Memoirs of the Mother and Wife of WashingtonDerby, Miller,, 1850 - Всего страниц: 248 Martha Dandridge was born in New Kent County, Virginia, in 1732. She married Colonel Daniel Parke Custis, son of John Custis of Arlington, at the age of seventeen. They had three children. The oldest son died at a young age and his father died soon after. She married George Washington in 1759 and they made their home at Mount Vernon, Fairfox County, Virginia. She died in 1802. |
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... parents ; she awed me in the midst of her kindness , for she was indeed truly kind ; and even now , when time has whitened my locks , and I am the grandfather of a second generation , I could not behold that majestic woman without ...
... parents ; she awed me in the midst of her kindness , for she was indeed truly kind ; and even now , when time has whitened my locks , and I am the grandfather of a second generation , I could not behold that majestic woman without ...
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... parental authority and gov- ernment from the same Book , wherein she sought her own rules of life ; and she was as much superior to a Spartan mother , as are the inspired principles of our blessed religion to the heathen . teachings ...
... parental authority and gov- ernment from the same Book , wherein she sought her own rules of life ; and she was as much superior to a Spartan mother , as are the inspired principles of our blessed religion to the heathen . teachings ...
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... parent's voice to counsel or a parent's hand to guide , and to enter on a theatre of action , which would forever remove him from her presence , was a trial of her fortitude and sense of duty , which she could not be expected to hazard ...
... parent's voice to counsel or a parent's hand to guide , and to enter on a theatre of action , which would forever remove him from her presence , was a trial of her fortitude and sense of duty , which she could not be expected to hazard ...
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... parent , his previous resolution to depart was for the first time subdued , in con- sequence of her ill - concealed dejection and her irrepressible tears . Who shall say that the decisive interposition * Marshall's LIFE OF WASHINGTON ...
... parent , his previous resolution to depart was for the first time subdued , in con- sequence of her ill - concealed dejection and her irrepressible tears . Who shall say that the decisive interposition * Marshall's LIFE OF WASHINGTON ...
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... parent was , for several successive months , de- prived of even the incidental presence and society of almost the only one of her children who was sufficiently mature to be a congenial and intel- ligent companion and assistant in her ...
... parent was , for several successive months , de- prived of even the incidental presence and society of almost the only one of her children who was sufficiently mature to be a congenial and intel- ligent companion and assistant in her ...
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