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Sarah Angelica Van Buren (née Singleton; February 13, 1818 – December 29, 1877) was an American heiress and a daughter-in-law of the eighth president of the United States, Martin Van Buren. She was married to the President's son, Abraham Van Buren II.
Angelica Singleton Van Buren (* 13. Februar 1818 in Wedgefield, Sumter County, South Carolina; † 29. Dezember 1877 in New York City) war die Schwiegertochter des achten amerikanischen Präsidenten Martin Van Buren. Dieser war schon länger verwitwet, weshalb sie ab 1838 als First Lady der Vereinigten Staaten fungierte.
Angelica Van Buren. Sarah Angelica Singleton, better known as Angelica, was born in Wedgefield, South Carolina, on February 13, 1816, to mother Rebecca Travis Coles and father Richard Singleton.
Angelica moved into the White House in 1839 with her husband and fulfilled many of the first lady’s duties during the second half of the Van Buren presidency. During his first two years in office, Van Buren played the role of White House host, which traditionally had been assumed by the first lady.
An Uneasy Reaction to a White House Servant's Memoir. One of the most important 19th-century accounts of life in the White House was Behind the Scenes, or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House. Behind the Scenes was the memoir of Elizabeth Keckly, dressmaker to Mary Todd Lincoln.
Angelica’s papers, consisting of two travel diaries, dated 1854-1855, documenting her family’s trips to New York and Europe, and an autograph book, dated 1831, can be viewed here. This collection gives a first-hand account of early to mid nineteenth century aristocratic life in The United States and abroad.
31. Mai 2023 · Angelica Singleton Van Buren, First Lady for a Widower. Angelica Singleton became first lady to a president whom she had not even known when he had won the election in 1836. Yet she played a major role during his term at the White House—the “Executive Mansion”—and set numerous precedents for the women who followed her.
