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The Tragic Death of Bennie Pierce
The Pierce Parents When Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) married Jane Means Appleton (1806-63) in 1834, he was nearly thirty, a fine age for a man to marry. Mature, and financially solid enough in trade or profession to provide for a wife. … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Franklin Pierce
Tagged American history, Bennie Pierce, Dark Horse candidate Franklin Pierce, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, First Lady Jane Pierce, Franklin Pierce, history, Jane Pierce, President Franklin Pierce, Presidential history, The election of 1852, The Pierce son Bennie, The Pierces visit family in Amherst MA, Train accident kills Bennie Pierce, US history, White House history
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Corinne: The Long Neglected Roosevelt
Little Sister Corinne The iconic Theodore Roosevelt was one of four siblings. The oldest of the four remarkable Roosevelts was Anna (1855-1931), called “Bamie” by her siblings, and “Auntie Bye” by the next generation. Despite an early childhood illness which … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged "Mittie" Roosevelt, American history, Anna Roosevelt Cowles, Bamie Roosevelt, Corinne Robinson book "My Brother Theodore Roosevelt", Corinne Roosevelt, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, Douglas Robinson, Elliott Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Leonard Wood, history, Presidential history, THe poetry of Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's brother-in-law Douglas Robinson, Theodore Roosevelt's sister Corinne, US history
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G.P.A. Healy and the Portraits of Presidents
The Young Artist George Peter Alexander (usually known as G.P.A.) Healy was definitely born poor in 1813 to Irish immigrants in Boston. A bit late to his calling, he was sixteen when he first picked up a brush, but the … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Chester Arthur, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, James K. Polk, John Quincy Adams, John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American artist G.P.A. Healy, American artist Jane Stuart, American history, Charles Willson Peale, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Sarah Polk, Former President John Q. Adams, G.P.A. Healy, GIlbert Stuart, Healy painting of The Peacemakers, history, King Louis Philippe of France, President Abraham Lincoln, President Andrew Jackson, President Chester Alan Arthur, President Franklin Pierce, President James Buchanan, President James K. Polk, President John Tyler, President Millard Fillmore, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, Robert Todd Lincoln, US history, White House history
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General Grant’s No-Exchange Order
Hard to Believe, But… After millenniums of savage butchery, more “civilized” armies faced each other on the most favorable empty grounds they could find and they became battlefields, far from villages and towns and private citizens. If a belligerent was … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Nifty History People, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Civil War history, Civil War prisoners of war, CSA General Simon Buckner, Feather Schwartz Foster, Ft. Pillow, General Cornwallis, General Grant, General Simon Bolivar Buckner, General Ulysses S. Grant, George Washington at Yorktown, history, Presidential history, Simon Bolivar Buckner, The battle of Milikens Bend, The battle of Port Hudson, The Emancipation Proclamation, U.S. Grant at Vicksburg, US Civil War, US history
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Frances Cleveland: Saturday
Frances Folsom Cleveland was only 21 when she became First Lady. The Young FLOTUS-To-Be Frances Folsom (1864-1947) was the total antithesis of her husband, sitting President Grover Cleveland. She was young (he was 49), slim and trim (he weighed in … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Grover Cleveland, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Dolley Madison's Wednesday evenings, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Frances Cleveland, First Lady History, First Lady receptions, Frances Folsom, Frances Folsom Cleveland, Grover Cleveland, history, Martha Washington's levees, President Grover Cleveland, Presidential history, Presidential wives, Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, US history, White House history, White House receptions
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Al Smith: The “3-P” Loss of 1928
Al: A Brief Run-Up Alfred Emanuel Smith (1873-1944) was born to Catholic immigrants in a rough neighborhood on NY’s lower East Side. He identified with his Irish forebears, but in fact, he was a mixed breed. His father was working … Continue reading
Posted in Franklin D. Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Nifty History People
Tagged Al Smith and Prohibition, Al Smith and the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, Alfred E. Smith, American history, Anti-Catholic feeling in the 1920s, Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover, Election of 1924, Election of 1928, FDR Nominates Al Smith as the Democratic Candidate in 1924, Feather Schwartz Foster, Governor Al Smith, Herbert Hoover, history, NY Gov. Al Smith, Presidential history, Republican Candidate Hoover in 1928, The Democratic Convention of 1924, The prosperity of the 1920s, The rise of Al Smith, US history
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George Washington’s Birthplace: Pope’s Creek
Spoiler Alert: This site is a re-creation. Nevertheless… The Land Itself… Pope’s Creek, a beautifully situated tributary of the Potomac River in a still-rural and sparsely populated area of Westmoreland County, in Virginia’s Northern Neck, had been in the Washington … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, George Washington
Tagged American history, Augustine Washington Jr., Feather Schwartz Foster, Ferry Farm, George Washington, George Washington as surveyor, George Washington Birthplace, George Washington Parke Custis, George Washington's father Augustine, George Washington's forebears, history, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Lawrence Washington, Little Hunting Creek, Mary Ball Washington, Mount Vernon, Pope's Creek VA, Presidential history, US history
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The Sagamore Hill-Hyde Park Connection: Part II
Mano a Mano Theodore Roosevelt’s father (Theodore Sr.) had been a nominal Whig, but once the Republican Party had formed and had promised to be viable, he became a Republican and strong admirer of Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln and the … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American history, Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ex-POTUS TR involved in law suit, FDR's estate at Hyde Park, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, history, Presidential history, Republican Theodore Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, The Hyde Park estate of FDR, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Jr, Theodore Roosevelt’s Sagamore Hill, TR and FDR, US history, White House history
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Robert Todd Lincoln: The Legacy
Robert Todd Lincoln was just 21 when his father was assassinated. The Responsibility of Robert Only hours before Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, the President spent a little time with his oldest son, on leave from the Army following Lee’s surrender at … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln II, American history, David Davis, Feather Schwartz Foster, Herbert Putnam LOC Librarian, history, John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Justice David Davis, Library of Congress, Licoln Collection at the Library of Congress, Lincoln Memorial dedication, Lincoln's private correspondence, Lincoln's Assassination, Lincoln's Secretaries, Mary Lincoln, Presidential history, Robert Lincoln, Robert Lincoln's accomplishments, Robert T. Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, the Lincoln Papers, US history, White House history
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