The Widow Washington

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An insightful biography of Mary Ball Washington, the mother of our nation's father The Widow Washington is the first life of Mary Ball Washington, George Washington’s mother, based on archival sources. Her son’s biographers have, for the most part, painted her as self-centered and crude, a trial and an obstacle to her oldest child. But the records tell a very different story. Mary Ball, the daughter of a wealthy planter and a formerly indentured servant, was orphaned young and grew up working hard, practicing frugality and piety. Stepping into Virginia’s upper class, she married an older man, the planter Augustine Washington, with whom she had five children before his death eleven years later. As a widow deprived of most of her late husband’s properties, Mary struggled to raise her children, but managed to secure them places among Virginia’s elite. In her later years, she and her wealthy son George had a contentious relationship, often disagreeing over money, with George dismissing as imaginary her fears of poverty and helplessness. Yet Mary Ball Washington had a greater impact on George than mothers of that time and place usually had on their sons. George did not have the wealth or freedom to enjoy the indulged adolescence typical of young men among the planter class. Mary’s demanding mothering imbued him with many of the moral and religious principles by which he lived. The two were strikingly similar, though the commanding demeanor, persistence, athleticism, penny-pinching, and irascibility that they shared have served the memory of the country’s father immeasurably better than that of his mother. Martha Saxton’s The Widow Washington is a necessary and deeply insightful corrective, telling the story of Mary’s long, arduous life on its own terms, and not treating her as her son’s satellite.

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Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Author : Martha Saxton
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Release : 2019-06-11
File : 212 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780374721336


The Works Of Washington Irving

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Author : Washington Irving
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Release : 1881
File : 960 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105118888648


Session Laws Of The Territory Of Washington

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Genre : Law
Author : Washington (State). Legislative Assembly
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Release : 1877
File : 932 Pages
ISBN-13 : OSU:32437122790492


Behind The Scenes In Washington Being A Complete And Graphic Account Of The Credit Mobilier Investigation The Congressional Rings Political Intrigues Working Of The Lobbies Etc With Illustrations

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Genre : United States
Author : James Dabney McCabe
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Release : 1873
File : 578 Pages
ISBN-13 : BL:A0023337608


The Complete Works Of Washington Irving

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Author : Washington Irving
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Release : 1897
File : 474 Pages
ISBN-13 : UCI:31970004848641


Works Of Washington Irving Wolfert S Roost

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Author : Washington Irving
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Release : 1870
File : 504 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015048876513


Works Of Washington Irving

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Author : Washington Irving
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Release : 1897
File : 626 Pages
ISBN-13 : IOWA:31858009766019


Old Christmas From The Sketch Book Of Washington Irving

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Washington Irving
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Release : 1878-01-01
File : 54 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781465515568


Washington Irving S Works Crayon Miscellany V 1 2

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Author : Washington Irving
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Release : 1896
File : 468 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015089262672


Works Life Of Washington V 3 Wolfert S Roost

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Author : Washington Irving
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Release : 1881
File : 840 Pages
ISBN-13 : PURD:32754061163535