Here are some lesser known facts about America's first president and First Lady.
3) George had to compete for Martha's hand in marriage
Chernow notes that, by contrast,"George Washington could only have appeared manly, rock-solid, and utterly fearless" to the young widow. George and Martha began their courtship in March 1758—about 8 months after her husband passed away—and were married the following January.To say that Martha had more to offer than good looks and a winning personality would be an understatement. She had numerous properties and more than seventeen-thousand acres of land across six different counties.
Though George raised Jacky and Patsy as his own, George and Martha were never able to have children together. While 18th century machismo made it common practice to blame the woman whenever fertility issues arose, most historians agree that Martha wasn't the cause of the problem. It's far more likely that George was infertile—probably the result of contracting tuberculosis in his early years.
For over a decade there was an ongoing flirtation between young Washington and Sally and he made many attempts to deepen their intimacy throughout their late teens and early twenties. Though George's feelings for Sally only grew over the years, he decided to put their pseudo relationship aside once and for all when he began dating Martha in the Spring of 1758.
Nearly 40 years later when she was almost 70 and after her husband had passed away, George wrote Sally a letter reminiscing about their early years together and said that"the recollection of those happy moments...in which I enjoyed in your company," were"the happiest of my life."George died of a throat infection on December 14th, 1799 in his bedroom at Mount Vernon.
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