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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
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Nifty History People
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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Abraham Lincoln’s Life and Limb
Abraham Lincoln had an innate instinct for Public Relations – but with him, it usually meant “Political Realities.” The Fall of Fort Sumter Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) had only been President for six weeks when Fort Sumter was attacked in Charleston … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln war powers, American Civil War, American history, Charleston Harbor, Civil War, Civil War history, Constitutional War Powers, Feather Schwartz Foster, Fort Sumter, Franklin Pierce, history, James Buchanan, Lincoln's war powers, President Abraham Lincoln, President Franklin Pierce, President James Buchanan, President Lincoln, Presidential history, US history, White House history
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Herbert Hoover and the First Hoover Dam
In 1921, Herbert Hoover was a household word, and a newly appointed Secretary of Commerce in the Harding Administration. Herbert Hoover: A Quick Background Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) was a self-made man in the truest sense of the word. Born … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Herbert Hoover
Tagged American history, Belgiam Relief in World War I, Feather Schwartz Foster, Herbert C. Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, Herbert Hoover, history, Hoover Dam, Journalist Edward G. Lowry, President Harry Truman, President Woodrow Wilson, Presidential history, The Great Engineer, U.S. history
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Nellie Taft’s Lonely Dinner
Helen Herron Taft (1861-1943) did not have a long time to enjoy wearing her stylish Edwardian gowns on the magnificent occasions she had been planning for decades. Only three months into William Howard Taft’s presidency, she collapsed from a stroke. Mrs. … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, William Howard Taft
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, Helen Herron Taft, Helen Herron Taft's stroke, history, Mrs. William Howard Taft, Nellie Taft, Presidential wives, US history, White House history, William Howard Taft
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First Ladies of Indisposition
Between 1849 and 1857, the three First Ladies of the United States were, in their individual ways, indisposed in the true meaning of the word: they did not have the disposition to perform the highly visible social duties that were … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Franklin Pierce, Millard Fillmore, Zachary Taylor
Tagged Abigail Fillmore, American history, Bennie Pierce, Bennie Pierce death, Betty Blair, creating White House Library, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, Franklin Pierce, history, Jane Pierce, Jane Pierce tragedy, Margaret Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Presidential wives, US history, White House history, White House library, Zachary Taylor
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Chester Alan Arthur: “Nobody’s Damn Business”
Chester Alan Arthur, known only by his distinctive and imposing whiskers, is one of the least known and least studied of our Presidents. Chester Alan Arthur: The Basic Facts Chester Alan Arthur (1830-1886) was a clergyman’s son, born in Vermont … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Chester Arthur
Tagged American history, Chester A. Arthur, Chester Alan Arthur, Collector of the Port of NY, Election of 1880, Ellen Herndon Arthur, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Political Boss Roscoe Conkling, President Chester A. Arthur, President James A. Garfield, President Rutherford B. Hayes, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, Roscoe Conkling, The "Gentleman Boss", The Port of New York, US Presidents, US Vice Presidents, White House history
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