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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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1. I suspect that some of recipes and cooking style attributed to Mary Randolph...

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Tue Feb 1, 2022, 01:06 PM

Feb 2022

...were likely learned from Mr. Posey.

Mary Randolph: http://arlingtoncemetery.net/maryrand.htm
The FIRST person ever buried on the grounds which would become Arlington National Cemetery. She was a cousin of Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis, wife of George Washington Parke Custis, the builder of Arlington. She died in 1828 and buried on the estate in what would become Section 45.

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I suspect that some of recipes and cooking style attributed to Mary Randolph... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2022 #1