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The Mother of Washington and Her Times

by Sara Agnes Rice Pryor

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  1. 1Dedication — Authorities
  2. 2Chapter I — Introductory
  3. 3Chapter II — Mary Washington’s English Ancestry
  4. 4Chapter III — The Ball Family in Virginia
  5. 5Chapter IV — Coat Armor and the Right to Bear It
  6. 6Chapter V — Traditions of Mary Ball’s Early Life
  7. 7Chapter VI — Revelations of an Old Will
  8. 8Chapter VII — Mary Ball’s Childhood
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Good Times in Old Virginia
  10. 10Chapter IX — Mary Ball’s Guardian and Her Girlhood
  11. 11Chapter X — Young Men and Maidens of the Old Dominion
  12. 12Chapter XI — The Toast of the Gallants of Her Day
  13. 13Chapter XII — Her Marriage and Early Life
  14. 14Chapter XIII — Birthplace of George Washington
  15. 15Chapter XIV — The Cherry Tree and Little Hatchet
  16. 16Chapter XV — The Young Widow and Her Family
  17. 17Chapter XVI — Betty Washington, and Weddings in Old Virginia
  18. 18Chapter XVII — Defeat in War: Success in Love
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — In and Around Fredericksburg
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Social Characteristics, Manners, and Customs
  21. 21Chapter XX — A True Portrait of Mary Washington
  22. 22Chapter XXI — Noon in the Golden Age
  23. 23Chapter XXII — Dinners, Dress, Dances, Horse-Races
  24. 24Part II
  25. 25Chapter II — The Storm
  26. 26Chapter III — Mary Washington in the Hour of Peril
  27. 27Chapter IV — Old Revolutionary Letters
  28. 28Chapter V — The Battle-Ground
  29. 29Chapter VI — France in the Revolution
  30. 30Chapter VII — “On With the Dance, Let Joy Be Unconfined”
  31. 31Chapter VIII — Lafayette and Our French Allies
  32. 32Chapter IX — In Camp and at Mount Vernon
  33. 33Chapter X — Mrs. Adams at the Court of St. James
  34. 34Chapter XI — The First Winter at Mount Vernon
  35. 35Chapter XII — The President and His Last Visit to His Mother
  36. 36Chapter XIII — Mary Washington’s Will; Her Illness and Death
  37. 37Chapter XIV — Tributes of Her Countrymen

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