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Tag Archives: Thomas Jefferson
The White House New Year’s Day Reception
After two years in New York and ten years in Philadelphia, the capital of the country was moved to Washington at the very end of 1800. The Dismal Days Washington DC was just opening for business in late 1800, after … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Black attendance at White House receptions, Feather Schwartz Foster, George Washington, Herbert Hoover, history, John Adams, Mary Lincoln, Negro attendance at White House receptions, New Year's Day 1863, President Abraham Lincoln, President Andrew Jackson, PResident George Washington, President Herbert Hoover, President John Adams, President Theodore Roosevelt, President Thomas Jefferson, Presidential history, Presidential open houses, The Emancipation Proclamation, The last white House New Year's Day reception, the White House New Year's Day receptions, Thomas Jefferson, US history, Washington DC history, White House history, White House public receptions
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Dolley Madison’s Wednesday Squeezes
It did not start out to be a major event – but it became the benchmark of Washington society for nearly two decades. Washington 1801: Martha Washington and Abigail Adams, were both in their late fifties when they became First … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Adams, American First Ladies, American history, Catherine Allgor, Dolley Madison, Entertaining at the White House, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Dolley Madison, Historian Catherine Allgor, history, James Madison, MArtha Washington, Mrs. Madison, President James Madison, President Thomas Jefferson, Presidential history, Secretary of State James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, White House history
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Measuring George Washington
After the American Revolution ended, the State of Virginia wanted to honor its most renowned son with a commemorative statue. Finding A Worthy Artist Fine art and fine artists were a rarity in Colonial America, perhaps because people were more … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, George Washington, Nifty History People, Presidential Sites
Tagged American history, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Willson Peale, Feather Schwartz Foster, French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon, General George Washington, George Washington, history, Houdon visits Mt Vernon, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Presidential history, Revolutionary War history, Sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon, Thomas Jefferson, US history, Virginia history, Virginia State House
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Tom and Dolley: The Original Ben and Jerry
Ice cream has always been one of America’s favorite desserts. But was it Thomas Jefferson or Dolley Madison who deserves the credit? Many people believe that “Dolly Madison” ice cream is named for the First Lady because she invented ice … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Dolley Madison, Dolley Madison and ice cream, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Dolley Madison, First Lady History, George Washington, George Washington's ice cream molds, history, history of ice cream, Ice cream at the White House, Jefferson and ice cream, MArtha Washington, Presidential history, The White House, Thomas Jefferson, US history
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Lucy Hayes and the Spectacular Dinner Service,
The White House, then and now, requires a huge amount of china place settings. The Precedents of China Formal Presidential dinner services have always been needed for formal occasions since the time of George Washington’s terms of office in New … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Rutherford Hayes
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, First Lady Lucy Hayes, Galt Jewelers, General Ulysses S. Grant, Harper's Weekly Magazine, Haviland & Company, history, Illustrator Theodore Davis, Lucy Hayes, Lucy Hayes White House china, Mary Lincoln, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Norman Galt, President Hayes, President James Garfield, President Rutherford B. Hayes, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, The Reagan Dinner Service, Theodore Russell Davis, Thomas Jefferson, White House dinner services, White House Historical Association, White House history, William Seale
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William R. King: The VEEP Who Never Was
The office of Vice President was merely an afterthought to our Constitution’s founders. It was so insignificant that for nearly 39 years(!), the office remained empty. The Early VEEPS For the first twelve years of the USA being the USA, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Burr, American history, American Vice Presidents, Andrew Jackson, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, James Buchanan, John Adams, John C. Calhoun, John Quincy Adams, John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, The election of 1852, Thomas Jefferson, US history, US Vice Presidents, Vice President William R> King, Vice Presidential history, Vice Presidents, VP William R. King, William Henry Harrison, William rufus DeVane King, Zachary Taylor
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Mrs. Madison: The Most Popular First Lady Ever
Other First Ladies have been better looking, more intellectual or talented. But no one has ever been more popular. Everybody Knew Dolley Dolley Madison (1768-1849) was arguably the best known woman in the United States during the first half of … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, James Madison
Tagged American history, Congressman James Madison, Dolley Madison, Dolley Madison the political hostess, Dolley Payne Todd Madison, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady Dolley Madison, George Washington, history, James Madison, Lady Washington's levees, Mrs. Madison, President James Madison, Presidential histor, The Great Little Madison, the Widow Todd, Thomas Jefferson, US history, White House history
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Martha Randolph: Jefferson’s One Slender Thread
Martha Jefferson Randolph had many advantages as Thomas Jefferson’s daughter, but her life was far from happy. Patsy: The Early Years Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was twenty-seven when he married Martha Wayles Skelton, a twenty-three year old widow with a toddler … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Jefferson's daughter Patsy, Jefferson's Monticello plantation, Jefferson's mother Jane Randolph, Jefferson's son-in-law Thomas Randolph, Lucy Jefferson, Martha Jefferson, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Martha Wayles Jefferson, MOnticello, Mrs. Thomas Jefferson, Patsy Jefferson, Patsy Jefferson Randolph, Polly Jefferson, President Thomas Jefferson, Presidential history, Presidential hostess Martha Randolph, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Mann Randolph, U.S. history, White House history
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The Presidential Stepping Stone
More than half our Presidents have been lawyers, at least by discipline. Whether they liked it or not, and even whether they actively “practiced law” is something else. POTUSes Reading Law In the “olden days,” one did not need a … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Andrew Jackson, Calvin Coolidge, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin Roosevelt, George Wythe, history, James Garfield, James Monroe, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, President Harding, Presidential history, Presidential lawyers, Presidents who were lawyers, Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. history, Warren Harding, White House history, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
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