by Stephanie Dray | Dec 16, 2025 | America's First Daughter, American Revolution, Eliza, Heroines, Martha Jefferson Randolph, My Dear Hamilton, News
This is going to be a big birthday year for the nation. America’s 250th, to be exact. And everyone is gearing up to reflect upon its meaning. To that end, you’re going to see a lot of reading lists, but perhaps none so much fun as this one from PBS Books...
by Stephanie Dray | Apr 24, 2021 | Adrienne Lafayette, America's First Daughter, Bloopers, The Women of Chateau Lafayette
Here’s one for the blooper file. As I understand it, the chocolate we know it today was not invented until 1847. Until then, chocolate was known and enjoyed as a drink. So why, then, do edible chocolates appear at the end of the 18th century in both...
by Stephanie Dray | Jan 30, 2018 | America's First Daughter, Miscellany, My Works
This weekend, Laura and I had the great honor and pleasure of speaking at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. We were asked many fascinating questions we hadn’t ever been asked before. It’s one of the few times I’ve been nervous...
by Stephanie Dray | Feb 15, 2017 | America's First Daughter, Food, For Readers, Fun Stuff, My Works
Jeffersonian Pasta with Ham & Peas 16 oz. dry pasta (whichever kind you like, but I prefer fettucini) 1/2 pound diced ham or bacon 3 shallots sliced 8 ounces white sliced mushrooms 2 cloves garlic 1 cup dry white wine 1/2 cup peas 1/3 cup chopped parsley 1/2 heavy...
by Stephanie Dray | Jan 6, 2017 | America's First Daughter, My Works
Given by Stephanie Dray, or jointly by Stephanie and her co-author Laura Kamoie, this talk focuses on how Thomas Jefferson evolved not as the Founding Father we know him to be, but as an actual father. Both to his eldest daughter, Martha “Patsy” Jefferson...
by Stephanie Dray | Nov 16, 2016 | America's First Daughter, American Revolution, Deleted Scenes, For Readers
We deleted scenes from AMERICA’S FIRST DAUGHTER for a variety of reasons – sometimes they didn’t move the story along, sometimes they were repetitve of other scenes, sometimes they were too tangential to Patsy’s personal experiences, and sometimes the goal of...
