Colonial Era to Present Day History Buff

Understand exactly what made Audley so special for Nelly. Discover what came about in 1846 involving Nelly’s daughter Frances Parke Lewis. Learn what else happened in 1846 involving Woodlawn. Determine if Nelly herself ultimately felt more comfortable at Mount Vernon versus Woodlawn. Discover what tragic misfortune took place in 1847 involving Nelly’s only surviving son. Find out what Nelly got to embark upon at age 70 come year 1849. Discover what happened in America come July 9, 1850 including what takes place involving Nelly not long afterwards. Get an understanding as to just how bad of condition Mount Vernon itself was in by early 1850’s. Learn what John Augustine Washington III tried doing to prevent Mount Vernon from going into total disrepair. Agree if Woodlawn, Nelly’s 2,000 acre estate, is still around. Get an understanding behind what Nelly herself strove to preserve.

Learn how America in 1819 entered into a severe economic depression. Explore how state banks went beyond their boundaries as well as understanding how agricultural prices got impacted. Discover just how deeply impacted Virginia was during the 1819 Financial Panic. Agree if Lawrence Lewis, Nelly’s husband, was never truly a successful planter. Determine if Lawrence Lewis had been constantly grappling with some form of ill health. Find out if any of Nelly’s letters to her best friend Elizabeth Bordley Gibson mentioned anything about husband Lawrence. Learn where Nelly’s son Lorenzo resided including its proximity to Woodlawn, located in Alexandria. Discover why Woodlawn, Nelly’s home, never attained same level of visitors that Mount Vernon always maintained. Explore how Nelly’s brother, George Washington Parke Custis, went about compiling information which resulted in his writing a series of biographical essays regarding George Washington. Determine if it’s very likely that Nelly and her brother George were extremely close to one another. Learn if Nelly went south to Louisiana not long after her husband’s passing. Discover if Nelly was dealt any setbacks involving family members while staying in Louisiana. Get a timeline of Washington Family Events from 1829 up till 1858 involving Mount Vernon.

Discover exactly how many of Nelly and Lawrence Lewis’s children survived into adulthood. Get a better understanding as to why Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart, Nelly’s mom, couldn’t raise all of her children together from first marriage. Be surprised to find out how Nelly went about turning to her grandfather for various personal inquiries. Go behind the scenes and explore various reasons into why Marquis de Lafayette came to the United States in 1824. Learn how Nelly herself had the exact same feelings for Marquis de Lafayette as she did with her grandfather, George Washington. Discover how Nelly and George Washington Lafayette shared a great deal in common including gifts the two gave one another keeping loved one’s spirits alive. Find out if in fact Lafayette’s coffin got sprinkled with American Soil. Explore how Nelly was aware of education deficiencies facing the American South during the Nineteenth Century. Understand how the year 1839 brought a great state of sadness to Nelly Custis Lewis and her family.

Discover just how glad Nelly Custis herself was to be back at Mount Vernon after her grandfather’s presidency ended. Determine how bad of shape Mount Vernon was in by time Washington returned home for good. Learn how one of Washington’s overseers went about appeasing British Forces whom made their way onto Mount Vernon’s premises. Get introduced to Lawrence Lewis, George Washington’s nephew. Learn about Lawrence Lewis’s parents most notably the sacrifices they made behind helping finance the Revolutionary War. Agree if Washington himself turned to nephew Lawrence as a personal assistant. Discover if Lawrence himself had any military experience. Go behind the scenes and learn how Lawrence Lewis and Nelly Custis became acquainted with one another to eventually getting married. Understand exactly why Lawrence and Nelly ended up residing at Mount Vernon after getting married. Get a timeline of events spanning less than twenty days from November 27-December 14,1799. Discover the changes taking place in America right after the Nineteenth Century began. Understand why Nelly Lewis including Martha Washington both despised Thomas Jefferson.

Discover what George Washington got nominated to do come November 1786. Learn firsthand how George Washington got nominated in becoming Constitutional Convention President. Explore some key reasons behind why Washington chose to attend Constitutional Convention. Figure out what Washington advocated the most while convention took place. Receive a brief timeline summary of events taking place between February 4-April 14,1789 involving Washington’s rise to greater power. Explore how the move from Mount Vernon to New York impacted the Custis Grandchildren. Find out where in New York the President’s House stood. Agree if New York City was home to many opportunities for education most notably young women like Nelly. Get an in depth analysis behind 1790 Residence Act. Find out whom Nelly Custis became friends with around age12. Learn how a health crisis went about engulfing Philadelphia like never before come early August 1793. Determine if young Nelly shared most if not all of her step grandfather’s political views. Discover the importance behind what took place around March 4,1797. Learn whom would be a house guest of George Washington’s per presidential mansion in Philadelphia including Mount Vernon.

Learn what year Eleanor “Nelly” Parke Custis was born. Discover where General George Washington stopped at come September 9, 1781. Figure out how many step grandchildren General Washington had by 1781. Learn for whom Eleanor aka “Nelly” was named after including her father’s service during Revolutionary War. Explore significance behind what took place on October 17,1781 including a tragic family ordeal General Washington and wife Martha faced afterwards. Get introduced to Martha Washington’s brother Bartholomew Dandridge including his profile status. Go behind the scenes and learn about Martha’s first marriage to Daniel Parke Custis. Determine the logical reasoning behind why George & Martha Washington adopted their two youngest grandchildren from Eleanor Custis Stuart. Discover what famous French Officer came to visit Mount Vernon during Summer & Fall Seasons of 1784. Learn if young Nelly remembered meeting the French Officer including purpose behind his visit to Mount Vernon. Get introduced to Tobias Lear including his relationship with George Washington and extended family. Determine ballpark percentage where women’s literacy rates hovered around during latter half of 18th Century Virginia.

Agree if it’s fair to say whenever someone enters the spotlight how easy it might be to assume everything is of smooth sailing. Delve deeper into differences behind seeking the spotlight including outcomes. Agree if it’s fair to say throughout mankind’s history how people have sought the spotlight regardless of the mission before them. Compare and contrast how Revolutionary War Figures like George Washington and Benedict Arnold sought the spotlight. Discover how one of these Revolutionary War Figures received full military honors when having passed away while the other got exact opposite. Be surprised to discover how our next Podcast Book Report will focus on the Father of our Country’s extended family involving the spotlight. Discover who else within George Washington’s immediate family comes to many people’s minds from a spotlight perspective. Explore what takes place between April-May 1789 involving George Washington and his immediate extended family. Be surprised to discover how two of Washington’s extended family members who came to New York in May 1789 were grandchildren, 10 Year Old Eleanor Parke Custis aka Nelly and 8 Year Old George Washington Parke Custis. Discover how our new Podcast Book Report Discussion will be a first involving a woman who was directly related to George Washington.

Learn how President George Washington went about rewarding Timothy Pickering come year 1790. Go behind the scenes and understand importance of 1784 Fort Stanwix Treaty. Discover what Pickering conducted with the Iroquois before 1790 came to an end. Explore how Timothy Pickering went about making amends with delegates from the Iroquois Confederacy after what occurred twelve years before in August 1779. Learn significance to 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua including Pickering’s involvement. Learn more about Pickering’s other government positions he held during Washington’s Presidency. Discover which branch of the United States Military got established while Pickering served in Washington’s Administration. Find out whether Pickering served under any other presidents after George Washington had stepped down in 1797. Get introduced to Timothy Pickering as a member of Congress including his opposition to Thomas Jefferson’s policies. Discover what became of some of those Wild Yankees whom fled from authorities by leaving Wyoming Valley for good. Learn exactly when first memorial was built honoring those men whom died at 1778 Battle of Wyoming.