Washington, Mary Ball, 1708-1789
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- P&P data from LOT 12629 for Johnston, F.B. Architecture and sites in Virginia and West Virginia [graphic] 1933-1942:photo (Mary Ball)
- LC data base, 10-27-88(hdg.: Washington, Mary (Ball), 1708-1789)
- W Was W in America, 1962:v. 11, p. 385 (Mary Ball)
- Willard, F. A woman of the century, 1893:p. 751 (Mary Washington; Mary Ball, b. in Westmoreland Co. ca. 1713, d. 1789)
- LC Manuscript Division file, 10-27-88(hdg.: Washington, Mary Ball, 1708-1789)
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Wikipedia description:
Mary Washington (née Ball; c. 1707 – c. 1709 – (1789-08-25)August 25, 1789) was an American planter best known for being the mother of the first president of the United States, George Washington. The second wife of Augustine Washington, she became a prominent member of the Washington family. She spent a large part of her life in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where several monuments were erected in her honor and a university, along with other public buildings, bear her name.
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