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Upon her marriage, Martha inherited 61 slaves from her late father's estate. Thomas almost immediately auctioned them off to raise cash, an action that may have inspired the stern rebuke against the breaking up of slave families that George
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As widow of an intestate husband, Eleanor
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Washington, outside and inside: A picture and a narrative of the origin, growth, excellencies, abuses, beauties, and personages of our governing city
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Pinckney Peter Williams (October 12, 1803 – April 25, 1842), married William George Williams
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Eleanor Peter (January 20, 1796 – August 31, 1800), died in childhood
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Wellington Peter Kennon (January 28, 1815 – January 27, 1911), married
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Martha Custis Castania Peter (October 5, 1808 – April 5, 1809), died in infancy
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At first the family alternated between living at the Washingtons' plantation,
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between 1794 and 1795 by Walter Robertson, the miniature was a
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181:(December 31, 1777 – July 13, 1854) was a granddaughter of
649:. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. pp. 336–343.
457:. The Papers of George Washington. 2009. Archived from
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385:Martha Parke Custis Peter died in July 1854.
455:"The Papers of George Washington: Documents"
325:bequeathed her $ 8,000, 1/32 of his estate.
499:"The Papers of George Washington: Articles"
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546:"Martha Washington Timeline"
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411:"Martha Parke Custis Peter"
218:Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis
183:Martha Dandridge Washington
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589:"History of Tudor Place"
962:Burials at Mount Vernon
725:John Custis (1678–1749)
709:John Custis (1654–1714)
645:Weincek, Henry (2003).
617:Townsend, George Alfred
320:Slaves and inheritances
891:White House plantation
876:Ravensworth plantation
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957:American slave owners
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861:Hope Park plantation
851:Arlington plantation
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367:Dr. William Thornton
167:and stepdaughter of
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896:Woodlawn plantation
846:Abingdon plantation
497:Wendy Kail (2009).
369:, architect of the
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871:Ossian Hall
605:, Volume 28
375:Tudor Place
349:Tudor Place
341:Tudor Place
315:(1793–1844)
911:Categories
389:References
381:Later life
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193:Early life
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283:uniform.
261:Hope Park
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241:Abingdon
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