CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
AUTHORITIES
PART I
The Mother of Washington and her Times CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II MARY WASHINGTON'S ENGLISH ANCESTRY
CHAPTER III THE BALL FAMILY IN VIRGINIA
CHAPTER IV COAT ARMOR AND THE RIGHT TO BEAR IT
CHAPTER V TRADITIONS OF MARY BALL'S EARLY LIFE
CHAPTER VI REVELATIONS OF AN OLD WILL
CHAPTER VII MARY BALL'S CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER VIII GOOD TIMES IN OLD VIRGINIA
CHAPTER IX MARY BALL'S GUARDIAN AND HER GIRLHOOD
CHAPTER X YOUNG MEN AND MAIDENS OF THE OLD DOMINION
CHAPTER XI THE TOAST OF THE GALLANTS OF HER DAY
CHAPTER XII HER MARRIAGE AND EARLY LIFE
CHAPTER XIII BIRTHPLACE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
CHAPTER XIV THE CHERRY TREE AND LITTLE HATCHET
CHAPTER XV THE YOUNG WIDOW AND HER FAMILY
CHAPTER XVI BETTY WASHINGTON, AND WEDDINGS IN OLD VIRGINIA
CHAPTER XVII DEFEAT IN WAR: SUCCESS IN LOVE
CHAPTER XVIII IN AND AROUND FREDERICKSBURG
CHAPTER XIX SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS
CHAPTER XX A TRUE PORTRAIT OF MARY WASHINGTON
CHAPTER XXI NOON IN THE GOLDEN AGE
CHAPTER XXII DINNERS, DRESS, DANCES, HORSE-RACES
PART II
CHAPTER I THE LITTLE CLOUD
CHAPTER II THE STORM
CHAPTER III MARY WASHINGTON IN THE HOUR OF PERIL
CHAPTER IV OLD REVOLUTIONARY LETTERS
CHAPTER V THE BATTLE-GROUND
CHAPTER VI FRANCE IN THE REVOLUTION
CHAPTER VII "ON WITH THE DANCE, LET JOY BE UNCONFINED"
CHAPTER VIII LAFAYETTE AND OUR FRENCH ALLIES
CHAPTER IX IN CAMP AND AT MOUNT VERNON
CHAPTER X MRS. ADAMS AT THE COURT OF ST. JAMES
CHAPTER XI THE FIRST WINTER AT MOUNT VERNON
CHAPTER XII THE PRESIDENT AND HIS LAST VISIT TO HIS MOTHER
CHAPTER XIII MARY WASHINGTON'S WILL; HER ILLNESS AND DEATH
CHAPTER XIV TRIBUTES OF HER COUNTRYMEN
WORKS BY MRS. ALICE MORSE EARLE
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The Mother of Washington
And Her Times
mark
Mary
SUPPOSED PORTRAIT OF MARY WASHINGTON.
The Mother of Washington
And Her Times
BY
MRS. ROGER A. PRYOR
"That one who breaks the way with tears
Many shall follow with a song"
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd.
1903
All rights reserved
Copyright, 1903,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up, electrotyped, and published October, 1903
Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
To the Hon. Roger A. Pryor, LL.D.
IN WHOM LIVES ALL THAT WAS BEST
IN OLD VIRGINIA
