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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... of his revered and much - loved parent . Sustained , even in this trying hour , by her na- tive strength of mind , the heroic Mother fervently invoked the blessing of Heaven upon her sorrow- ing Son MARY WASHINGTON . 63.
... of his revered and much - loved parent . Sustained , even in this trying hour , by her na- tive strength of mind , the heroic Mother fervently invoked the blessing of Heaven upon her sorrow- ing Son MARY WASHINGTON . 63.
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Margaret Cockburn Conkling. invoked the blessing of Heaven upon her sorrow- ing Son , and solemnly bestowing her own , bade him pursue the path in which public duty sum- moned him to depart . Mrs. Washington retained unimpaired posses ...
Margaret Cockburn Conkling. invoked the blessing of Heaven upon her sorrow- ing Son , and solemnly bestowing her own , bade him pursue the path in which public duty sum- moned him to depart . Mrs. Washington retained unimpaired posses ...
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... Heaven has spared ours to an age beyond which few at- tain , and favored her with the full enjoyment of her faculties and as much bodily strength as usu- ally falls to the lot of fourscore . Under these considerations , and a hope that ...
... Heaven has spared ours to an age beyond which few at- tain , and favored her with the full enjoyment of her faculties and as much bodily strength as usu- ally falls to the lot of fourscore . Under these considerations , and a hope that ...
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... Heaven and Nature can on earth achieve ! - MICHEL ANGELO . 66 " There sounds not to the trump of Fame , The echo of a noble name ! " As well might we assimilate the airy graces of a modern belle , arrayed in the ample costume of the ...
... Heaven and Nature can on earth achieve ! - MICHEL ANGELO . 66 " There sounds not to the trump of Fame , The echo of a noble name ! " As well might we assimilate the airy graces of a modern belle , arrayed in the ample costume of the ...
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... . Radiant in the zenith of Columbia's Heaven , beams the star of her fame , fixed and enduring as 66 the cerulean arch we see , MAJESTIC IN ITS OWN SIMPLICITY ! " CHAPTER VIII . " There are deeds which should not 72 MEMOIR OF.
... . Radiant in the zenith of Columbia's Heaven , beams the star of her fame , fixed and enduring as 66 the cerulean arch we see , MAJESTIC IN ITS OWN SIMPLICITY ! " CHAPTER VIII . " There are deeds which should not 72 MEMOIR OF.
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