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kleinbl00 · 3594 days ago · link · · parent · post: Howard Markel: Dec. 14, 1799: The excruciating final hours of President George Washington
And then Martha burned all their letters 'cuz he never wanted their private correspondence to be public. Washington was a badass: 6'2 in an era when the average male height was 5'5" due to nutrition. It amazes me that nobody has written a script about how he was secretly a time traveler sent back to destroy the Imperial Court of Queen Elizabeth III before it could get started.