Episodes
June 27, 2023
Episode 40: How Dare You Not Answer My Letter
Eliza Monroe Hay to King Louis Philippe of France, 1839. In which Eliza Monroe Hay, James Monroe's daughter, requests assistance from the King Louis Philippe of France because of the aid her parents provided his mother during the French Revolution....
May 23, 2023
Episode 39 - Not One Single Subject To Entertain You With
Jemima Grey, Amabel Grey, and Mary Grey to Catherine Talbot, 15 November 1765. In which Jemima Grey and her two daughters, Bell who is 14 and Mouse who is 9, provide a very comical update about their life near Cambridge. Kathryn Gehred is joined...
March 14, 2023
Episode 38 — A Rumor That You Abandoned Me
Jannote Roustant to Jean Roustant, on 1 July 1745 and Johanna Frederica Telle to Abrosius Telle on 28 May 1798.
Feb. 7, 2023
Episode 37 — Wounded The Feelings Of A Lady
Sarah Livingston Jay to Samuel Lyon, on 14 Nov. 1794.
Jan. 3, 2023
Episode 36 — I Should Be Glad To Leave The School
Letter from Mary Secutor to Eleazar Wheelock, 28 July 1768.
Nov. 10, 2022
Episode 35 - George Wiseacre Parke Custis
Eleanor Parke Custis (Lewis) to Elizabeth Bordley. In which Eleanor Parke Custis writes to Elizabeth Bordley to dispel rumors and engage in funny moments.
May 5, 2022
Episode 34 - That Evil Genius
Ellen Wayles Randolph to Martha Jefferson Randolph, 29 March 1819.
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…