The Washingtons : George and Martha, "join'd by friendship, crown'd by love"

The Washingtons : George and Martha, "join'd by friendship, crown'd by love" / Flora Fraser.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fraser, Flora
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Edition:	First United States edition.
Subjects:	Washington, George, > 1732-1799 > Marriage. Washington, Martha, > 1731-1802 > Marriage. Presidents > United States > Biography. Presidents' spouses > United States > Biography. Generals > United States > Biography. Generals' spouses > United States > Biography. United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Biography.

Table of Contents:

Book one: The colonel and his lady, 1758-1775
Colonial colonel
Dandridge's daughter
North and south
Mount Vernon, Fairfax County
Family affairs
Acts and associations
Fevers and physicians
The schooling of Jacky Custis
Death and adjustment
Continental Army
Book two: The general and Lady Washington, 1775-1783
Taking command, 1775
Besieging Boston, 1775-1776
New York and Philadelphia, 1776
Retreat to the Delaware, 1776-1777
Morristown and Brandywine, 1777
Valley Forge, 1777-1778
Philadelphia and Middlebrook, New Jersey, 1778-1779
The hard winter: Morristown, 1779-1780
Home and headquarters, 1780-1781
Victory on the York and private grief, 1781
Uncertainty and disaffection, 1781-1783
Peace on the Hudson, 1783
Book three: After the war, 1784-1802
Mount Vernon, 1784-1786
Conventions and elections, 1787-1789
New York houses, 1789-1790
Market Street, Philadelphia, 1790-1793
Second term, 1793-1797
Retirement, 1797-1798
The death of a president, 1799
Dissolution, 1799-1802.