The Resource The widow Washington : the life of Mary Washington, Martha Saxton
The widow Washington : the life of Mary Washington, Martha Saxton
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The item The widow Washington : the life of Mary Washington, Martha Saxton represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "Biography of Mary Ball Washington, George Washington's mother. Places her life as an orphan, a young wife in rural Virginia, a slaveholder, a widow, and mother to the first president in the context of the changing economic circumstances and cultural values of colonial Virginia and a young nation"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xix, 360 pages
- Contents
-
- Mary Ball Washington : like mother, like son
- A child in the Chesapeake
- A generation of orphans
- Bruising the small spirit
- Mary, her kin, and her books
- Mary Ball, Augustine Washington, and Matthew Hale
- Wife and mother
- People and property at the Ferry Farm
- "As sparks fly upward"
- The widow Washington
- Single mother
- Mary's stewardship : scraping by
- Mid-century : a wedding, a murder, a family death
- Mary and George's Seven Years War
- Between the wars : kin, consumption, conflict
- The Revolution : a family affair
- The endless Revolution : wartime virtue, wartime woe
- Mary's war ends
- "You must one day fade"
- Epilogue: An uneasy afterlife
- Isbn
- 9780809097012
- Label
- The widow Washington : the life of Mary Washington
- Title
- The widow Washington
- Title remainder
- the life of Mary Washington
- Statement of responsibility
- Martha Saxton
- Subject
-
- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Mothers of presidents -- United States -- Biography
- Washington, Mary Ball, 1708-1789
- Widows -- United States -- Biography
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Family
- Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Biography of Mary Ball Washington, George Washington's mother. Places her life as an orphan, a young wife in rural Virginia, a slaveholder, a widow, and mother to the first president in the context of the changing economic circumstances and cultural values of colonial Virginia and a young nation"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Saxton, Martha
- Dewey number
-
- 973.4/1092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Washington, Mary Ball
- Washington, George
- Mothers of presidents
- Widows
- Slaveholders
- Virginia
- United States
- United States
- Label
- The widow Washington : the life of Mary Washington, Martha Saxton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-340) and index
- Contents
- Mary Ball Washington : like mother, like son -- A child in the Chesapeake -- A generation of orphans -- Bruising the small spirit -- Mary, her kin, and her books -- Mary Ball, Augustine Washington, and Matthew Hale -- Wife and mother -- People and property at the Ferry Farm -- "As sparks fly upward" -- The widow Washington -- Single mother -- Mary's stewardship : scraping by -- Mid-century : a wedding, a murder, a family death -- Mary and George's Seven Years War -- Between the wars : kin, consumption, conflict -- The Revolution : a family affair -- The endless Revolution : wartime virtue, wartime woe -- Mary's war ends -- "You must one day fade" -- Epilogue: An uneasy afterlife
- Control code
- BK0024173995
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xix, 360 pages
- Isbn
- 9780809097012
- Lccn
- 2018056295
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- The widow Washington : the life of Mary Washington, Martha Saxton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-340) and index
- Contents
- Mary Ball Washington : like mother, like son -- A child in the Chesapeake -- A generation of orphans -- Bruising the small spirit -- Mary, her kin, and her books -- Mary Ball, Augustine Washington, and Matthew Hale -- Wife and mother -- People and property at the Ferry Farm -- "As sparks fly upward" -- The widow Washington -- Single mother -- Mary's stewardship : scraping by -- Mid-century : a wedding, a murder, a family death -- Mary and George's Seven Years War -- Between the wars : kin, consumption, conflict -- The Revolution : a family affair -- The endless Revolution : wartime virtue, wartime woe -- Mary's war ends -- "You must one day fade" -- Epilogue: An uneasy afterlife
- Control code
- BK0024173995
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xix, 360 pages
- Isbn
- 9780809097012
- Lccn
- 2018056295
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Mothers of presidents -- United States -- Biography
- Washington, Mary Ball, 1708-1789
- Widows -- United States -- Biography
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Family
- Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Biography
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