Flexner, James Thomas. George Washington in the American Revolution, 1775-1783. Boston: Little, Brown, 1968.

Flexner, James Thomas. George Washington: The Forge of Experience, 1732-1775. Boston: Little, Brown, 1965.

Flexner, James Thomas. George Washington and the New Nation, 1783-1793. Boston: Little, Brown, 1970.

Thompson, Mary. "MW-Revolutionary War." Unpublished paper, Mount Vernon Ladies Association.

Mary Thompson

Thompson, Mary. "Martha Washington Testimonials." Unpublished paper, Mount Vernon Ladies Association.

Mary Thompson

Norton, Mary Beth. Founding Mothers & Fathers: Gendered Power and the Forming of American Society. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1996.

Lee, Jean Butenhoff, ed. Experiencing Mount Vernon: Eyewitness Accounts, 1784-1865.  Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006.

From Samuel Latham Mitchill to his wife, 12/7/1801

“…On our arrival we were received by Mr. Lewis, a gentleman who married one of the Misses Custis, a granddaughter of Mrs. Washington, and who, with his wife, now resides here. Presently Mrs. Washington and her other granddaughter, the celebrated Mrs. Law, now here on a visit, entered. The old lady was habited in black, and wore a plain cap with a black ribbon; she was affable and polite, and made us welcome in that hospitable though unceremonious manner that without hesitation we agreed to stay and dine. Mrs. Law was dressed in white, and both looked and acted in that engaging and superior way for which she is so justly famed. Her little daughter and her husband were with her. Three young ladies, the Misses Stewart and a Miss Henley, and Mrs. Washington’s grandson, Mr. Custis, also joined us a little before dinner. Mrs. Washington presided like a lady of hospitality and good sense, tempered by much acquaintance with company. Every thing [sic] was neat and well-ordered, bespeaking her to be quite the mistress of her household, and regulating all its concerns.” (93-94)

Humphreys, David. Life of General Washington. Rosemarie Zagarri, ed. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2006.

Dalzell, Robert F. "Constructing Independence: Monticello, Mount Vernon, and the Men Who Built Them." Eighteenth-Century Studies 26 4 (Summer 1993): 543-580.

Brown, Kathleen M. "Brave New Worlds: Women's and Gender History." William & Mary Quarterly, Series 3, 50 2 (April 1993): 311-328.