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Originally Posted by DAVES
George Washington another made into a saint politician. His reality according to the book making of the president 1776. He married Martha Washington, I don't recall her maiden name not because she was attractive, she was rather plain but because she was a WEALTHY WIDOW. George Washington had sort of an accountant background.
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Martha Dandridge Custis Washington
Marriages in the 18th century were rarely about love, but most often about the relative assets of each party and/or social position. for the farmer/working classes, even moreso it was about basic economic survival. A patriarchal partnership.
For the upper classes- George Washington was hardly unique in this way. Marriage based primarily on attraction and love is a concept that really doesn't begin to appear in the US or Europe widely until the 19th century