The Peggy Eaton Affair: a Special Report
By Sam Minton
In this special report The Westerner takes a look back at both sides of the Peggy Eaton Scandal that unfolded in these past few years. The unbiased facts are simply that Margaret Peggy Timberlake Eaton was once married to a Mr. John Timberlake, who died by his own hand at sea. Mr. Timberlake and Peggy were closely acquainted with cabinet member, John Eaton, who frequently visited their Washington DC tavern. Following Timberlake’s death, Peggy and Eaton married. After Mrs. Eaton called upon Mrs. John Calhoun, the calling was not returned and a tradition of social slighting began. A westerner himself, President Andrew Jackson rejected the social hierarchy and snubbing, remembering the harms it had on his own wife, Rachel Jackson. He offered Peggy and John Eaton support in this matter.
The Scandalous Peggy Eaton!
By an anonymous expert on womens' businesses.
“Little friend Peg” was certainly more than just a friend to plenty of men and suitors. A Washington D.C. tavern-keeper’s daughter became quite familiar with cabinet member, John Eaton. Ignoring the fact that politics and opinions are not the domain of women, especially in high society such as our great nation’s capital, her indiscretion with her emotions has incensed the majority of Washington’s Women.
Peggy Eaton was once married to John Bowie Timberlake, whose family runs the popular Washington D.C. tavern, the Franklin House. Unfortunately, as many know from previous articles, Timberlake’s debts (likely incurred by Peggy’s indiscretion somehow), befell him, and he had to return to the sea in order to earn money.
While he was abroad however, Peggy certainly did not keep house and care for children like women should. Rather, she openly spoke and discussed Men’s Matters with John Eaton, an acquaintance of her husbands’, who took a liking to her large mouth. Undoubtedly this fondness turned into an affair of the most scandalous proportions. Timberlake tragically died abroad of a broken heart, after coming to terms with the infidelity and immorality of his adulterous wife. A woman so careless with her words and actions, and with emotions running rampant will and certainly should receive scrutiny from the Washingtonian Women and the Cabinet Wives.
In Defense of Mrs. Eaton-
By Sam Minton
As westerners, there is a slight separation between our interests and customs and those of the original thirteen states. In the case of Peggy Eaton, we should emphasize this difference, as Washington has treated the Eaton family with great disdain. The notion that a widowed woman cannot remarry her husband’s friend, who he noted “is the only person he would entrust her to,” is archaic and should be abandoned on this new frontier.
The timing of this article is due to the implications of the gossip and attacks earlier this year. At this moment, Both Eaton and Van Buren have resigned from the cabinet. Jackson, seizing the opportunity to “reorganize”, requested the resignation of all his other members, including John C. Calhoun who was the favored ticket for the presidency. At the point that the workings of our government are interrupted by petty women’s slander and gossip, we must mature as a nation. Let that be led by the Western Frontier, so that our nation can be prosperous and expand both westward and above gossiping government.
The Scandalous Peggy Eaton!
By an anonymous expert on womens' businesses.
“Little friend Peg” was certainly more than just a friend to plenty of men and suitors. A Washington D.C. tavern-keeper’s daughter became quite familiar with cabinet member, John Eaton. Ignoring the fact that politics and opinions are not the domain of women, especially in high society such as our great nation’s capital, her indiscretion with her emotions has incensed the majority of Washington’s Women.
Peggy Eaton was once married to John Bowie Timberlake, whose family runs the popular Washington D.C. tavern, the Franklin House. Unfortunately, as many know from previous articles, Timberlake’s debts (likely incurred by Peggy’s indiscretion somehow), befell him, and he had to return to the sea in order to earn money.
While he was abroad however, Peggy certainly did not keep house and care for children like women should. Rather, she openly spoke and discussed Men’s Matters with John Eaton, an acquaintance of her husbands’, who took a liking to her large mouth. Undoubtedly this fondness turned into an affair of the most scandalous proportions. Timberlake tragically died abroad of a broken heart, after coming to terms with the infidelity and immorality of his adulterous wife. A woman so careless with her words and actions, and with emotions running rampant will and certainly should receive scrutiny from the Washingtonian Women and the Cabinet Wives.
In Defense of Mrs. Eaton-
By Sam Minton
As westerners, there is a slight separation between our interests and customs and those of the original thirteen states. In the case of Peggy Eaton, we should emphasize this difference, as Washington has treated the Eaton family with great disdain. The notion that a widowed woman cannot remarry her husband’s friend, who he noted “is the only person he would entrust her to,” is archaic and should be abandoned on this new frontier.
The timing of this article is due to the implications of the gossip and attacks earlier this year. At this moment, Both Eaton and Van Buren have resigned from the cabinet. Jackson, seizing the opportunity to “reorganize”, requested the resignation of all his other members, including John C. Calhoun who was the favored ticket for the presidency. At the point that the workings of our government are interrupted by petty women’s slander and gossip, we must mature as a nation. Let that be led by the Western Frontier, so that our nation can be prosperous and expand both westward and above gossiping government.