Martha Washington
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Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was the wife of George Washington, who was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States. Although the title was not coined until after her death, s
Portrait by Rembrandt Peale c. 1796
Dandridge at age eight
Chestnut Grove plantation (1919 photograph)
Martha Dandridge Custis in 1757: engraving by John Chester Buttre after a portrait by John Wollaston
George Washington
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George Washington was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the A
Martha Washington
…Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (née Dandridge, formerly Custis; June 2, 1731 O.S. – May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, who was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States. Although the title was not coined until after her death, she served as the…
Portrait, c. 1803
Ferry Farm, the Washington family residence on the Rappahannock River in Stafford County, Virginia, where Washington spent much of his youth
Washington the Soldier, an 1834 portrait of Washington on horseback during the Battle of the Monongahela
Colonel George Washington, a 1772 portrait of Washington by Charles Willson Peale