Martha Custis
person
3 mentions
3 recordings
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 23 Aug
↑2 vs the 6 months before
Martha Washington, wealthy widow and wife
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Peak in the week of 17 Aug — 1 mentions across 1 series.
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentUnknownA Short History of the United States · American Leaders and Heroes - Wilbur F Gordy · 2:37:44 · 23 Aug
…The war having subsided in the Ohio Valley, Washington resigned his commission, returned to Mount Vernon, and soon afterward married misses Martha Custis, a rich young widow.…
Dr. Scott StephensonAmerican History Tellers · American Revolution | The Revolution Continues | 7 · 7:18 · 15 Jul
…So he makes the decision to retire from his military career and has a pretty good plan B, which is to marry Martha Custis, who was probably the wealthiest, most eligible widow in Virginia at the time.…
Dr. Kate ListerAmerican History Hit · Presidents' Private Lives · 7:22 · Nov 2024
…He developed quite a crush on the wife, Sally. And nothing happened. And when he was 25, he married Martha Custis and the two couples socialized till 1773 when the Fairfaxes returned to England. And he did write Sally a couple of letters saying that some of the happiest moments in his life had been spent in her company. And that's it.…
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