“[February 12, 1788]…As to his [George Washington’s] Lady she appears to me to be a Plain good Woman very much resembling the Character of Lady Bountyfull, is very cheerfull and seems most happy when contributing towards the happiness of…

Abstract: Letters from Coit to his wife Nancy, his eldest son Robert, and Charles Bulkeley, all of New London, Conn., chiefly written in Philadelphia, Penn., while Coit was serving in Congress as a Federalist representative from Connecticut,…

An article about the letters written by the wife of a British ambassador to the U.S. Contains references to Martha Washington.…

In the mid-1790s, Dutch merchant Andreas Everardus van Braam Houckgeest designed a Chinese porcelain service specifically to present as a gift to First Lady Martha Washington. This cup and saucer is one of the few remaining pieces of the service. …

The Powels were important figures in upper-class Philadelphia and good friends of the President and his wife.  This note is a reply to an invitation to join the Powels at a circus (in fact, the first documented circus in America). …

Letter requesting Martha Washington's approval as "encourager and patron" of The Ladies' Magazine.…

My Dear Madam                             New York December the 26th 1789

Your very friendly…

My dear Fanny                                       New York…

In1790, Congress voted to move the nation’s capital from New York City to a temporary location in Philadelphia. Senator Robert Morris, a wealthy financier, offered his home to the Washingtons to serve as the residence for the chief executive…