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Subject:	Re: Martha = Patsy?
From:	Ronald Whitaker <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 13 Jul 2004 08:50:06 -0400
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Good question!



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> Here's a question that will really get the list out of its summer
> doldrums.  Martha Washington and Martha Jefferson were both known as
> "Patsy."  How did the Colonials derive "Patsy" as a nickname for Martha?
> There seems to be no relation in the sounds, or anything.
>
> HW
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