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Poor Martha. Living in a big house, forever being made bigger, while her children die along the way (far too young). Even if she had the grandchildren to busy her, you know there were many sad nights. Poor woman.

I still like that G.W. flew in the face of convention prior to the Revolution and designed Mount Vernon to his own tastes. This was unheard of, and speaks much to the individual strengths of the man at its hearth.