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Martha Jefferson : an intimate life with Thomas Jefferson / William G. Hyland Jr.

by Hyland, William G., Jr., 1956-

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Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, c2015.

Jefferson, Martha, 1748-1782.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.

Governors' spouses -- Virginia -- Biography.

9781442239838 (alk. paper) :

1442239832 (alk. paper)

xv, 293 pages ; 24 cm

Prologue -- Influences -- The Forest -- John Wayles -- The young widow -- Thomas Jefferson -- True love -- Marriage -- Mr. & Mrs. Jefferson -- Slavery and domestic life -- Patsy and Polly -- Death -- The Governor's Palace -- War -- Mistress of Monticello -- "A promise" -- Suicide -- Paris -- Epilogue: John Wayles and Betty Hemings.

Martha Jefferson is the first and only biography of Thomas Jefferson's greatest love and true kindred spirit, who died an untimely death at the young ago of thirty-three in 1782. Drawing on a wealth of newly probed sources--including family letters, documents, and the handwritten notes left by Jefferson's famed biographer, Dumas Malone--William G. Hyland Jr. captures the charm, sophistication, and grace, as well as a profound sense of history, of this little-known and elusive figure, who until now, has been a mere footnote to the story of America's founding. Hyland brings us a conflicted and honest Martha Jefferson, who endured the Revolution as valiantly as some men--defending her very doorstep from raiding British troops--and presided over the domestic life of the Jefferson's "little mountain," Monticello, during her husband's long absences and historic rise to power. A revealing and insightful look at an often overlooked American woman, this book provides a unique and previously unexplored understanding of America's Revolutionary Era, and the men and women upon whose bravery, talent, and resolve our nation was founded.

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