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How well do you know Martha Washington?

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Martha Washington's great-grandfather, the Reverend Rowland Jones, emigrated to America from England to live in which of the following colonial capital cities?

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On This Day 250 Years Ago

April 5, 1775

Washington continues hosting yesterday’s guests at Mount Vernon, engaging in discussions centered on the escalating tension with Great Britain. Washington writes to George Mercer, his aide-de-camp during the French and Indian War, that he believes the American people want to reconcile with Britain but not “at the expence of their liberty, & the sacred compacts of Government.”

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