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Category Archives: Nifty History People
The Most Interesting American: A Book Review
When Theodore Roosevelt was about five, frail and suffering from severe asthma, his wealthy and devoted parents provided the best medical treatment money could buy. In the early 1860s, one of his medically approved treatments was smoking big black cigars … Continue reading
John Quincy and Louisa Adams: The Rouge Story
John Quincy Adams was twenty-nine when he married. His bride was twenty-three. Bride and Groom By the time John Quincy Adams was eighteen and ready to enter Harvard, he was already the most cosmopolitan young man in the country. As … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, George Washington, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Diplomat John Quincy Adams, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, history, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Joshua Johnson, JQA, King Frederick William III of Prussia, Louisa Adams, Louisa Catherine Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson, PResident George Washington, Presidential history, Prussian Minister John Q. Adams, Queen Louise of Prussia, US history, Vice President John Adams, White House history
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General Grant’s Last Escort
Serving as a pallbearer is the most unselfish “good deed” someone can do for another. The deceased can never return the favor. The Great General Ulysses S. Grant was not born to anything even remotely connected with fame or renown … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Nifty History People, Rutherford Hayes, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged Admiral David Porter, American history, Col. Frederick D. Grant, CSA General Joseph E. Johnston, CSA General Simon B. Buckner, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Julia Dent, Gen. John A. Logan, General Grant and cancer, General Philip Sheridan, General Ulysses S. Grant, General William T. Sherman, George S. Childs, Grant's funeral procession, history, Julia Grant, President Chester Alan Arthur, President Grover Cleeland, President Rutherford B. Hayes, Presidential history, Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, Treasury Secretary George S. Boutwell, Ulysses S. Grant, US history
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Lincoln’s First Pardon: Private William Scott
By the time of Lincoln’s death, his reputation for compassion had become legendary. Captain Abe When Abraham Lincoln was around 22, living in New Salem, IL, he enlisted in the militia along with a bunch of his buddies. A skirmish … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged "The Sleeping Sentinel", Abraham Lincoln, American history, CW Private William Scott, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1956, Feather Schwartz Foster, Francis de Hayes Javier, General George McClellan, General Winfield Scott, history, Lincoln appoints CW officers, Lincoln in the Black Hawk War, Lincoln pardons Private William Scott, Lincoln pardons Union soldiers, Poet Francis de Hayes Javier, Presidential history, Private William Scott of Vermont, US history, White House history
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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
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, George Washington, James Madison, Nifty History People
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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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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