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Tag Archives: Colonial history
Traveling With Lady Washington
Martha Washington was a homebody, and never liked to travel. Traveling: 18th Century Style If Martha Washington disliked traveling, and actually was afraid of it, she had reasons. Travelers had limited options: foot, animal, vehicle-and-animal. If water crossing was included, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, George Washington, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Colonial history, Daniel Parke Custis, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George Washington, George Washington Colonel George Washington, history, Martha Custis, Martha Dandridge, Martha Washinagton, Martha Washington joins husband in camp, Martha Washington son Jack Custis, Mount Vernor, US history, Virginia Colonial capital, Washington named General of Continental Army, Washington plantation Mount Vernon
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George Washington and the Presidential Salary
George Washington was not born to wealth. GW: The Gentry Background George Washington (1732-99) was born to a solid middle class gentry family. His father, Augustine Washington, had been married previously, fathered two sons and a daughter, was widowed, and … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Colonial history, Daniel Parke Custis, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George Washington, George Washington, history, Martha Dandridge, Martha Dandridge Custis, Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, MArtha Washington, Mount Vernon, PResident George Washington, Presidential entertaining, presidential expenses, Presidential history, Presidential salaries, US history
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Abigail Adams: On Virtue, Duty and Manners
Abigail Smith Adams was a Puritan born and raised. Abigail Adams: Intellectual Puritan Abigail Smith (1744-1818) was born to William Smith and Elizabeth Quincy of Weymouth, MA, a family peppered with Congregational clergy. Her father was a minister of solid … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, John Adams, John Quincy Adams
Tagged Abigail Adams, Abigail Adams nephew William Shaw, Abigail and John Adams, Abigail Smith Adams, American history, Charles Adams, Colonial history, Feather Schwartz Foster, Historian Paul Nagel, history, John Adams, John Adams' sons, John Quincy Adams, The upbringing of Abigail Adams, Thomas Boylston Adams, US history
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Martha Dandridge, Mistress Custis
Nearly ten years before she became Mrs. George Washington, Martha Dandridge became Mrs. Daniel Parke Custis. The Turbulent and Eccentric Daniel Parke Daniel Parke (1669-1710), the grandfather-in-law to Martha Custis, long dead by the time she married into the family, … Continue reading
Posted in George Washington, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Colonial history, Daniel PArke, Daniel Parke Custis, Feather Schwartz Foster, George Wahsington, history, John Custis IV, John Dandridge, Martha Dandridge, Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, MArtha Washington, Martha Washington's Custis in-laws, Martha washington's father John Dandridge, Martha Washington's first husband, Mistress Martha Custis, Presidential history, US history
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Abigail Adams and the Inoculation Decision
Smallpox was an extremely contagious disease. The mortality rate was at least 30%. George Washington’s Decision Shortly after the battles of Lexington and Concord in mid-1775, George Washington, a former Colonel of the Virginia Militia and the highest ranking professional … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, American history, Charles Adams, Colonial history, Dr. Edward Jenner, Dr. Thomas Bullfinch, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, General George Washington, George Washington, history, inoculation for smallpox in Colonial times, John Adams, John and Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams, MArtha Washington, Nabby Adams, Presidential history, smallpox in the 18th century, THe Continental Army, Thomas Adams
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