Worthy Partner: The Papers of Martha Washington - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 031328024X ISBN 13 : 9780313280245

Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1994

Synopsis

Although Martha Washington has been the subject of several popular biographies, her writings, scattered into private hands, archives, and repositories, have never before been collected and published. This book attempts to publish all the known Martha Washington papers from every possible source. Most of her correspondence relates to key periods in her life--her first widowhood, the Revolutionary War, Washington's presidency, and the period after his death. Widowed at the age of twenty-six, her early correspondence was to settle and manage the affairs of her husband's estate, documenting well both legal and commercial affairs. During the revolutionary era, her letters, to friends, family, and acquaintances, are especially revealing for references to military affairs. The largest portion of the letters, written to friends and relatives during the presidential years, shed light on the Washingtons' life at Mount Vernon, New York, and Philadephia. This book will be valuable to scholars of the Washington era and will interest all who are curious about Martha Washington.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

JOSEPH E. FIELDS is a retired obstetrician and gynecologist, living in Williamsburg, Virginia. He is a long time manuscript collector and was the founding president of The Manuscript Society. A graduate of Northwestern University, he is an independent researcher and author of numerous articles on collecting and the Revolutionary War period.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 031328024X
• ISBN 13: 9780313280245
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 544
• Éditeur: Fields Joseph E.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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