Episodes
April 19, 2022
Episode 33: Any Dandridge That Ever Wore An Head
The Testimony of Anne Moody
Part the last of Mar…
March 22, 2022
Episode 31 - Vile Names and Ill Language
In which John Custis IV and Frances Parke make an…
March 8, 2022
Episode 30 - Elizabeth Sharaf-un-Nisa
Elizabeth Sharaf-un-Nisa to "Philo"
In which a M…
Feb. 1, 2022
Episode 28 - The Quiet Tenor Of Our Lives
Selina Powell to Rebecca Powell, 7 Jan. 1850
In …
Jan. 4, 2022
Episode 26: Determined To Be Cheerful
Martha Washington to Mercy Otis Warren, 26 Decemb…
July 8, 2021
Episode 25 — If A Lady CAN Be Patriotic...
Martin Van Buren to Judith Rives, 1 April 1835
I…
June 22, 2021
Episode 24 — The Charge Of So Crazy A Body
Jane Ludwell Parke to Daniel Parke, July 12, 1705…
June 10, 2021
Episode 23 - Where Decent Nature Spreads A Shade
Rosalie Stier Calvert to Marie Louise Stier, Rive…
April 27, 2021
Episode 21 — Stuff A Child With Learning
Elizabeth Lichtenstein Johnston to William Martin…
March 30, 2021
Episode 19 - "Pray did you ever hear of the famous Mademoiselle d’eon?"
Abigail "Nabby" Adams to John Quincy Adams, 27 No…
March 16, 2021
Episode 18 - Think Me Not Vain - Part 2
PART 2 of Elizabeth Parke Custis Law to David Baillie Warden
March 2, 2021
Episode 18 - Think Me Not Vain - part 1
Elizabeth Parke Custis Law to David Baillie Warde…
Feb. 16, 2021
Episode 17 - Oh Genie Who Directs The Hands Of Mortals!
Elizabeth Willing Powel to John Hare Powel, 6-17 …
Dec. 22, 2020
Episode 14 - A Babbie Whose Wits Had Gone "A-Woolgathering" In A Windy Day
Jane Welsh Carlyle to Jeannie Welsh, 2 January 18…
Dec. 8, 2020
Episode 13 - Honey from Athens... but Alas! No Butter
Henrietta Marchant Liston to Dick Ramage, 6 March…
Nov. 24, 2020
Episode 12 - The Daemon Of Playfullness
Tobias Lear to Catherine Littlefield Greene (Mill…
Nov. 10, 2020
Episode 11 - Gingerbread Such As Edy Makes
Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge to Martha Jefferso…