Of washington which is were you or, so you may get. Congratulations. And its very exciting to have these book talks, these free book talks, and theyre sponsored by ford. The forgetting the doctor and, of course, weve never accepted any government money. They been offered in mount vernon since the 1860s, since 1861 it took over the estate of George Washington. They were the founders of National Historic preservation but they are an all Woman Run Organization and they are all built on private donations unpatriotic individuals and foundations from the people who coming the people who coming to visit it at the great honor to serve that mission to preserve the estate at the highest level and to teach people all over the world about the life, leadership and legacy of George Washington. And we couldnt do without the generation of important donors like henry ford. As many of you know an early dont think he did not its first fire engine. And ever since weve gotten the fire engines from ford mot
Now built on private donations. Its a great honor to serve. The teach people all over the world. We ever sense of gun fire engines from Ford Motor Company is a sponsor number of exciting things including this book talk. We always appreciate when they come out. Now we have a very special guest. An old friend. The editor in chief. This is one of the most extraordinary scholarly projects of the 21st centurys to copy, transcribe all the correspondence in a professional manner used by all the stories, and extraordinary collective work and scholarship has been going on since 1968. Funders and partial funders of the project since its beginning. In the recent past we renewed our partnership, i would like to think of friendship, help them create a comprehensive edition of Martha Washington spacers as well as other family papers. And that is really heading up the leadership of the programs as well and to fully encompass the scope they change the project from the George Washington papers project
Washingtons confidant. She was absorbed and capable but she did not like that definition. She called herself a prisoner of state. Every step washington took, to find the office, washington took defined the office so, in a very real sense, can it be said that everything Martha Washington did likewise . It was a businesslike relationship but not without respect and affection. She owned most of this whole block going back a couple of acres which means she owned a huge chunk of what williamsburg was. There was a lot of tragedy and Martha Washingtons life. She lost her husband. First she was raised a rich woman and what that meant in the 18th century is not what it means today. When she marries George Washington, she brings with her to mount vernon 12 house slaves and that is really almost an unimaginable luxury. It took 10 days to travel here to valley forge from mount vernon in her carriage with her slaves and servants with her and this was a difficult journey. Her experience had prepared
Block going back a couple of acres, which means she owned a huge chunk of what williamsburg was. There was a lot of tragedy in Martha Washingtons life. She lost her first husband. She was raised a rich woman she was raised a rich woman and what that means in the 18th century is not what it means today. When she marries George Washington, she brings with her to mount vernon 12 house slaves, and that is really almost an unimaginable luxury. It took 10 days to travel here to valley forge from mount vernon in her carriage with her slaves and servants with her and this was a difficult journey. Marthas experience had prepared her to become the first first lady. Born in New Kent County virginia in seven 770 she was 57 years old when she and George Washington left mount vernon in service to the country. This time, their destination was new york city, selected as the nations first capital, where they began the first of their two terms as president and first lady of United States, setting import
Experts, video tors, and questions from the audience, we tell the stories of americas 45 first lady. Now, we look at two administrations led by widowed president. We begin with Rachel Jackson and emily donaldson. This is about 90 minutes. Rachel was not a fan of anything that took Andrew Jackson away from the hermitage. Her preference apparently didnt strongly influence him. She ran the plantation or the farm and kept everything in order. She might not have been like abigail adams, but she could write a nice letter. She was not as frumpy as she was reputed to be. As he rose in politics, that was an ugly sore. The campaign was so bitterly fought. They went all out, completely calling her a whore. Rachel was good garbage for them. She dreaded going to washington and made the statement, id rather be a doorkeeper in the house of god. Before he left to go to washington, she died. Emily donaldson was 21 years old. She became the white house hostess. For all the negatives washington had to sa