The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers (60 page)
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Authors: Thomas Fleming
Dolley Madison’s relationship with, 367, 370–71, 434
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education of, 22
as First Lady, 19, 44–51, 169–70, 237, 241, 255
furniture owned by, 23, 34
George Washington’s courtship of, 4–5, 15–16
George Washington’s engagement to, 16, 19
George Washington’s marriage to, xvi, 18, 19–20, 22–25, 30, 34–37, 41–43, 55–57, 58, 61, 245, 261
as grandmother, 43–44, 47–48, 51
health of, 42, 57
land owned by, 15–16, 19–20, 31
lifestyle of, 22–24
as mother, xv, 15–16, 22, 24, 25, 26–32, 41–42
at Mount Vernon, 20, 22–23, 29–30, 32, 44, 47–48, 51–57, 62, 68
personality of, 15–16, 19–22, 24, 37, 42, 45
physical appearance of, 20–21, 22
portraits of, 20
reputation of, 15, 19–22, 36–37
social life of, 15, 22–24
wealth of, 15, 19–20
White House home of, 15–16
as widow, 4–5, 15, 18, 21–22, 56–57
Washington, Mary Ball, 7, 8, 9, 14, 24, 40, 43, 49, 260
Washington, Richard, 24
Washington, Samuel, 43–44
Washington, William Augustine, 70, 420
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Washington Monument, 255, 336, 406
Washington Post
, 328
Waverly Watchman
, 333, 412
Wayles, John, 267–68, 271, 274–75, 278–79, 347, 349, 429
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Wayles, Tabitha, 268
Webster, Daniel, 402, 406
West, Benjamin, 92, 224
Wetmore, Josiah, 348
Wetmore, Samuel F., 331–35, 336, 345–48, 351, 415
Whig Party, 132, 163–64, 168
White House, 192, 254, 255, 313, 372, 377, 382–85, 386
White Over Black
(Jordan), 410, 415
Wilkins, William, 369
Will, George, 413
Williamsburg, Va., 6, 14–15, 16, 19, 21, 22–25, 27, 31, 38–39, 41, 263, 271
“William Tell,” 226–27
Wills, Garry, 411
Wilson, George, 65–66
Winder, William, 390–91, 392
Witherspoon, John, 99, 215, 359
Wolcott, Oliver, Jr., 183, 235, 238–39
Wollaston, John, 20
Woodson, Thomas, 337, 338, 339, 341, 342–43, 349
Wythe, George, 281, 336
XYZ Affair, 182–83, 185
“Yankee Doodle,” 310–11
Yates, Betsey, 264
Yorktown, Battle of, 41, 42, 43, 112, 154, 224, 286, 356
Yrujo, Carlos Fernando Martinez de, 376, 377
THOMAS FLEMING
is the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, most recently,
The Perils of Peace
. He has been the president of the Society of American Historians and of PEN American Center. Mr. Fleming is a frequent guest on C-SPAN, PBS, A&E, and the History Channel. He lives in New York City.
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Jacket design by the Designworks Group
Jacket artwork Courtesy of the Granger Collection, New York
THE INTIMATE LIVES OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS
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