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sheet or anything else but only one threadbare blanket with double its weight of vermin. I was glad to get up and put on my clothes and lie as many companions did. Had we not been very tired, I am sure we should have not slept much that night. 1 made a promise to sleep so no more, choosing rather to sleep in the open air before a fire.”
Mysterious Love
It was during this time that Washington mentioned a certain “lowland beauty” in several of his letters. Historians have argued about the identity of this lady but we do know from his letters that his affection was not returned.
After several years of worrying about bills and always living slightly beyond his means, he married the richest woman in Virginia, Martha Custis, the widow of John Parke Custis.
Some researchers have tried to prove that he married Martha for her money but their letters show a strong mutual affection even after years of marriage. Martha was short and round and given to wearing preposterous hats in an effort to make herself look taller. But by all accounts she was a loving and capable woman, a mother who doted on her children. She was not given
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