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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: "Drakon" by S. M. Stirling
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 14:09:17 -0500
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On 6/21/2024 11:53 AM, Robert Woodward wrote:
> In article <2q5a7j5pv7lhlp624um15kuulg0aogkiba@4ax.com>,
>   The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
> 
>> On 19 Jun 2024 11:58:18 GMT, Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>> Where is your source for the extent of George Washington's wealth? I
>>>>> don't believe it. I don't think he was even 3% of Virgina's economy.
>>>>
>>>> That does seem like an impressive stat which I wouldn't accept without
>>>> a readily available cite.
>>>
>>> Indeed.  According to Wikipedia, his estate was equivalent to 0.19% of
>>> the gross domestic product, so he was rich. But that's his wealth, not
>>> his income ("3% of the economy" is a claim of income.)  His wealth was
>>> all in property, he tended to be quite cash-poor, without a high income.
>>
>> And what proportion of that was from his wife? (Which was Robert E
>> Lee's claim based on his relationship to the Washingtons)
> 
> IIRC, most of it.

Yup.  Marrying a rich widow is an old tried and true way for a man to 
become rich.

Robert E. Lee was married to Martha Washington's granddaughter.  I have 
been in their house at the edge of the Arlington National Cemetery.

Lynn