Next to nothing. In finding my preferred book for our country's eighth president and first lady, I discovered that Martin Van Buren's wife, Hannah Van Buren, died eighteen years before he was elected to the White House. The role of Acting First Lady was taken up by Martin Van Buren's daughter-in-law, Angelica Singleton Van Buren. There are no books written about either of these women and almost none written about President Van Buren himself.
I will learn about Van Buren's life and administration through the brief biography Martin Van Buren, written by Ted Widmer as part of Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.'s The American Presidents Series.
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