Chambers; the Journal of William Maclay; the Diaries of Christopher Marshall, Jacob Hiltzheimer, Elizabeth Drinker, and Manasseh Cutler; An Excursion to the United States of America, 1794, by Henry Wansey; the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography; the American Magazine of History; the Virginia Historical Magazine; Virginia Collections; the William and Mary Quarterly; and last, but by no means least, many newspapers of the last century.

A. H. W.

PHILADELPHIA, March, 1897.

CONTENTS

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I-A LITTLE VIRGINIA MAID

Life in the Old Dominion

Horseshoe

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Knights of the Golden

Birth and Ancestry of Martha Dandridge
Education in Colonial Days-Social Life in Virginia
-Williamsburg the Capital William and Mary Col-
lege- Bruton Church - The Governor's Palace.

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II-AN EARLY MARRIAGE

A Débutante of Fifteen- The Custis Family - An

Eccentric Couple - Daniel Parke Custis and Evelyn

Byrd Marriage of Martha Dandridge and Daniel

Parke Custis - Their Children - Happy Married Life

- Death of Mr. Custis - Widowhood

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III-THE YOUNG VIRGINIA COLONEL

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A Military Hero Characteristics and Appearance of

Colonel Washington - Meets Mrs. Custis- Her Por-

trait by Woolaston- A Brief Courtship - Early Love

Affairs of Washington - A Colonial Wedding - The

Six Chimney House Washington takes his seat in

House of Burgesses

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IV-EARLY DAYS AT MOUNT VERNON

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Colonel Washington takes his Wife to Mount Vernon

Mrs. Washington and her Children - Domestic Let-

ters- A Visit to Westmoreland County - Fashionable

Garments from London - A Busy Couple - Pleasures

and Hospitalities of Mount Vernon - Little Martha

Custis-Church-going- Benevolence

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V-THE SHADOW OF COMING EVENTS

The Stamp Act - Non-importation at Mount Vernon

-John Parke Custis and Eleanor Calvert - Death of

Martha Custis- Grief of Washington - Marriage of

John Parke Custis - Mrs. Washington's Letter to the

Bride Washington a Delegate to the Congress in

Philadelphia - Patriotism of Mrs. Washington Gen-

eral Washington's Letter to his Wife on taking Com-

mand of the Army - His Expressions on Married Life

VI—A JOURNEY TO CAMBRIDGE

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Lord Dunmore on the Virginia Coast - Mrs. Washing-

ton thought to be in Danger Sets out for Cambridge

- Reception in Philadelphia - In New Jersey -

Reaches Headquarters - A Twelfth Night Party-

Friendship formed in Camp-Mrs. Knox, Mrs. War-

ren, Mrs. Adams - Mrs. Washington in New York-

Inoculated for Small-pox in Philadelphia Returns to

Mount Vernon.

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VII-CAMP LIFE

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Social Life at

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Mrs. Washington in Morristown

Headquarters - Mrs. Washington and the Morristown

Ladies Patriotism of New Jersey Women

Washington at Valley Forge - Mrs. Henry Drinker

visits Headquarters - Rejoicings over the French Al-

liance Mrs. Washington in New Jersey the Second

Time- Describes a Review of the Troops - The Ford

Mansion - Mrs. Washington's Visitors-A Philadel-

phia Sewing Circle - The General at Mount Vernon

Surrender of Cornwallis - Death of John Parke Custis

-The Washingtons in Philadelphia

VIII-AFTER THE WAR

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Mrs. Washington at Newburgh - Camp Gayeties-

Mrs. Washington's Garden -- Illness Marriage of

Mrs. Custis- Washington resigns his Commission -

Husband and Wife return to Mount Vernon - A Merrie

Christmas - Guests at Mount Vernon - Additions to

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the House

Hospitality of the Mansion House - Mrs.

Washington as a Hostess-A Strict Disciplinarian —

Anecdotes of Mount Vernon - A Visit from Lafayette

- Death of Mrs. Washington's Mother and Brother-

Marriage of Fanny Bassett - Two Learned Ladies

visit Mount Vernon - Portraits of Mrs. Washington -

A Visit to Fredericksburg - Report of the Presidential

Electors

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IX-LIFE IN NEW YORK

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Reluctance of the General and Mrs. Washington to

leave Mount Vernon - Mrs. Mary Washington's car-

riage A Journey to the Capital - Reception of Mrs.

Washington in Baltimore and Philadelphia - Mrs.

Robert Morris accompanies Mrs. Washington to New

York - Enthusiastic Reception in New Jersey and

New York - Executive Mansion - Etiquette of the

First Administration - - Drawing-Rooms, Levees, and

Dinners-Anecdote of the Early Shad - Simplicity of

the Washingtons in Private Life Church-going-

Residence of John Adams- A Summer in New York

- Theatre-going-Anecdote of Wignell in Darby's

Return- New Year's Day in 1790- Guests of Mrs.

Washington and Mrs. John Jay

X-PHILADELPHIA THE CAPITAL

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Remarks of Travellers upon New York and Philadel-

phia High Street Residence of the Washingtons —

The President's Carriages - Mrs. Washington's Draw-

ing-rooms in Philadelphia - City Dancing Assemblies

- Miss Chambers describes a Birth-night Ball-The-

atres in Old Philadelphia - Christ Church - Break-

fasts and Dinners at the President's - Honors to a

Dead Indian-Visits of Ceremony and Friendship-

Mrs. Washington's Grand-daughters in Philadelphia -

Yellow Fever - Death of Mrs. Tobias Lear - German-

town Residence- - Letters to Mrs. George A. Wash-

ington - Young Lafayette in America - Portraits of

the President and Mrs. Washington - Last Birthday

in Philadelphia Retirement from Office - The Wash-

ingtons return to Mount Vernon.

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XI-LAST DAYS AT MOUNT VERNON

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Guests

Mrs. Washington's Happiness in her Home

at Mount Vernon - Mr. Latrobe visits the Washingtons

-A Birth-night Ball in Alexandria - Journey to the

Federal City-Mrs. Washington's Letters to Mrs. G.

W. Fairfax and Mrs. Samuel Powel- Eleanor Custis

and her Lovers - Her Marriage to Lawrence Lewis

Mrs. Carrington's Description of Mrs. Washington

Illness and Death of the General - Mr. Lear's Descrip-

tion of his Last Hours-Mrs. Washington's Letter to

Congress about Removing his Remains to Washington

-The Rev. Manasseh Cutler visits Mrs. Washington

- Death of Martha Washington - Notices in Journals

of the Day.

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