CONTENTS

PART I

CHAPTER I
PAGE
Introductory[1]
CHAPTER II
Mary Washington's English Ancestry[11]
CHAPTER III
The Ball Family in Virginia[15]
CHAPTER IV
Coat Armor and the Right to bear it[20]
CHAPTER V
Traditions of Mary Ball's Early Life[25]
CHAPTER VI
Revelations of an Old Will[32]
CHAPTER VII
Mary Ball's Childhood[37]
CHAPTER VIII
Good Times in Old Virginia[47]
CHAPTER IX
Mary Ball's Guardian and her Girlhood[55]
CHAPTER X
Young Men and Maidens of the Old Dominion[58]
CHAPTER XI
The Toast of the Gallants of her Day[62]
CHAPTER XII
Her Marriage and Early Life[69]
CHAPTER XIII
Birthplace of George Washington[75]
CHAPTER XIV
The Cherry Tree and Little Hatchet[85]
CHAPTER XV
The Young Widow and her Family[90]
CHAPTER XVI
Betty Washington, and Weddings in Old Virginia[102]
CHAPTER XVII
Defeat in War: Success in Love[114]
CHAPTER XVIII
In and Around Fredericksburg[127]
CHAPTER XIX
Social Characteristics, Manners, and Customs[143]
CHAPTER XX
A True Portrait of Mary Washington[167]
CHAPTER XXI
Noon in the Golden Age[186]
CHAPTER XXII
Dinners, Dress, Dances, Horse-races[197]

PART II

CHAPTER I
The Little Cloud[231]
CHAPTER II
The Storm[245]
CHAPTER III
Mary Washington in the Hour of Peril[251]
CHAPTER IV
Old Revolutionary Letters[262]
CHAPTER V
The Battle-ground[279]
CHAPTER VI
France in the Revolution[289]
CHAPTER VII
"On with the Dance, let Joy be unconfined"[304]
CHAPTER VIII
Lafayette and our French Allies[312]
CHAPTER IX
In Camp and at Mount Vernon[317]
CHAPTER X
Mrs. Adams at the Court of St. James[327]
CHAPTER XI
The First Winter at Mount Vernon[332]
CHAPTER XII
The President and his Last Visit to his Mother [340]
CHAPTER XIII
Mary Washington's Will; her Illness and Death[347]
CHAPTER XIV
Tributes of her Countrymen[353]

[ILLUSTRATIONS]

Supposed Portrait of Mary Washington [Frontispiece]
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An Old Doll [39]
Horn-book [41]
Ducking-stool [44]
The Old Stone House [45]
William and Mary CollegeFacing[59]
Old Yeocomico Church"[63]
Monument at Wakefield marking the Birthplace of George Washington [75]
George Washington's Apron [82]
BewdleyFacing[83]
Pohick Church, Mount Vernon, Virginia [86]
Mrs. Washington persuades George not to go to Sea [100]
Kenmore House [103]
The Hall at Kenmore, showing the Clock which belonged to Mary Washington [111]
Nellie CustisFacing[112]
George Washington as Major [115]
General Braddock [118]
Mount VernonFacing[120]
St. Peter's Church, in which George Washington was married [123]
Martha CustisFacing[124]
Williamsburg [124]
"Light-horse Harry" Lee [133]
Governor Spotswood [134]
Prince Murat [140]
Colonel Byrd [147]
WestoverFacing[150]
The Kitchen of Mount Vernon [156]
James Monroe [165]
Mrs. Charles Carter [177]
Mary Washington's House in FredericksburgFacing[183]
Monticello. The Home of Thomas Jefferson [188]
The Garden at Mount VernonFacing[189]
Elsing Green [192]
Mount AiryFacing[192]
Bushrod Washington [206]
Mary Ambler [210]
Chief Justice John Marshall [211]
Lord Dunmore [237]
Robert Carter of Nomini Hall [241]
Abigail Adams [248]
Oratory Rock [260]
Sir William Howe [265]
Major André [270]
Arthur Lee [274]
Vergennes [289]
Beaumarchais [290]
Silas Deane [291]
Benjamin Franklin [292]
General Burgoyne [295]
Rochambeau [297]
De Grasse [298]
Lord Cornwallis [300]
Greenway CourtFacing[302]
George Washington Parke Custis [306]
The Chair used by George Washington when Master of Fredericksburg Lodge [307]
General LafayetteFacing[313]
John Adams [328]
Washington's Reception at Trenton [343]
Mary Washington's Monument [357]
The Avenue of Poplars at Nomini Hall [363]