, Lincoln's Assassination, Mary Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mrs. Lincoln, nineteenth century Americans, Presidential wives, William Herndon
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The Common Touch: Presidential Style
The Common Touch, like Common Sense, is anything but Common. The Elusive Quality of the Common Touch The Common Touch is one of those rare qualities that must be inborn, natural and absolutely sincere. It can sometimes be affected, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin Roosevelt, George W. Bush, George Washington, Harry Truman, Herbert Hoover, history, J.A. Adams, Jimmy Carter, John Quincy Adams, presidential common touch, Presidential history, Richard Nixon, The Common Touch, Theodore Roosevelt, US history, US Presidents, White House history, Woodrow Wilson
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The Washington Courtship
Was it a love match? Or merely a partnership of mutual convenience? The Wealthy Widow Custis Martha Dandridge had married an old man. She was seventeen; Daniel Parke Custis was past thirty-five. But it had been a marriage of true … Continue reading
Mary and Robert Lincoln: A Family Tragedy
The Widow Mary would have a tenuous and tragic relationship with her son Robert Lincoln for the remaining years of her life. The Family Situation Abraham Lincoln died without a will, thus his estate would be shared equally by Mary, … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's estate, American history, Bellevue Place, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, First Lady Mary Lincoln, history, Mary HArlan Lincoln, Mary Lincoln, Mary Lincoln insanity trial, Mary Lincoln the widow, Mary Lincoln's daughter-in-law, Mary Lincoln's fiances, Mary Lincoln's widowhood, Mary Todd Lincoln, Presidential wives, Robert Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, US history
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