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Film, Video General Washington and Mrs. French: Widows and Power in Eighteenth-Century Virginia

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Title

  • General Washington and Mrs. French: Widows and Power in Eighteenth-Century Virginia

Summary

  • Watch a discussion centering on Penelope French, a wealthy widow who did not want to sell her land to George Washington, despite his attempts to purchase it. Special guests include, Martha Saxton, Amherst College historian emerita and author of "The Widow Washington: The Life of Mary Washington", and Jennifer Stertzer, director of the Papers of George Washington at the University of Virginia.

Event Date

  • August 17, 2022

Running Time

  • 1 hours 1 minutes 53 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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General Washington and Mrs. French: Widows and Power in Eighteenth-Century Virginia. 2022. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10467/.

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(2022) General Washington and Mrs. French: Widows and Power in Eighteenth-Century Virginia. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10467/.

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General Washington and Mrs. French: Widows and Power in Eighteenth-Century Virginia. 2022. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/webcast-10467/>.