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Waspas music of the trees and the rise of a Virginia court drama
An 18th century Virginia portrait recalls Gusikow the forest musician and Col Custis court life. It traces Martha Dandridge’s betrothal to Custis, Washington’s rise, and Mrs Washington’s steadfast role from marriage through Mount Vernon, war, and widowhood, ending with her pious fidelity and public duty.
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COUILD
kow
slife
Gusikow
Paganini
or of
Austria
burg
sala Custhof
Virginia
England
Powhattan
Gooch
Williamsburg
Anne Boleyn
temple of truth
Col. Custis
John Custis
Arlington
Daniel Park Custis
Byrd
Westover
Martha Dandridge
lus
Sumner
Pamunkey
New Kent
Rome
Col
Washington
Braddock
Monongahela
Lato
Col. Washington
lady of
Mount Vernon
Martha Custis
Boston
Potomac
Valley Forge
Morristown
Lady ‘Washington
Mc. Vernon
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Congress
Martha Washington
Marshall