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Hace 1 día · Arlington House was built in 1802 by George Washington Parke Custis, step-grandson and adopted son of George Washington.In 1831, Custis’s daughter, Mary Anna married Lieutenant Robert E. Lee in ...
Martha Parke Custis (sister) Alma mater. Columbia University. Occupation. Planter, politician. John Parke Custis (November 27, 1754 – November 5, 1781) was an American planter and politician, only son of Martha Washington before her marriage to George Washington. He is now known for his progeny, especially those raised by President Washington.
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Hace 3 días · George Washington Parke Custis, grandson of First Lady Martha Washington, acquired the land in 1802. The estate was later passed down to Mary Anna Custis Lee, wife of Robert E. Lee, a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and then later seized by the U.S. federal government in a tax sale.
Hace 2 días · This figure included the 80 slaves Martha Custis brought with ... John Trumbull's 1780 portrait of George Washington ... also depicts a man believed to be Washington's enslaved valet William Lee.
Hace 1 día · George W. P. Custis owned three plantations, including Arlington, with over 100 slaves. When he died in 1857, he left the plantations to Lee's three sons, with life tenancy at Arlington for Mrs. Lee, and $10,000 apiece for Lee's daughters. He also directed that the slaves be emancipated, once all bequests and debts were settled or after five years.
Hace 4 días · He resigned from his commission in 1758 — and returned home, where he married Martha Dandridge Custis a month later and started his political career in Virginia’s House of Burgesses, the oldest democratically elected legislative body in the British colonies. READ MORE: A Timeline of George Washington’s Life
Hace 5 días · Untapped New York. On this day in history, George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States on the balcony of Federal Hall. Over two centuries have passed since...
