In a message dated 2/10/2006 10:55:29 PM Pacific Standard Time, wbkelley@earthlink.net writes: It doesn't seem likely. The White House didn't exist during George Washington's lifetime. In fact, the national capital was still in Philadelphia when he died. When Washington left office in 1797, he and Martha Washington returned to Mount Vernon. He died there in 1799; she died there in 1802. She and Washington were both rich, she would never have had to operate a tearoom, and she isn't mentioned in history as having done so. Besides, the White House wasn't completed until the end of 1800, at which time she was already 69½ years old. Before then, the newly created city of Washington was virtually a mudhole. Bill, Thank you for this piece of informational history. It's amazing how much we learn about history when researching family lines. Thanks Bill for this info. Judy