This is exactly what I complained about on Twitter. This was shameless self-promotion for a CBS employee. It was no better than a speculative cheap dime novel.
I agree, I am a history major who Primary Field is Colonial/American Revolution and the lives of the Founding Fathers. George Washington’s first great love was Sally Fairfax
George's hidden love was Sally Fairfax. Would like to see a book written on this relationship. Those of us that grew up in Fairfax County, Virginia, were told of Sally being his paramour.
If I'm not mistaken, Martha Washington burned alot of George's personal diarys and papers that said anything about Mary or their personal lives, she did this to persevere their legacy. So, idk how this lady would know facts?
Martha burned letters between her and George but this practice was not limited to the Washington's. It was actually common to burn letters. His personal diaries and papers remain intact.
This is based on fiction not fact, so I choose not to believe it. Nothing more than a romance novel. I think G Washington was a man of integrity and honor who would not cheat on his wife. That is why I love him.
This really isn't about history ... This is about .. a very poorly scripted and acted book ad... by an author who might be more adept at romantic fiction.
Exactly - liberals who do not like our Founding heroes do this all the time and their media friends help them package it as undeniable historical fact.
Historical fiction is a genre that uses real historical characters and places. The author fictionalizes some characters and actions because there is no record to substantiate.
We have no way of knowing. And assuming someone committed immorality isn't a nice thing to do without facts. Not that it didnt happen, as those things were hidden. But you can't assume. The only one that needs to know is his maker and He knows.
She should have written a nonfiction instead, her reading sounds like a romance novel and makes me squirm, yuk, yuk,yuk. A non fiction would have been extremely interesting.
Any man with the extraordinary heaviness that George Washington must’ve endured, both cerebrally and altruistic, would’ve boinked any discrete heiress in good faith under ‘God’.
So a local b-level CBS New York newsreader happens to write a romance novel featuring George Washington so compelling and of historic interest that CBS Good Morning absolutely must feature it on their nationally broadcast Sunday program? Hmmmm...
A 1993 edition of The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents reports that "Washington was somewhat stiff and awkward with girls, probably often tongue-tied...Before he married Martha, Washington's love life was full of disappointment."
@@cynthianolder3557 she meant stud as in handsome and a catch.. not a ladies man. he was over 6' tall, lean and wore well tailored clothes. But yes, shy or awkward.
Actually -- there is a small hint to Mary Calvi's hypothesis in Ron Chernow's "Washington". Is just that Mr. Chernow merely gives it a mention and then moves on.
Doesn’t make sense one bit since all his energy went into the most pressing urgent military matters. He would never had the time to woo a woman. That would have been the furthest thing from his mind. He was a committed man to his country and military. He might have liked her as he liked many intelligent women and enjoyed their company. There is nothing within her biography that leads me to believe this. Why did she marry that traitor Captain Morris. After his death Mary fled to England. So, I doubt she would have ever let herself become Washington’s first love. She knew who Morris was
Good for her! Calvi had an idea and pursued it. I’m wondering if the lack of letters describing their sharing a house was because, well, they lived down the hall from each other. Also, if the mansion was used as a headquarters, it was likely frequented by many of his staff and subordinates, leaving little room for hanky-panky (as if the very proper and prestigious Washington would risk his reputation over that.)
George Washington is my favorite president. He knew Sally Fairfax from his very early social circle and also was a friend of her husband. Based upon a good biography of Washington, my understanding is that his passion for Sally, a dainty, ethereal woman, persisted up to and perhaps beyond his marriage to Martha.
I would like to know more about Mary Philipse. What happened to her British husband? What happened to her after the Revolutionary War? When and where did she die? Children? Was she able to keep her fortune?
So nice to see Jane Pauley. Used to watch her all the time when I was growing up. Watched her and her former TV host Tom Brokaw. While were in the other part of the house getting ready for school or work we always heard Jane's voice on in the other room. It was like listening to my other "mum". She had the most pleasant of voices I've ever heard. All these years later I get to see and hear Jane again.
Yes I used to love watching Jane Pauley on the NBC morning news especially when my dad first retired and we would watch the news together . She's been here for a while now on CBS Sunday Morning and I have really enjoyed her being here ... Although I really do miss Charles Kuralt also ... and the one who was on for years before him who came on board when CBS Sunday Morning first started all those years ago
Can we have a Story where he's just a Person. If you know the Washingtons, of which George did not. His Family descended from Knights. In 1914 Britain purchased Sulgrave Manor his Grandfather Ancestral Home, then in 2014 they purchased Washington Hall, his Ancestors ancient Keep. To celebrate 100 then 200 years of Peace & shared Heritage. Amazing story all the way to his Family, Fought for King Charles when the King was arrested by Cromwell and Beheaded, the Washington family changed for ever, John Washington looked West to America, a decision that changed the World.
The Morris-Jumel mansion is NOT the highest point in the city. That spot is located in Bennett Park near Fort Washington Avenue and 184 Street.It is the location of the former Fort Washington,. The outline of the ramparts of Fort Washington are inlaid in the pavement. It has a US Geographical Survey marker---265 feet above sea level. November 16, 1776, combined English and Hessian forces defeated Americans defending the fort.
She lived to the ripe old age of 95 which was rare at the time. She was born on July 03, 1730 probably in New York and died on July 18, 1825 probably Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
@7:05 I love that painting of a colonial guy in a red coat with a young lady in a yellow dress and a black sash around the waist. Anyone know the name of it?
@@direfranchement It was the 1700's a full set of straight white teeth were not the norm. No toothpaste, floss or mouthwash. No modern dentistry. He didn't lose all his teeth right away. It took a few decades. It's been speculated that what caused him to lose his teeth was the medicine he was given when he had smallpox, it contained mercury and one of the side effects was tooth loss.
The Morris-Jumel Mansion at 161st Street in Manhattan is "the room where it [may have] happened." Lin-Manuel Miranda also wrote songs from Hamilton in the Aaron Burr bedroom in that same house. Come visit!
George, perhaps, had some human frailties, huh? Well then, I guess he may join some of the founding fathers: Hamilton, Franklin, and Jefferson to name a few.
My understanding is that Sally Fairfax always was the apple of his eye. I believe she was a bit older than George and married when George was only 16. He was smitten even then, according to a biography read.
After Geo Washington had married he didn't see his wife for 8 years. The First Conspiracy The Secret Plot Against George Washington By: Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
that house in NY looks like the Morris Jumel Mansion. Why is it that I was told, along with countless others, that George proposed to his love in the front parlor of Carter's Grove? Also the same room where Thos. Jefferson was rejected. I wish Carter's Grove was still open to the public. Check with Williamsburg guides & see what they have to say. Never heard of this girl at all. Yeah, it may be a nice story of fiction. Not buying it.
Why is this woman whispering her answer? NYikes. It's soft. It's delicate. But It's information. Speak up woman you don't have to whisper it's OK. It's not the end of the world. Be brave you can do it ... it's really OK...
Even if he lived at the mansion with Phillips they would have been surrounded by people including servants and his aide-de-camp, there is very little reason to believe that he and Phillips would have had enough alone time to sleep together, although Washington never had biological children and I assume that he was infertile after having a bout of measles was it?
*You're putting '2+2=7? maybe'*...(it's possible George was 'firing blanks'...but, it's also possible he wasn't) Modern 'DNA' examinations would be the answer to that question...mainly among the descendants of Washington's slaves! (there are examples of Georges' hair to test with) No matter what his 'personal life' was, it changes very little of verified history. (if I were to die today...and all you had to 'examine my life' with were interviews, school papers, legal encounters, etc. etc. ad infinitum...after years you would never know the 'real me as I am' unless I told you 'why this and why that?')
@Amy Sternheim digging further, apparently Washington had contracted smallpox as a young man and the speculation is that is what caused him to be infertile, and clearly his was the fertility problem since Martha had children already. The fact is that there is not even a shred of proof that he and Phillips lived together in her house at that time, I hate fan fiction with a passion and that is what this is.
@Amy Sternheim I found the smallpox connection from my research, I didn't pull the connection out of my back end, LOL. and because I am a total history geek, I found this abstract from a medical journal ""The study supports the frequent clinical impression that the incidence of obstructive azoospermia is very high in patients who have had smallpox. 4 of 5 such cases have obstructive lesions" I think that the other theory of Washington's inability to impregnate his wife has to do with a type of tuberculosis. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4742002
And by the way, that documentary “The First American: George Washington” is crap. I understand the historical importance of GW, but the First Americans were already in America way before the Europeans arrived. They’re the Native Americans.
It's good to know George never got the woman he wanted in life either. We're all in the same boat crossing the river.
sammyvh11 stellar comment, I salute you!
Not even the most saintly of saints can abolish a sadistic nature in us all.
There are a great many unrealized romances. I take it that you did ‘not’ get the woman you wanted? Sad.
@@hannahlamppin7477 Nope..... long ago
what a pathetic vomnent
She writes a romance novel with Washington as a character and they treat her like a historian.
This is exactly what I complained about on Twitter. This was shameless self-promotion for a CBS employee. It was no better than a speculative cheap dime novel.
I agree, I am a history major who Primary Field is Colonial/American Revolution and the lives of the Founding Fathers. George Washington’s first great love was Sally Fairfax
While she is writing historical fiction, she did do much research to write it
she saw what happened with hamilton and figured she can make her own angle
Yeah, this story feels like historical fan fiction.
Based on what she read out loud, I'm gonna pass on this one.
😂😂😂😂
George's hidden love was Sally Fairfax. Would like to see a book written on this relationship. Those of us that grew up in Fairfax County, Virginia, were told of Sally being his paramour.
Must not be her!
This report does not pass the smell test.
I don't think I'll be reading her fictional account anytime soon.
If I'm not mistaken, Martha Washington burned alot of George's personal diarys and papers that said anything about Mary or their personal lives, she did this to persevere their legacy. So, idk how this lady would know facts?
Maybe Mary and those around her kept letters, diaries and written documents?
Martha burned letters between her and George but this practice was not limited to the Washington's. It was actually common to burn letters. His personal diaries and papers remain intact.
This woman makes me uncomfortable it’s like she’s a news anchor 100% of the Time
This is based on fiction not fact, so I choose not to believe it. Nothing more than a romance novel. I think G Washington was a man of integrity and honor who would not cheat on his wife. That is why I love him.
because i don'taas trust the.itu
You’ll never know
Is she saying that George and Mary were “ only human “?
Say it isn’t so .
can't argue that this is fake news so basically you guys are promoting your employee's side hustle.
This really isn't about history ... This is about .. a very poorly scripted and acted book ad... by an author who might be more adept at romantic fiction.
Exactly - liberals who do not like our Founding heroes do this all the time and their media friends help them package it as undeniable historical fact.
@@MTknitter22 They were human, too.🤷♀️
It’s fiction not fact!
Historical fiction is a genre that uses real historical characters and places. The author fictionalizes some characters and actions because there is no record to substantiate.
Most wouldn’t know where history ends and fiction begins.
I believe I read that Martha burned a great deal of their letters when he died.
yes and good for her
Burning letters during that time period was not unusual.
We have no way of knowing. And assuming someone committed immorality isn't a nice thing to do without facts. Not that it didnt happen, as those things were hidden. But you can't assume. The only one that needs to know is his maker and He knows.
Your first love is never truly forgotten.... :)
Welp....after learning years later that George didn't actually cut down a Cherry Tree, I'm listing this under "possible gossip".
I smell a Hallmark movie.
Or a x-rated movie.
That's because you're illiterate and indoctrinated..
🤪
@@moodist1er Huh?? Did you comment on the wrong video?
She should have written a nonfiction instead, her reading sounds like a romance novel and makes me squirm, yuk, yuk,yuk.
A non fiction would have been extremely interesting.
While we're discussing possible paramours...what about Sally Fairfax?
This was beneath the show. Period. Corporate nepotism in the extreme. Really shameful.
Any man with the extraordinary heaviness that George Washington must’ve endured, both cerebrally and altruistic, would’ve boinked any discrete heiress in good faith under ‘God’.
"Synergy". But you're right.
So a local b-level CBS New York newsreader happens to write a romance novel featuring George Washington so compelling and of historic interest that CBS Good Morning absolutely must feature it on their nationally broadcast Sunday program? Hmmmm...
She is a anchor of CBS in New York. I'm sure that station isn't biased toward her husband. Lol
I was thinking the same thing..
I watch cbs2 they never do any stories on him wtf actually goes on in yonkers,ny ?? lol
As we mark the birthday of George’ Washington lets dishonor his memory and make up crap about him.
That''s what I'm thinking. You assumes Mary was there at that mansion with him. She has zero proof.
A 1993 edition of The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents reports that "Washington was somewhat stiff and awkward with girls, probably often tongue-tied...Before he married Martha, Washington's love life was full of disappointment."
Oh, but according to her, he was a "stud"
@@cynthianolder3557 she meant stud as in handsome and a catch.. not a ladies man. he was over 6' tall, lean and wore well tailored clothes. But yes, shy or awkward.
Actually -- there is a small hint to Mary Calvi's hypothesis in Ron Chernow's "Washington". Is just that Mr. Chernow merely gives it a mention and then moves on.
Doesn’t make sense one bit since all his energy went into the most pressing urgent military matters. He would never had the time to woo a woman. That would have been the furthest thing from his mind. He was a committed man to his country and military. He might have liked her as he liked many intelligent women and enjoyed their company. There is nothing within her biography that leads me to believe this.
Why did she marry that traitor Captain Morris. After his death Mary fled to England. So, I doubt she would have ever let herself become Washington’s first love. She knew who Morris was
This is my Great Aunt Mary "Charming Polly" Philipse
Good for her! Calvi had an idea and pursued it. I’m wondering if the lack of letters describing their sharing a house was because, well, they lived down the hall from each other. Also, if the mansion was used as a headquarters, it was likely frequented by many of his staff and subordinates, leaving little room for hanky-panky (as if the very proper and prestigious Washington would risk his reputation over that.)
George Washington is my favorite president. He knew Sally Fairfax from his very early social circle and also was a friend of her husband. Based upon a good biography of Washington, my understanding is that his passion for Sally, a dainty, ethereal woman, persisted up to and perhaps beyond his marriage to Martha.
So The Father of our Country will be played by Fabio?
Lynn O'Neal 🤮
I would like to know more about Mary Philipse. What happened to her British husband? What happened to her after the Revolutionary War? When and where did she die? Children? Was she able to keep her fortune?
Likely they went back to England or to Canada. Many American loyalists fled to Canada and stayed.
So nice to see Jane Pauley. Used to watch her all the time when I was growing up. Watched her and her former TV host Tom Brokaw. While were in the other part of the house getting ready for school or work we always heard Jane's voice on in the other room. It was like listening to my other "mum". She had the most pleasant of voices I've ever heard. All these years later I get to see and hear Jane again.
Yes I used to love watching Jane Pauley on the NBC morning news especially when my dad first retired and we would watch the news together .
She's been here for a while now on CBS Sunday Morning and I have really enjoyed her being here ...
Although I really do miss Charles Kuralt also ... and the one who was on for years before him who came on board when CBS Sunday Morning first started all those years ago
Why so many denials. He was a man , young , handsome Every man has had at least a couple of loves before 30. And if traveling and with money , more .
Very interesting.
Reminds me of that old trope of “Washington slept here.” He had to sleep somewhere
Hate to break it to you slavery is going on. Ever hear of the potato famine?
Dribble. She’s grasping
CBS, once again, you are NOT providing closed captions for this video, like all other videos. TWO THUMBS DOWN!!!
There was another Chic but Martha burned all the letters. I believe her last name was Fairfax.
Sally Fairfax
Mary Calvi is absolutely adorable. Two fortunate Statesmen have their enviable Mary.
Can we have a Story where he's just a Person.
If you know the Washingtons, of which George did not. His Family descended from Knights. In 1914
Britain purchased Sulgrave Manor his Grandfather Ancestral Home, then in 2014 they purchased Washington Hall, his Ancestors ancient Keep.
To celebrate 100 then 200 years of Peace & shared Heritage. Amazing story all the way to his Family, Fought for King Charles when the King was arrested by Cromwell and Beheaded, the Washington family changed for ever, John Washington looked West to America, a decision that changed the World.
Anything to sell a book. Thumbs down CBS Sunday Morning.
Love is a wonderful thing ❤.
Rich white woman who works for cbs gets time on Sunday morning, mmm nothing out of the ordinary
Who cares Cashing in On Dead People who cannot Respond?
Lady go to Tinder Get the Attention you Need!!
History is better than tinder
tinder sucks lmfaooo
Joms The Jom Theff lol
Christopher o neal lol
I was expecting another Sally Fairfax story.
It's all speculation of course
George knew how to marry up
It was mention in the 1984 Mimi series about George Washington
The Morris-Jumel mansion is NOT the highest point in the city. That spot is located in Bennett Park near Fort Washington Avenue and 184 Street.It is the location of the former Fort Washington,. The outline of the ramparts of Fort Washington are inlaid in the pavement. It has a US Geographical Survey marker---265 feet above sea level. November 16, 1776, combined English and Hessian forces defeated Americans defending the fort.
She lived to the ripe old age of 95 which was rare at the time. She was born on July 03, 1730 probably in New York and died on July 18, 1825
probably Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
George Loved Money and its 18th century equivvalent, land. Mary had it.
I L😍VE her jumpsuit
Color, fit style everything
Oh Mary
@7:05 I love that painting of a colonial guy in a red coat with a young lady in a yellow dress and a black sash around the waist. Anyone know the name of it?
The enslavers???
@@oyaami1874 🙄 I just asked about the name of the painting. I should not be surprised at he/they/them comments.
I...I just...No...I can’t
What an airhead author
George Washington was a stud!
If rotten teeth is your thing, sure.
@@direfranchement Pretty sure that Colgate wasn't around back then...
Stacy C 🤮. A stud for animals. Impotent and limp
@@direfranchement It was the 1700's a full set of straight white teeth were not the norm. No toothpaste, floss or mouthwash. No modern dentistry. He didn't lose all his teeth right away. It took a few decades. It's been speculated that what caused him to lose his teeth was the medicine he was given when he had smallpox, it contained mercury and one of the side effects was tooth loss.
These journalists use the shows to puff up their friends. If she were not a fellow traveller, this silliness would never be taken seriously.
I didn’t know George was a player.
Adds NEW MEANING to “George Washington Slept Here”!
(don’t know if anyone already said this)
I can't stop looking at her overdrawn lip.
Great now I can't either🤔. Consider your job done.
The Morris-Jumel Mansion at 161st Street in Manhattan is "the room where it [may have] happened." Lin-Manuel Miranda also wrote songs from Hamilton in the Aaron Burr bedroom in that same house. Come visit!
lol at 3:29
🔷🔷🔷 I heard it too.👋🤓
I played it three times just to make sure lol
Steven Navarro I played it 3 times and then played it to my husband, he said “ Yup” 😂 yeah, she sounds whatever she’s on is good stuff.
Bwahahahaha!!!!
I was a bit surprised too😂😂💩
You failed to mension that all of NY eventually fell to the British. The General new this may occur and would not have had her anywhere near NY.
Mister Jingles
*mention
*knew
You’re welcome 🤗🤗🤗
Sounds like it will make a great movie.
George, perhaps, had some human frailties, huh? Well then, I guess he may join some of the founding fathers: Hamilton, Franklin, and Jefferson to name a few.
Pure fiction
Mary Calvi is gorgeous! I checked out her Wikipedia page. She looks too young to have lived for 5 decades (approximately ;)).
George married Martha a wealth widow.
I thought he was in love with Sally Fairfax in his youth? Wow he really liked women with money huh?
My thoughts exactly. Seems Ole George was a bit of a gold digger.
My understanding is that Sally Fairfax always was the apple of his eye. I believe she was a bit older than George and married when George was only 16. He was smitten even then, according to a biography read.
She better be careful, there's lots of people out here with connections to President Washington. She can't makeup or change history.
George couldn't lie but he could cheat?
That story about the cherry tree was made up by one his biographers, Mason Locke Weems.
Fake news?
After Geo Washington had married he didn't see his wife for 8 years.
The First Conspiracy
The Secret Plot Against George Washington
By: Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
Mary could have been in England with her husband.
Mary phillips
Why does her skin look strange
Philipse Manor Hall in Yonkers, New York
Lord Beasley Sleepy Hollow
Right before covid19 when the world made a little more sense
Well. That was more the truth wasn’t it? Never the fantasy that we conjured in our mind.
Myth? But, who knows what little boys do when there young.
It could happen
that house in NY looks like the Morris Jumel Mansion. Why is it that I was told, along with countless others, that George proposed to his love in the front parlor of Carter's Grove? Also the same room where Thos. Jefferson was rejected. I wish Carter's Grove was still open to the public. Check with Williamsburg guides & see what they have to say. Never heard of this girl at all. Yeah, it may be a nice story of fiction. Not buying it.
The people who disliked this video were King George III and his army of British Troops
It's just a "what if" book for entertainment. People need to stop taking it so seriously.
The Heart is an Organ of Fire.
She just wanted to make a dollar. What a load of crap.
Why is this woman whispering her answer? NYikes. It's soft. It's delicate. But It's information. Speak up woman you don't have to whisper it's OK. It's not the end of the world. Be brave you can do it ... it's really OK...
To err is human.
Great work of fiction.
Philipse
I bet Addison Rae will look like her when she’s old
He owned Slaves. Come on - how virtuous could have he really been? There is a difference between what people want to be true and the truth.
I think he lied. He said All men are created equal ? 😂
Even if he lived at the mansion with Phillips they would have been surrounded by people including servants and his aide-de-camp, there is very little reason to believe that he and Phillips would have had enough alone time to sleep together, although Washington never had biological children and I assume that he was infertile after having a bout of measles was it?
*You're putting '2+2=7? maybe'*...(it's possible George was 'firing blanks'...but, it's
also possible he wasn't) Modern 'DNA' examinations would be the answer to that
question...mainly among the descendants of Washington's slaves! (there are
examples of Georges' hair to test with)
No matter what his 'personal life' was, it changes very little of verified history.
(if I were to die today...and all you had to 'examine my life' with were interviews,
school papers, legal encounters, etc. etc. ad infinitum...after years you would never know the 'real me as I am' unless I told you 'why this and why that?')
@Amy Sternheim digging further, apparently Washington had contracted smallpox as a young man and the speculation is that is what caused him to be infertile, and clearly his was the fertility problem since Martha had children already. The fact is that there is not even a shred of proof that he and Phillips lived together in her house at that time, I hate fan fiction with a passion and that is what this is.
@Amy Sternheim I found the smallpox connection from my research, I didn't pull the connection out of my back end, LOL. and because I am a total history geek, I found this abstract from a medical journal ""The study supports the frequent clinical impression that the incidence of obstructive azoospermia is very high in patients who have had smallpox. 4 of 5 such cases have obstructive lesions" I think that the other theory of Washington's inability to impregnate his wife has to do with a type of tuberculosis.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4742002
as for this speculative novel the less said about it the better, it sounds like a "bodice ripper," and yes I am a snob, hahaha
@Amy Sternheim Ummm...slaves don't get 'paid'.
And by the way, that documentary “The First American: George Washington” is crap. I understand the historical importance of GW, but the First Americans were already in America way before the Europeans arrived. They’re the Native Americans.
I wanna read this book now. I'm into it.
Just like nothing happened with Ike and his driver.
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