The Little Washington's Relatives

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Roy Lillian Elizabeth. The Little Washington's Relatives

CHAPTER I – THE CITY COUSINS

CHAPTER II – THE CUSTIS WEDDING PARTY

CHAPTER III – MARTHA CUSTIS’ STORY

CHAPTER IV – WASHINGTON THE GENERAL

CHAPTER V – THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

CHAPTER VI – THE BATTLE OF BOSTON

CHAPTER VII – BATTLES ABOUT NEW YORK

CHAPTER VIII – EARNING THE PRIZES

CHAPTER IX – THE ARMY WINS UNIFORMS

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“Now that we’ve been all over the place, come up to the attic and let us show you the old trunk full of costumes,” urged Martha, as the five children returned from the inspection of the grounds.

“Maybe the folks’ll be looking for us to change our clothes,” ventured Anne, looking carefully at the windows of the house, as they came into view from the path where the children skipped or ran.

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Right before him stood Jack Davis and Martha – one robed in old-fashioned clothes worn by Parke ancestors before the Civil War, and the other dressed in the lavender flowered Watteau silk gown of her great-great-grandmother.

George was “best man” in a black swallow-tail coat with velvet cuffs, collar and pocket lapels. The buttons were gold-embroidered on black velvet. A high stock collar and a pot-shaped beaver hat gave him quite a Colonial appearance.

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