History of the United States I / Unit 10 USH1 1372 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Peggy Eaton Affair
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The idea
Margaret O'Neal had married the naval officer John Timberlake and had three children. Timberlake committed suicide in eighteen twenty-eight and rumours followed about her.
In practice
Her marriage to Senator John Eaton, with Jackson's approval.
Where people slip
Calhoun's wife and other socialites snubbed her. Jackson defended her as chaste as a virgin.
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