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Dolley Madison’s relationship with, 367, 370–71, 434
n

education of, 22

as First Lady, 19, 44–51, 169–70, 237, 241, 255

furniture owned by, 23, 34

George Washington’s courtship of, 4–5, 15–16

George Washington’s engagement to, 16, 19

George Washington’s marriage to, xvi, 18, 19–20, 22–25, 30, 34–37, 41–43, 55–57, 58, 61, 245, 261

as grandmother, 43–44, 47–48, 51

health of, 42, 57

land owned by, 15–16, 19–20, 31

lifestyle of, 22–24

as mother, xv, 15–16, 22, 24, 25, 26–32, 41–42

at Mount Vernon, 20, 22–23, 29–30, 32, 44, 47–48, 51–57, 62, 68

personality of, 15–16, 19–22, 24, 37, 42, 45

physical appearance of, 20–21, 22

portraits of, 20

reputation of, 15, 19–22, 36–37

social life of, 15, 22–24

wealth of, 15, 19–20

White House home of, 15–16

as widow, 4–5, 15, 18, 21–22, 56–57

Washington, Mary Ball, 7, 8, 9, 14, 24, 40, 43, 49, 260

Washington, Richard, 24

Washington, Samuel, 43–44

Washington, William Augustine, 70, 420
n
–21
n

Washington Monument, 255, 336, 406

Washington Post
, 328

Waverly Watchman
, 333, 412

Wayles, John, 267–68, 271, 274–75, 278–79, 347, 349, 429
n

Wayles, Tabitha, 268

Webster, Daniel, 402, 406

West, Benjamin, 92, 224

Wetmore, Josiah, 348

Wetmore, Samuel F., 331–35, 336, 345–48, 351, 415

Whig Party, 132, 163–64, 168

White House, 192, 254, 255, 313, 372, 377, 382–85, 386

White Over Black
(Jordan), 410, 415

Wilkins, William, 369

Will, George, 413

Williamsburg, Va., 6, 14–15, 16, 19, 21, 22–25, 27, 31, 38–39, 41, 263, 271

“William Tell,” 226–27

Wills, Garry, 411

Wilson, George, 65–66

Winder, William, 390–91, 392

Witherspoon, John, 99, 215, 359

Wolcott, Oliver, Jr., 183, 235, 238–39

Wollaston, John, 20

Woodson, Thomas, 337, 338, 339, 341, 342–43, 349

Wythe, George, 281, 336

XYZ Affair, 182–83, 185

“Yankee Doodle,” 310–11

Yates, Betsey, 264

Yorktown, Battle of, 41, 42, 43, 112, 154, 224, 286, 356

Yrujo, Carlos Fernando Martinez de, 376, 377

About the Author

THOMAS FLEMING
is the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, most recently,
The Perils of Peace
. He has been the president of the Society of American Historians and of PEN American Center. Mr. Fleming is a frequent guest on C-SPAN, PBS, A&E, and the History Channel. He lives in New York City.

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Jacket design by the Designworks Group

Jacket artwork Courtesy of the Granger Collection, New York

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THE INTIMATE LIVES OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS
. Copyright © 2009 by Thomas Fleming. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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