Martha Washington (43 page)
Authors: Patricia Brady
marriages, Martha's
to Daniel Custis
to George Washington.
See
marriage, Martha and George's
See
marriage, Martha and George's
Marshall, John
Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser
Mason, George
Massey, Lee
medical treatments
Micah, book of
Middlebrook, New Jersey
military affairs, Martha's knowledge of
Mrs. Graham's school
Molly (slave)
Monmouth, Battle of
Moody, Anne
Moody, Matthew
Moodys, the
Morgan, Daniel
Morris, Gouverneur
Morris, Maria
Morris, Mary
Morris, Robert
Morris house
Morristown, New Jersey
Mortier, Martha
mother, Martha as
Mount Clare
Mount Vernon
daily life at
deterioration of
disposition after George's death
furnishings of
George's returns to
managers of
Martha and George's returns to
Martha's first arrival at
renovation and enlargement of
during Revolutionary War
as shrine
mourning
Moustier, Comte de
Mulatto Jack (slave)
musical education
naming customs
national debt
National Gazette
Native Americans
Neutrality Proclamation (1793)
Newburgh, New York
New Jersey
New Kent County, Virginia
newspapers
New Theatre
New Windsor, New York
New York City
as British stronghold
as capital
entertainments in
Martha and George's departure from
Martha's move to
New Year's celebration in
reoccupation of
revolutionary battles in
North Carolina
novels
obituary, Martha's
Old American Company
Old Doll (slave)
Pamunkey River
Pamunkeys
Pantheon
Paris (slave)
Parke, Daniel
Peale, Charles Willson
Peale's museum
Pendleton, Edmund
Penn, Anne Allen
Penn, John
Penn, William
Pennsylvania, University of
Pennsylvania Packet
Peter, Columbia
Peter, Elizabeth Scott (Patty)
Peter, John Parke
Peter, Martha
Peter, Robert
Peter, Thomas
Peters, Richard
pets
Philadelphia
as capital
entertainments in
Martha and George's move to
memorial service for George in
during Revolutionary War
size of
yellow fever epidemic
Phillipse, Polly
Pickering, Timothy
Pintard, John
plantations and plantation life
Poems, Dramatic and Miscellaneous
Pohick Church
Pohick Parish
political customs
political parties
politics, Martha's knowledge of
popularity, Martha and George's
portraits
Posey, John
Posey, Martha
Posey, Millie
Powel, Eliza
Powel, Samuel
Powels, the
Power, James
pregnancies, Martha's
presidency, George's
difficulties of second term
disagreements among advisers
farewell address
Native Americans, dealings with
northern tour
public opinion, attention to
salary during
second term accepted
southern trip
“President's March, The”
Prince of Abyssinia (Rasselas)
(Johnson)
(Johnson)
Princeton, New Jersey
properties, Martha and George's .
See also
Mount Vernon;
other specific properties
See also
Mount Vernon;
other specific properties
prostitutes
Quakers
Queen's Creek
Ramsay, Ann
Ramsay, William
Randolph, Edmund
Randolph, Susan
reading habits, Martha's
Reed, Esther DeBerdt
Reed, Joseph
Reinagle, Alexander
religion and churchgoing
Report on the Public Credit
(Hamilton)
(Hamilton)
Republican party
residences, presidential
Revolutionary War
buildup to
French role in
length of
Martha's camp visits during
Martha's expenses during
peace negotiations
southern campaigns of
women, role in
Rhode Island
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond Hill
Richmond (slave)
Rickett's Amphitheatre
River Farm
Rochambeau, Comte de
Roche, Regina
Rocky Hills, New Jersey
Rose (slave)
Rumney, William
St. Paul's Chapel
St. Peter's Church
salaries, George's
Savannah, Georgia
School for Scandal, The
(Sheridan)
(Sheridan)
Schuyler, Catherine van Rensselaer
Schuyler, Philip
security issues
Seven Years' War.
See
French and Indian War
See
French and Indian War
sexual knowledge
Shaw, William
Sheels, Christopher
Sheridan, Richard
shopping
silver tableware
Simple Story, A
(Inchbald)
(Inchbald)
slavery and slaves
George's freeing of
Martha's opinion on
smallpox
Smith, Nabby
Smith, William Shaw
Snowden, Anne Ridgely
Snowden, Thomas
social life
colonial
Martha and George's early
post-Revolutionary War
during presidency
during retirement
during Revolutionary War
Spain/Spanish
Stadler, John
State of the Union address (1790)
Steptoe, George
Steuben, Baron von
Stuart, David
Stuart, Eleanor Calvert Custis (Nelly) (Martha's daughter-in-law)
Stuart, Nancy
suitors, Martha's
Suter's Tavern
taxes
Tennessee
Thatcher, James
theater
Thornton, William
Tidewater
Tilghman, Tench
Timson, Anna Maria Jones
tobacco
travel
Martha's dislike of
Martha's wartime
Trinity Church
Trumbull, Jonathan
Truro Parish
vacations, Martha and George's
Valley Forge
Van Horne, Gabriel
Vassall, John
vehicles
Vermont
Vicar of Wakefield, The
(Goldsmith)
(Goldsmith)
Virginia
Virginia Convention (1774)
Virginia Convention (1775)
Virginia Gazette
Virginia Resolves
Wallace house
warfare, generally
Warren, James
Warren, Mercy
Washington, Anna Maria (Martha's grandniece)
Washington, Augustine (George's half-brother)
Washington, Bushrod (George's nephew)
Washington, Charles (George's brother)
Washington, Charles (George's grandnephew)
Washington, Elizabeth Foote
Washington, Frances Bassett (Fanny) (Martha's niece)
death of
marriage of
remarriage of
Washington, George
agricultural interests of
Alexander Hamilton and
anthrax attack of
appearance of
as burgess
burial place of
character and personality of
as commander-in-chief of Continental Army
death of
elected president
Fairfaxes and
funeral of
George Fairfax and
health issues
John Adams and
loyalty to England of
as Martha's suitor
mementos of
military career of
mother and
Mount Vernon and
national mourning for
papers of
political career of
as president.
See
presidency, George's
See
presidency, George's
reliance on Martha by
returns to private life
romantic liaisons of
salaries of
Sally Fairfax and
slaves freed by
stepson and
stepson's engagement and
symbolic stature of
Washington, George Augustine (George's nephew)
final illness and death of
marriage of
Washington, George Fayette (Martha's grandnephew)
Washington, Hannah (George's sister-in-law)
Washington, Harriot (George's niece)
Washington, Jack (George's brother)
Washington, Lawrence (George's nephew)
Washington, Lund (George's cousin)
Washington, Martha
Abigail Adams and
adoption of grandchildren by
birth of
death of
death of John Custis and
death of Martha Custis and
first husband of.
See
Custis, Daniel Parke (Martha's first husband)
See
Custis, Daniel Parke (Martha's first husband)
as first lady.
See
first lady, Martha as
See
first lady, Martha as
George's political career and
health issues
loyalty to England of
Lund Washington and
Mary Washington and
Nelly Stuart and
Sally Fairfax and
son and
son's engagement and
stoutness of
Thomas Jefferson and
war camp visits of
Washington, Mary Ball (George's mother)
Washington, Samuel (George's brother)
Washington City
water crossings, Martha's fear of
Wayne, Anthony
weddings, generally
weddings, Martha's
West, Benjamin
West, Martha
West, Nathaniel
West Point
Wheatley, Phillis
Whiskey Insurrection (1794)
White, William
White House
widowhoods, Martha's
William and Mary, College of
Williamsburg
wills
Wollaston, John
women
dowries, importance of
friendships among
George's like of
lack of records on
legal rights of
Revolutionary War, role in
Woodward, Martha.
See
Macon, Martha Woodward
See
Macon, Martha Woodward
Woodward, William
Works of Josephus
worms
writing style, Martha's
York River
Yorktown, Battle of
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