Washington and Mary Philipse, lithograph, from Harper's Magazine, 1896, after an image by Howard Pyle.
George Washington with Mary Philipse
Before Martha Washington
Before he met Martha (and before she was widowed), George Washington paid suit to Mary Philipse of New York. This 19th century image imagines the courtship.
George Washington with Mary Philipse, image from 1890s
from a public domain imageSuggested Reading
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