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	Martha Washington
		At the age of eighteen, Martha was married to Daniel Parke Custis.
		Martha was careful and conscientious in running her home, although she and her husband did not pinch pennies when it came to caring for their home.
		Martha and her grandchildren were hailed with fanfare all the way to New York.
	www.ushistory.org /valleyforge/served/martha.html (1914 words)

	Martha Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (June 2, 1731 – May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States, and therefore is seen as the first First Lady of the United States (although that title was not coined until after her death; she was simply known as "Lady Washington").
		Martha Washington was raised in a time when chattel slavery was an economic reality for elite southern white families.
		Martha Washington was personally upset when her personal lady's maid Oney Judge, a slave girl of the Custis estate, fled the first family's Philadelphia household during President Washington's second term.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Martha_Washington (1243 words)

	Part 1 Martha Washington
		Martha Washington was born June 2, 1731, a daughter of the republic.
		Martha was content with her place in society as a woman, and she proved this with her loyalty and devotion to George Washington.
		Nonetheless, Martha had "too much of the vanity for human affairs to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.--I am still determined to be cheerful and be happy in whatever situation I may be."{11}As a woman, wife, and mother, Martha Washington fulfilled the 'everything agreeable and useful' requirement of her gender.
	www.virginia.edu /history/courses/hius401b/papers/norton/martha2.htm (802 words)

	Martha Dandridge Custis Washington
		Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was born at Chestnut Grove in New Kent County, Virginia, June 2, 1731.
		Martha was the eldest of three brothers and five sisters, the youngest of whom was born when Martha was 25 and already had four children of her own.
		Martha and Daniel Custis had four children: Daniel, born in 1751; Frances, born in 1753; John (Jacky) born in 1755; and Martha (Patsy), born in 1756 or 1757.
	www.history.org /Almanack/people/bios/biomwash.cfm (686 words)

	The First First Lady - Martha Washington - History
		Martha Dandridge was born June 2, 1731, to John and Frances Dandridge on the Chestnut Grove plantation in New Kent County, Virginia.
		Martha inherited the huge Custis estate, and she proved to be an able businesswoman in managing the plantation.
		Martha Washington played an enormous role in supervising the operation of the large Custis estate which she inherited, as well as the vast farming enterprise of her husband’s Mount Vernon.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art4041.asp (551 words)

	Biography of Martha Washington
		Martha Washington is best known in her role as the wife of the first President of the United States, George Washington.
		Martha Washington was born at Chestnut Grove in the county of New Kent, Virginia on June 2, 1731.
		Martha was an extraordinary woman and her early education proved quite helpful in running the estate left in her care.
	wa.essortment.com /biographymartha_rrrv.htm (629 words)

	Martha Washington
		Washington, at Mount Vernon, the apartment in which the first lady of Virginia, in Virginia's palmy days, used to spend her mornings at work, surrounded by busy servants.
		The greater part of General Washington's slaves worked on plantations several miles distant from his home, and were provided for by their several overseers; but there were a great number of household servants at Mount Vernon, besides grooms, gardeners, fishermen, and others, for whom the lady of the house had to think and contrive.
		Washington, with all her good qualities, was a little tart in her temper, and favored the General, occasionally, with nocturnal discourse, too much in the style of Mrs.
	female-ancestors.com /daughters/washington.htm (1538 words)

	The Last Will and Testament of George and Martha Washington - Fairfax County, Virginia - Circuit Court (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Washington commented in his will that its preparation "occupied many of my leisure hours." This is evident when considering the immense detail contained in the will.
		Washington's second priority in his will was the emancipation, care, and education of his slaves.
		Martha Washington signed and dated her Will on September 22, 1800, and each page bears her signature in the bottom right hand corner.
	www.fairfaxcounty.gov /courts/circuit/washington.htm (1587 words)

	Martha Washington - Patricia Brady - Penguin Group (USA)
		Martha Custis was an attractive, wealthy widow and the mother of two young children when she agreed to marry again in 1759 and begin a new life as Martha Washington.
		Though Martha Washington burned their private correspondence after George’s death, Brady draws on a vast array of primary sources to reconstruct the daily texture of the Washingtons’ marriage as well as the nuances of Martha’s character.
		Martha Washington was a strong-minded, passionate individual, a woman deeply devoted to her husband, children, and country.
	us.penguingroup.com /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,0_9780670034307,00.html (225 words)

	The Martha Washington Inn
		Martha Washington herself honored the school that bore her name, presenting the college with a delicate teacup and saucer which was protected by a bell jar on the mantle of the front parlor.
		But during the Civil War books were cast aside, the colonial costumes the college girls donned annually to honor George and Martha Washington were exchanged for the uniforms of nurses, and Virginia reels and minuets made way for the sounds of marching soldiers.
		The Martha was closed in 1932, and for the next 50 years The Martha was to experience a number of changes in ownership.
	www.marthawashingtoninn.com /history_press.htm (752 words)

	Amazon.ca: Martha Washington: Books: Patricia Brady (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Though born to wealth, Martha (1731–1802) was well schooled in domestic skills—from killing and plucking fowl to preserving fruits and vegetables— and the expected social graces.
		Devoted to George, Martha accompanied him on his sojourns during the Revolutionary War, and her considerable social skills were crucial in helping her husband navigate the difficult political waters of the presidency.
		Martha Washington is given her due, and readers whose interest in the significant contributions of women to the course of the American Revolution was piqued by Cokie Roberts' Founding Mothers (2004) will welcome this digestible biography of America's first First Lady.
	www.amazon.ca /Martha-Washington-Patricia-Brady/dp/0670034304 (580 words)

	Penguin Reading Guides \| Martha Washington: An American Life \| Patricia Brady
		Washington may have been infatuated with another woman at the time, but he was wise enough to realize the widow Custis’s amiable personality and wealth made her an attractive prospect.
		Martha’s loyalty to her husband and the new nation never wavered, even during the hard years of a presidency she felt was an excessive burden on her husband.
		Martha Washington traveled to the army’s camps for eight winters during the Revolution, living far more rudimentarily than she was used to.
	us.penguingroup.com /static/rguides/us/martha_washington.html (2324 words)

	George Washington's Mount Vernon - Martha Washington II
		Martha and Elizabeth met during the Revolutionary War as officers' wives, and their friendship resumed when the Washington family moved to Philadelphia, the second national capital.
		Washington thanks the unknown recipient for "the flasks of Honey," of which "the President is particularly fond at breakfast." A625.2.2.
		Martha Washington received numerous condolence notes from friends wishing to comfort her and letters from strangers expressing their admiration for her and George Washington.
	www.mountvernon.org /learn/collections/index.cfm/pid/352/cfid/6249290/cftoken/48335908 (3221 words)

	History's Women
		Washington took office in 1789 and a year later the seat of the U.S. government was moved from New York to Philadelphia.
		Martha's children needed a father, Martha needed a husband to manage her estate and Washington needed an income and property if he was to succeed in his career ambitions.
		After Martha and Washington were married in January, 1759, the groom was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and in April, they traveled to Mount Vernon they would spend much of their married life.
	www.historyswomen.com /1stWomen/MarthaWashington.html (1972 words)

	Biography of Martha Washington
		But when George Washington took his oath of office in New York City on April 30, 1789, and assumed the new duties of President of the United States, his wife brought to their position a tact and discretion developed over 58 years of life in Tidewater Virginia society.
		At the President's House in temporary capitals, New York and Philadelphia, the Washingtons chose to entertain in formal style, deliberately emphasizing the new republic's wish to be accepted as the equal of the established governments of Europe.
		In 1797 the Washingtons said farewell to public life and returned to their beloved Mount Vernon, to live surrounded by kinfolk, friends, and a constant stream of guests eager to pay their respects to the celebrated couple.
	www.whitehouse.gov /history/firstladies/mw1.html (458 words)

	Women of the American Revolution - Martha washington
		Washington was a changeful one, and had its full measure of sorrow and joy, it affords little material for the biographer.
		Washington, whom he met at the house of General Reed in Philadelphia,- "She had just arrived from Virginia, and was going to stay with her husband, as she does at the end of every campaign.
		Washington came up stairs with a glass of spirits for each of us; and after she and the General had dined, we were called down to eat at their table.
	www.americanrevolution.org /women51.html (4062 words)

	First Ladies' Biographical Information
		Martha Washington's eight years as the first First Lady were extremely unpleasant to her personally, but she viewed it as duty to her husband and her country.
		Martha Washington was relieved when her husband's Administration ended and they retired to Mount Vernon.
		*Â Martha Washington** was the first presidential widow to receive the free postage "franking" privilege from Congress when she was overwhelmed with the cost of responding to the large number of condolence letters she received upon the death of her husband.
	www.firstladies.org /biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=1 (1251 words)

	Women in The American Revolution - Martha Washington (Site not responding. Last check: )
		By marrying Martha Curtis, George Washington went from being an ordinary planter to a substantially wealthy landowner.
		Martha Washington spent most of her time at Mount Vernon in Virginia during and after the war.
		George Washington once said that a wife should have "good sense, a good disposition, a good reputation, and financial means." He found all those in Martha.
	score.rims.k12.ca.us /score_lessons/women_american_revolution/washington.htm (193 words)

	Explore DC: Martha Washington
		George Washington, who had probably been a family friend and had met Martha before her husband's death, came to pay his respects to the widow.
		Martha continued to spend her summers at Mount Vernon, but each winter she visited her husband and his troops in camp.
		Martha found her role as first lady a bit dull and restrictive, however she was a competent and willing hostess who enjoyed entertaining.
	www.exploredc.org /index.php?id=192 (300 words)

	Martha Washington Died
		After an eventful and varied life, Martha Washington died on May 22, 1802, of a severe fever.
		Martha Washington was 27 years old and a widowed mother of two when she married George Washington in 1759.
		She was also one of the wealthiest women in Virginia, having inherited some 15,000 acres of farmland from her deceased husband, Daniel Parke Custis.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /jb/nation/jb_nation_martha_1.html (101 words)

	The Papers of George Washington
		A: Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis, a widow, on January 6, 1759.
		A: Martha Washington had four children by Daniel Parke Custis, two of whom died before she married Washington.
		These letters were found by Martha Parke Custis Peter, one of Martha Washington's granddaughters, in a drawer of a small desk that she inherited from Mrs.
	gwpapers.virginia.edu /project/faq/martha.html (228 words)

	Martha Washington
		Martha Washington (SP‑3019) was launched in 1908 by Russell and Co., Port Glasgow, Scotland; owned by Unione Austriaca di Navigazione; interned at Hoboken, N.J., in 1914; taken over by U.S. Army Quartermaster Department, 6 April 1917; acquired by the Navy November 1917; and commissioned 2 January 1918, Comdr.
		A former Austrian passenger liner sailing between Trieste and New York, Martha Washington was interned at Hoboken, N.J., at the outbreak of World War I. Entrance of the United States into the war 6 April 1917 brought seizure by the Army and 7 months later acquisition by the Navy.
		In this period of civil turmoil, Martha Washington brought 324 Armenian and Polish refugees to Constantinople.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/m5/martha_washington.htm (334 words)

	Amazon.com: Martha Washington: An American Life: Books: Patricia Brady (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Martha Washington is given her due, and readers whose interest in the significant contributions of women to the course of the American Revolution was piqued by Cokie Roberts' Founding Mothers (2004) will welcome this digestible biography of America's first First Lady.
		While her early marriage to Washington is interesting for its insight into the character of married life, married life with the founder of the nation, and life on a plantation at the time, it is really with the war years and their later life that her value becomes abundantly apparent.
		Washington is known to have said that he could win the war so long as he didn't outright lose it, and in that statement is captured the strategy that ultimately won it for the colonists.
	www.amazon.com /Martha-Washington-American-Patricia-Brady/dp/0670034304 (3477 words)

	Today in History: May 22
		Martha Washington, quoted in "Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, 1731-1802," in The Presidents of the United States of America,
		After her death, Martha was buried beside him in a modest tomb located on the estate.
		A search on Martha Washington in Music for the Nation, 1870-1885, will retrieve waltzes named in her honor, as well as a minuet composed for a "Martha Washington Tea Party." A description of this popular form of masquerade can be found in the American Memory collection An American Ballroom Companion, ca.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/may22.html (488 words)

	Rediscovering George Washington . Timeline: Early Life, Marriage, and Death \| PBS
		February 22, George Washington is born to Augustine and Mary (Ball) Washington at Wakefield Farm, Westmoreland County, Virginia.
		December 14, Washington dies at Mount Vernon, of a throat infection, after making a tour of his estate on horseback in severe winter weather.
		Washington arranges for his slaves to be freed in his last will and testament.
	www.pbs.org /georgewashington/timeline/index.html (266 words)

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		Martha married Colonel George Washington (1732 — 1799) January 6, 1759.
		Washington had been commander of the First Virginia Regiment in the French and Indian War and had been elected a burgess representing Frederick County in 1758.
		George and Martha Washington and her children Jacky and Patsy moved to Mount Vernon in April 1759.
	www.lycos.com /info/martha--martha-washington.html (441 words)

	Martha Washington Chapter
		Martha Washington Chapter was organized February 23, 1893, the third Chapter in the District of Columbia.
		A copy of a letter written by Martha Washington, dated December 21, 1799, Mount Vernon was presented to the NSDAR Library on April 10, 1923.
		In recognition of this, a bronze tablet was presented to the present owner of the estate, a 7th generation descendent of Martha Dandridge Washington.
	www.dcdar.org /MarthaWashingtonChapter.htm (509 words)

	Martha_Washington
		Professor Howard performs Martha's inner struggles, revealed in her letters, with her life as the wife of the first president, who was also a great land and slave owner.
		Martha’s life had always been marked by privilege, but her adult life was also marked by pain.
		Martha wrote of her situation to a confidante in 1799.
	www.dianehoward.com /Martha_Washington.htm (2481 words)

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