The Mother of Washington and Her Times

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Author

Pryor, Sara Agnes Rice, 1830-1912

Credits

E-text prepared by Melissa McDaniel, Julia Neufeld, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)

Subject

Washington, Mary Ball, 1708-1789

Category

Text

eBook-No.

43571

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43571

Release Date

August 27, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Mother of Washington And Her Times — MRS. ROGER A. PRYOR
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.AUTHORITIES
5. 5.PART I
6. 6.CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTORY
7. 7.CHAPTER II — MARY WASHINGTON'S ENGLISH ANCESTRY
8. 8.CHAPTER III — THE BALL FAMILY IN VIRGINIA
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — COAT ARMOR AND THE RIGHT TO BEAR IT
10. 10.CHAPTER V — TRADITIONS OF MARY BALL'S EARLY LIFE
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — REVELATIONS OF AN OLD WILL
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — MARY BALL'S CHILDHOOD
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — GOOD TIMES IN OLD VIRGINIA
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — MARY BALL'S GUARDIAN AND HER GIRLHOOD
15. 15.CHAPTER X — YOUNG MEN AND MAIDENS OF THE OLD DOMINION
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — THE TOAST OF THE GALLANTS OF HER DAY
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — HER MARRIAGE AND EARLY LIFE
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII — BIRTHPLACE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV — THE CHERRY TREE AND LITTLE HATCHET
20. 20.CHAPTER XV — THE YOUNG WIDOW AND HER FAMILY
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI — BETTY WASHINGTON, AND WEDDINGS IN OLD VIRGINIA
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII — DEFEAT IN WAR: SUCCESS IN LOVE
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII — IN AND AROUND FREDERICKSBURG
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX — SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS
25. 25.CHAPTER XX — A TRUE PORTRAIT OF MARY WASHINGTON
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI — NOON IN THE GOLDEN AGE
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII — DINNERS, DRESS, DANCES, HORSE-RACES
28. 28.PART II
29. 29.CHAPTER I — THE LITTLE CLOUD
30. 30.CHAPTER II — THE STORM
31. 31.CHAPTER III — MARY WASHINGTON IN THE HOUR OF PERIL
32. 32.CHAPTER IV — OLD REVOLUTIONARY LETTERS
33. 33.CHAPTER V — THE BATTLE-GROUND
34. 34.CHAPTER VI — FRANCE IN THE REVOLUTION
35. 35.CHAPTER VII — "ON WITH THE DANCE, LET JOY BE UNCONFINED"
36. 36.CHAPTER VIII — LAFAYETTE AND OUR FRENCH ALLIES
37. 37.CHAPTER IX — IN CAMP AND AT MOUNT VERNON
38. 38.CHAPTER X — MRS. ADAMS AT THE COURT OF ST. JAMES
39. 39.CHAPTER XI — THE FIRST WINTER AT MOUNT VERNON
40. 40.CHAPTER XII — THE PRESIDENT AND HIS LAST VISIT TO HIS MOTHER
41. 41.CHAPTER XIII — MARY WASHINGTON'S WILL; HER ILLNESS AND DEATH
42. 42.CHAPTER XIV — TRIBUTES OF HER COUNTRYMEN
43. 43.WORKS BY MRS. ALICE MORSE EARLE — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's note:

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