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Author Saxton, Martha, author.

Title The widow Washington : the life of Mary Washington / Martha Saxton.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1955952~S1
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 Naper Blvd. Adult Biography  BIO WASHINGT    AVAILABLE
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Description xix, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-340) and index.
Subject Washington, Mary Ball, 1708-1789.
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Family.
Mothers of presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Widows -- United States -- Biography.
Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Biography.
Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
ISBN 9780809097012
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