but prominent virginia council member john custis to let her be daniel's. and in she made such a success she persuaded him this irascible man who hated her uncle, a fellow member of the ruling council, that daniel's father said he'd rather daniel marry her than than any woman in in virginia. those that's the sort of woman that martha was. she was redoubtable. she was persistent. and throughout the papers of of martha washington, you see these powers of persuasion when she's a first wife living close to her own family on the poor monkey river and then when she's the wife of george washington here, mount vernon, and bringing up two children, jackie and patsy, her children she had with daniel and. you see it when she's lady washington can going effectively into battle for the republican cause or you could say she is coming to come and give solace to washington the general and commander in chief in his wintering campaigns. so this is young martha and the first section of the papers martha washington shows her. in total control as a young widow. how martha's fat