Author: George Washington
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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Copies of the Wills of General George Washington, the First President of the United States and of Martha Washington, His Wife
Author: George Washington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Copies of the Wills of General George Washington, the First President of the United States and of Martha Washington, His Wife
Author: George 1732-1799 Washington
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781014603548
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781014603548
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Copies of the Wills of General George Washington, the First President of the United States and of Martha Washington, His Wife
Author: George Washington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
George Washington remains the wealthiest President to serve the United States. Much of his wealth is due to that inherited by his wife, Martha, from her previous marriage to Daniel Custis. Interestingly, Custis' father insisted that Martha was not wealthy enough or of high enough status to marry his son, so much so that he threatened to disinherit Daniel.??This volume contains the wills of George and Martha Washington.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
George Washington remains the wealthiest President to serve the United States. Much of his wealth is due to that inherited by his wife, Martha, from her previous marriage to Daniel Custis. Interestingly, Custis' father insisted that Martha was not wealthy enough or of high enough status to marry his son, so much so that he threatened to disinherit Daniel.??This volume contains the wills of George and Martha Washington.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Martha Washington
Author: Helen Bryan
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 0471212989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
"A contempary anecdote not only confirms that Martha commanded respect in her own right during her lifetime, but also suggests an awkward truth later historians have preferred to ignore-that without Martha and her fortune, George might never have risen to social, military, and political prominence.Toward the end of his life, George Washington, war hero, retired president, and object of universal fame and veneration, was negotiating to purchase a plot of land in the new capital city, to be named in his honor. The seller, an aged veteran of the Revolution, was reluctant to part with the plot, even to so distinguished a purchaser. Washington persisted until the veteran's patience snapped: 'You think people take every grist that comes from you as the pure grain. What would you have been if you hadn't married the Widow Custis!' " -from the Introduction to Martha Washington: First Lady of Liberty From the glittering social life of Virginia's wealthiest plantations to the rigors of winter camps during the American Revolution, Martha Washington was a central figure in some of the most important events in American history. Her story is a saga of social conflict, forbidden love affairs, ambiguous wills, mysterious death, heartbreaking loss, and personal and political triumph. Every detail is brought to vivid life in this engaging and astonishing biography of one of the best known, least understood figures in early American life.
Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 0471212989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
"A contempary anecdote not only confirms that Martha commanded respect in her own right during her lifetime, but also suggests an awkward truth later historians have preferred to ignore-that without Martha and her fortune, George might never have risen to social, military, and political prominence.Toward the end of his life, George Washington, war hero, retired president, and object of universal fame and veneration, was negotiating to purchase a plot of land in the new capital city, to be named in his honor. The seller, an aged veteran of the Revolution, was reluctant to part with the plot, even to so distinguished a purchaser. Washington persisted until the veteran's patience snapped: 'You think people take every grist that comes from you as the pure grain. What would you have been if you hadn't married the Widow Custis!' " -from the Introduction to Martha Washington: First Lady of Liberty From the glittering social life of Virginia's wealthiest plantations to the rigors of winter camps during the American Revolution, Martha Washington was a central figure in some of the most important events in American history. Her story is a saga of social conflict, forbidden love affairs, ambiguous wills, mysterious death, heartbreaking loss, and personal and political triumph. Every detail is brought to vivid life in this engaging and astonishing biography of one of the best known, least understood figures in early American life.
Dictionary Catalog of the Department Library
Author: United States. Department of the Interior. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Mount Vernon Love Story
Author: Mary Higgins Clark
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471103617
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Always a lover of history, Mary Higgins Clark wrote this extensively researched biographical novel and titled it Aspire to the Heavens, after the motto of George Washington's mother. Published in 1969, the book was more recently discovered by a Washington family descendant and reissued as Mount Vernon Love Story. Dispelling the widespread belief that although George Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis, he reserved his true love for Sally Carey Fairfax, his best friend's wife, Mary Higgins Clark describes the Washington marriage as one full of tenderness and passion, as a bond between two people who shared their lives -- even the bitter hardship of a winter in Valley Forge -- in every way. In this author's skilled hands, the history, the love, and the man come fully and dramatically alive.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471103617
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Always a lover of history, Mary Higgins Clark wrote this extensively researched biographical novel and titled it Aspire to the Heavens, after the motto of George Washington's mother. Published in 1969, the book was more recently discovered by a Washington family descendant and reissued as Mount Vernon Love Story. Dispelling the widespread belief that although George Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis, he reserved his true love for Sally Carey Fairfax, his best friend's wife, Mary Higgins Clark describes the Washington marriage as one full of tenderness and passion, as a bond between two people who shared their lives -- even the bitter hardship of a winter in Valley Forge -- in every way. In this author's skilled hands, the history, the love, and the man come fully and dramatically alive.
Virginiana in the Printed Book Collections of the Virginia State Library
Author: Virginia State Library
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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National Union Catalog
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, George W. Bush
Author: United States. President (2001-2009 : Bush)
Publisher:
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 976
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