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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP18 Apr 2019 9:02 p.m. PST

"George Washington finished his second term as the first President of the United States in 1797. Weary of the political infighting surrounding the presidency, he longed for the peace of retirement to his beloved Mount Vernon. Unfortunately, his solitude lasted less than three years as he died on December 14, 1799 at age 67.

George Washington Custis was the son of John Custis, the son of Martha Washington from her first marriage to Daniel Custis. George Washington Custis was thus Martha Washington's grandson. His father – John – served as an aide to George Washington and died from camp fever during the Battle of Yorktown in 1781. Washington immediately adopted the six-month-old Custis and his sister Eleanor as his own children. Custis lived at Mount Vernon and became the darling of the household…."
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42flanker19 Apr 2019 1:46 a.m. PST

No cause of death offered. Apart from massive blood loss.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP19 Apr 2019 11:39 a.m. PST

Are there any good book about this?


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