Re: "Drakon" by S. M. Stirling

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:
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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.

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That does seem like an impressive stat which I wouldn't accept without
a readily available cite.

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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.

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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