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1 de mar. de 2002 · To John Parke Custis. Philadelphia June 19th 1775. I have been called upon by the unanimous voice of the Colonies to take the command of the Continental Army—It is an honour I neither sought after, or was by any means fond of accepting, from a consciousness of my own inexperience, and inability to discharge the duties of so important a Trust.
13 de jul. de 2015 · George Washington Parke Custis, born in 1781 at Mount Airy, Md., was the son of John P. Custis, George Washington's stepson, and the father-in-law of General Robert E. Lee. Custis won fame as a writer and producer of plays. His best known work was Pocahontas, or the Settlers of Virginia. He died at Arlington in 1857. George Washington Parke ...
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (June 2, 1731 O.S. – May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States.Although the title was not coined until after her death, she served as the inaugural first lady of the United States, defining the role of the president's wife and setting many precedents that future first ladies would observe.
22 de sept. de 2016 · Named George Washington Parke Custis, or "Wash" for short, the infant was taken in by his grandmother and Washington formally adopted him as his son, Matthew Barakat reports for the Associated Press.
16 de jun. de 2009 · Recollections and private memoirs of Washington [microform] by Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857 ; Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1808-1873 ; Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891
George Washington (“Wash”) Parke Custis was born on April 30, 1781, in Mount Airy, Maryland. His father was John Parke Custis, who was the son of Martha Washington and of her first husband. John Parke Custis died when Wash was a baby, and he was raised by Martha and George at Mount Vernon. In the late 1790s Wash attended the College of New ...
The Custis Years - History and Historic Preservation. The Mansion Surrounded by the white tombstones of Arlington National Cemetery and overlooking the Lincoln Memorial, Arlington House is steeped in history. The mansion was built between 1802 and 1818 by George Washington Parke Custis, step-grandson and adopted son of George Washington, to ...
