Washington and the Widow of 1758 Wedding Tale
A readable segment recounts Colonel Washington meeting a wealthy Virginia widow in 1758, their attraction, the marriage arrangements, the dowry of thirty thousand pounds, and Washington’s subsequent public acknowledgment by the Assembly. It notes the wedding at Williamsburg and Mount Vernon life afterward, with portraits of wealth and status shaping colonial society.
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