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1 day ago · The same holds true for the orders that he placed with other British merchants, such as James Gildart and Capel & Osgood Hanbury. GW’s Guardian Accounts will be printed for each year from 1762 through 1773, and extensive use of the invoices for the purchase of goods for John Parke Custis’s plantations will be made for documenting these ...
1 day ago · On January 6, 1759, Washington, at age 26, married Martha Dandridge Custis, the 27-year-old widow of wealthy plantation owner Daniel Parke Custis. The marriage took place at Martha's estate; she was intelligent, gracious, and experienced in managing a planter's estate, and the couple had a happy marriage. [ 46 ]
1 day ago · In 1802, George Washington Parke Custis, the grandson of George Washington's wife Martha through her first marriage, began building Arlington House at the present-day Arlington National Cemetery on land that he inherited from John Parke Custis, his natural father, following his death.
1 day ago · Deed Book E 1803, which records activities of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, Alexandria County, contained index entries for George Washington Parke Custis to “Negro Louisa,” indexed under “C” for Custis and “L” for Louisa. I suspected this was a manumission, but the entry itself piqued my interest.
1 day ago · In attendance were President James K. Polk and other federal, state and local government officials, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Mrs. Dolley Madison, Mrs. John Quincy Adams, and George Washington Parke Custis, among 15,000 to 20,000 others, including a bald eagle. The ceremony ended with fireworks that evening.
1 day ago · Find people who were there, along with their regiments and batteries at Sharpsburg and nearby. Explore the locations and actions of the battle of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign with maps. Understand what happened that terrible September in Western Maryland, from people who survived.
3 days ago · The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Nelly Custis Chapter, with 155 members, held its 90th Anniversary Celebration with a luncheon and fashion show on Saturday, Feb. 24, at the Mount Vernon Country Club.
