She was close to being broken by the time she went to the white house. Female this is the earliest existing house. They lived here through the 1830s and 1840s. Male she was educated and she had taught school. Female eliza would read to him in this shop while he worked making suits for the men of town. Female the north and the south fought over the occupation of greeneville all through the civil war. It changed hands over 26 times. Female andrew and eliza did purchase slaves. So they did have domestic help. Female it was used as a hospital. It was used as a place to stay, and it was basically destroyed. Female eliza being ill with tuberculosis wasnt able to get out much. Female eliza received many gifts that she brought home with her. Female this is the room she returned to after their years in the white house. Male shes just obscure, as she probably wouldve wanted it. But shes who he needed. end video clip Abraham Lincolns assassination, just weeks after his second inaugural shocked a
It was used as a place to stay and it was basically destroyed. Eliza being ill with tuberculosis wasnt able to get out much. Eliza received many gifts she brought her to. This was the room she returned to after years in the white house . She was obscure, as she probably would have wanted it, but shes who he needed. Abraham lincolns assassination just weeks after the warravaged nation and brought Andrew Johnson and andrews wife e lizza was thrust into being the first lady and reconstruction in the south and his own impeachment. This week on cspans first ladies, the life and times of Eliza Johnson. Good evening and thank you for being with us. As we learn per about Eliza Johnson let me introduce you to our two guests who will help us do that. Jacqueline berger is in the midst of midst a threevolume series and she joins us from her home in southern california. Kendra hinkle is a greenville, tennessee, native as Andrew Johnson is and longtime employee of the National Park service and serve
War. It changed hands over 26 times. Andrew and eliza did purchase slaves so they had domestic help. It was used as a hospital, as a place to stay. It was basically destroyed. Eliza being ill with tuberculosis wasnt able to get out much. Eliza received many gifts that she brought home with her. This is the room she returned to after her years in the white house. She was just obscure as she probably would have wanted it but she is who he needed. Abraham lincolns assassination just weeks after his second inaugural shocked a war ravaged nation and brought his southern democrat Vice President Andrew Johnson into the white house. Johnsons wife eliza was 54 years old and an invalid when she was thrust into the role of first lady determined to be a helpmate to her husband as he navigated the turbulent end of the civil war, reconstruction in the south, and his own impeachment. This week on cspans first ladies the life and times of eliza mccard l johnson. Good evening and thank you for being wi
[laughter] so the next time we see it is 1888 and amy swisher harvey through the virginia agricultural tobacco exposition and with that antiquity section and by 1892 they look worked at the John Marshall house in those years previously and at this point they are back in the family home. They had a nephew that the call to the road was tucked away. Now at the space. Mrs. During the harvey sisters. And so its probably in there. And then in 1962 of doctor mason in the room with the enormous conservation effort over 600 hours of work. The Marshall House was transferred to the stewardship of the virginia antiquities and in 1913 the house was open to the public on that Opening Weekend the Star Attraction for the harvey sisters. When emily died in 1920 it was part of the permanent collection. What has been exhibited in various spots around the house generally shown in the mansion including the smithsonian 1967. For many years of display, exposure to late light and stress on the fibers by hangi
Andrew and eliza did purchase slaves. So they did have domestic help. It was used as a hospital. It was used as a place to stay and it was basically destroyed. Eliza being ill with tuberculosis wasnt able to get out much. Eliza received many gifts that she brought home with her. This is the room she returned to after their years in the white house. Shes just obscure, as she probably wouldve wanted it. But shes who he needed. Susan swain Abraham Lincolns assassination, just weeks after his second inaugural shocked a warravaged nation, and brought his southern democrat Vice President , Andrew Johnson, into the white house. Johnsons wife, eliza, was 54 years old and an invalid when she was thrust into the role of first lady, determined to be a helpmate to her husband as he navigated the turbulent end of the civil war, reconstruction in the south, and his own impeachment. This week on cspans first ladies, the life and times of Eliza Mccardle johnson. Good evening, and thank you for being w