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Showing posts with label John Parke Custis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Parke Custis. Show all posts
Thursday, July 14, 2022

“I accompanied young Custis to Mount Vernon”

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In sharing his story about hearing George Washington threaten to lead “Virginia riflemen” against the king’s troops in 1773, Benjamin Gall...
Sunday, July 10, 2022

“He had never seen the master of Mount Vernon so displeased”

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Last month I addressed the idea that George Washington attended fireworks in celebration of the second anniversary of the Gaspee attack ...
Friday, June 14, 2019

Rev. Jonathan Boucher: “I did know Mr. Washington well”

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The Washington Papers Project just shared Kathryn Gehred’s profile of the Rev. Jonathan Boucher, a Virginia and Maryland minister who had...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Valentine’s Notes for Martha Washington

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In the Washington Papers is a document dated 25 Oct 1759 , about a year and a half after George had met Martha and nine and a half month...
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Monday, October 03, 2016

“William Costin’s reputed father was white”

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As I wrote yesterday, Martha Washington ’s son John Parke Custis is believed to have had a child by an enslaved woman named Ann Dandridg...
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Toys for the Custis Children

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As I described yesterday, a number of recent publications have included a list of toys that George Washington supposedly ordered for his ne...
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Christmas Shopping with George Washington?

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This month HistoryTube shared a heart-warming glimpse of George Washington , the just-retired young colonel of the Virginia forces, as a ...
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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Mrs. Warner Lewis and the Chain of Errors

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Martha Washington arrived at the mansion that is now Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site on 11 Dec 1775. (Th...