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Hace 23 horas · Martha Dandridge Custis, a 1757 portrait by John Wollaston On January 6, 1759, Washington, at age 26, married Martha Dandridge Custis , the 27-year-old widow of wealthy plantation owner Daniel Parke Custis .
Hace 5 días · In 1802, George Washington Parke Custis, son of John Parke Custis, had begun construction of a new mansion on the property called Arlington House. Two of the enslaved people in Mr. Custis's house were named Charles Syphax and Maria Carter.
Hace 2 días · In 1802, George Washington Parke Custis, the grandson of George Washington's wife Martha through her first marriage, began building Arlington House at the present-day Arlington National Cemetery on land that he inherited from John Parke Custis, his natural father, following his death.
Hace 2 días · In attendance were President James K. Polk and other federal, state and local government officials, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Mrs. Dolley Madison, Mrs. John Quincy Adams, and George Washington Parke Custis, among 15,000 to 20,000 others, including a bald eagle.
Hace 3 días · Letter, Eliza Parke Custis to John Lutz, 1828 April 14 Item — Box 53, Folder: 1828.04.14 Identifier: RM-1204 ...
Hace 4 días · Martha Washington’s first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, owned more than 250 slaves. This made him one of the wealthiest and largest slaveowners in the colony of Virginia. Moreover, the Custis properties include farms and plantations totaling approximately 7,000 hectares or 17,297 acres.
Hace 4 días · Visitors to the Robert E. Lee Memorial (Arlington House) will learn the story of one of America’s most historic homes. In 1778, John Parke Custis, the son of Martha Washington and her first husband Daniel Parke Custis, purchased 1,100 acres of land in northern Virginia, on rolling hills overlooking Washington, D.C.
