Timeline
A chronology of key events in the life and career of George Washington, 1731/32-1799.
Provenance
The story of the route the George Washington Papers travelled to arrive in the Library's collections, from Dorothy S. Eaton’s introduction to Index to the George Washington Papers, 1964.
Series Notes
Notes providing further information on the structure and content of six of the nine series into which the papers are organized.
Creating the American Nation
George Washington, the commander in chief of the American Revolutionary Army, was the ever practical military leader, president of the Federal Constitutional Convention, and first president of the United States. The collections of this famous former British colonial reflect his public career and his personal interests.
Fairfax Resolves
Written by George Washington and George Mason on July 17, 1774, at Mount Vernon, the Fairfax County Resolves were both a bold statement of fundamental constitutional rights and a revolutionary call for an association of colonies to protest British anti-American actions.
George Washington: Surveyor and Mapmaker
Featuring the maps in George Washington’s life, Washington as a public land surveyor, Washington as a land speculator, and a list of early maps and surveys.
Yr. Most Humble Obt. Servt.
George Washington’s letterbooks separate out one side of a correspondence from another, but they gather together in one volume a rich record of activities for particular historical periods, and make available in one place copies of letters from Washington's numerous correspondents.
Introduction to the Diaries of George Washington Essays on the roles that diaries played in revealing the everyday life and affairs of Washington.
Creating the American Nation George Washington, the commander in chief of the American Revolutionary Army, was the ever practical military leader, president of the Federal Constitutional Convention, and first president of the United States. The collections of this famous former British colonial reflect his public career and his personal interests.
Fairfax Resolves Written by George Washington and George Mason on July 17, 1774, at Mount Vernon, the Fairfax County Resolves were both a bold statement of fundamental constitutional rights and a revolutionary call for an association of colonies to protest British anti-American actions.
George Washington: Surveyor and Mapmaker Featuring the maps in George Washington’s life, Washington as a public land surveyor, Washington as a land speculator, and a list of early maps and surveys.