tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36363347.post5779288443028605688..comments2023-08-20T03:12:29.935-05:00Comments on Cinj's Chat Room: Our Founding FatherAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09582157624382487302noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36363347.post-87691759437083120822009-02-23T07:41:00.000-06:002009-02-23T07:41:00.000-06:00Thanks for mentioning Poor Richard's, Cinj! Your f...Thanks for mentioning Poor Richard's, Cinj! Your facts are all fascinating. From what I've read, George and Martha never hit it off in the bedroom, which might have accounted for the lack of children. Birthing was quite a primitive process, and Martha might have developed an infection after her second childbirth that left her sterile. And, of course, STDs like syphilis were so rampant and so little understood at the time that men often contracted them, then brought them home to their wives, resulting in sterility, insanity, death, and all sorts of other horrific side effects. However, I've never heard of Washington's being accused of having syphilis, and his and Martha's rationality and good health late in life argue against this last explanation. As you say, he might have simply been sterile. Guess we'll never know!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36363347.post-48778248408013745492009-02-22T20:39:00.000-06:002009-02-22T20:39:00.000-06:00I never heard about him loving another either, int...I never heard about him loving another either, interesting.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00234495965199888943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36363347.post-82991892731648128472009-02-22T20:35:00.000-06:002009-02-22T20:35:00.000-06:00Ooooh, I never heard the hint that GW might have l...Ooooh, I never heard the hint that GW might have loved another woman. I haven't seen too much about GW, but the History Channel has had lots of programming lately on Lincoln. Funny how I find it so interesting now, but when I was younger, wouldn't have watched it for anything!Nolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12233644555327847881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36363347.post-40967219418825093122009-02-22T17:20:00.000-06:002009-02-22T17:20:00.000-06:00Very interesting. I wonder if politics were less c...Very interesting. I wonder if politics were less cumbersome back then with only 4 cabinet members. And of course all men. Glad we've left those times behind.tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.com