Samantha Snyder

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Samantha Snyder is a historian of early American women and Research Librarian at the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study at George Washington's Mount Vernon.

Episode 48: Political Subjects are too often at Variance
Feb. 21, 2024

Episode 48: Political Subjects are too often at Variance

Elizabeth Willing Powel to Elizabeth Parke Custis, February 28, 1816. In which Powel advises Martha Washington's pro-French granddaughter to avoid talking about politics with pro-British family members.
Episode 35 - George Wiseacre Parke Custis
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.
Episode 17 - Oh Genie Who Directs The Hands Of Mortals!
Feb. 16, 2021

Episode 17 - Oh Genie Who Directs The Hands Of Mortals!

Elizabeth Willing Powel to John Hare Powel, 6-17 …
Episode 2 - A Presidential Blunder
July 7, 2020

Episode 2 - A Presidential Blunder

In this week's letter George Washington forgets t…