Later Life
She was personally associated with many leading figures among the American Revolutionaries. She stayed at Mount Vernon with George Washington and his family in 1785; the two continued to correspond about the organisation of the ideal government for the remainder of her life.
She died in Binfield on 22 June 1791 and was buried in All Saints' parish church there.
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