George Washington
George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress
the Collection The complete George Washington Papers collection from the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress consists of approximately 65,000 documents. This is the largest collection of original Washington documents in the world. Document types in the collection as a whole include correspondence, letterbooks, commonplace books, diaries, journals, financial account books, military records, reports, and notes accumulated by Washington from 1741 through 1799. The collection is organized into nine Series or groupings. Commonplace books, correspondence, and travel journals, document his youth and early adulthood as a Virginia county surveyor and as colonel of the militia during the French and Indian War. Washington's election as delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses and his command of the American army during the Revolutionary war are well documented as well as his two presidential administrations from 1789 through 1797. Because of the wide range of Washingt ... [Read More]
George Washington Memorial Parkway (National Park Service)
The George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP) preserves the natural scenery along the Potomac River. It connects the historic sites from Mount Vernon, where Washington lived, past the nation's capital, which he founded, and to the Great Falls of the Potomac where the President demonstrated his skill as an engineer. Developed as a memorial to George Washington, the Parkway may be used on any day to travel to exciting historical, natural, and recreational areas. These places are all linked by this planned and landscaped road, the first section of which was completed in 1932 to commemorate the bicentennial of George Washington's birth. Considered a commuter route by many local residents, the GWMP offers the traveler much more than convenience. It is a route to scenic, historic and recreational settings offering respite from the urban pressures of metropolitan Washington. It also protects the Potomac River shoreline and watershed. The parkway provides a pleasant day from Mount Vernon to Gr ... [Read More]
George Washington Papers: Time Line: Colonial Period
February 22, George Washington is born to Augustine and Mary(Ball) Washington at Wakefield Farm, Westmoreland County,Virginia. GeorgeWashington to Isaac Heard, May 2, 1792, on theWashington family genealogy ... March, begins career as surveyor in a venture to the Shenandoah Valley on behalf ofprominent Virginia landowner, Lord Thomas Fairfax. Accompanies James Genn, surveyor forPrince William county, and George William Fairfax, the son of Lord Fairfax. ... [Read More]
"Introduction" to The Diaries of George Washington
This essay is an excerpt from the "Introduction" to volume 1 ofDonald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of GeorgeWashington , 6 vols. (Charlottesville: University Press ofVirginia, 1976-79). In it the editors discuss the nature of thediaries and their history. They offer an overview of the six-volumedocumentary edition of the diaries that is available as part of thisonline collection of the George Washington Papers. ... George Washington Papers ... [Read More]
George Washington
The first president of the United States, George Washington, is often referred to as the Father of Our Country. He was known for his love of the land and farming, and his dislike of war. He was a distinguished general and commander in chief of the colonial armies in the American Revolution. He married a widow, Martha Dandridge Custis, and they lived at Mount Vernon, Washington's plantation in Virginia on the Potomac River. ... George Washington, the Father of Our Country ... [Read More]
George Washington Carver National Monument (National Park Service)
George Washington Carver's boyhood home consists of rolling hills, woodlands, and prairies. The 210 acre park has a 3/4 mile nature trail, museum, and an interactive exhibit area for students. The cultural setting includes the 1881 Historic Moses Carver house and the Carver cemetery. ... [Read More]
George Washington: Surveyor and Mapmaker
2. Lawrence Martin, ed., The George Washington Atlas (Washington, D.C.: United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, 1932), vol. 1. The atlas was prepared in the course of one year and was published as a folio edition in February 1932. An expanded quarto edition appeared later in 1932 and was published in the first volume of the History of the George Washington Bicentennial Celebration (Washington, D.C.: United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, 1932). The folio edition was reprinted in 1995 by the Virginia Surveyors Association. ... [Read More]
George Washington Papers: Selected Bibliography
Lewis, Thomas A. For King and Country: George Washington. The Maturing of GeorgeWashington, 1748-1760 . New York: Harpercollins, 1993. LC Call Number: E312.2 .K56 ... Flexner, James Thomas. George Washington . 4 vols. Boston: Little, Brown, 1965-1972. LC Call Number: E312.29 .F55 George Washington: The Forge of Experience, 1732-1775, Volume 1 (1965) ... de Forest, Elizabeth Kellam. The Gardens and Grounds of Mount Vernon: How GeorgeWashington Planned and Planted Them . Mount Vernon: Mount Vernon Ladies' Associationof the Union [1982]. LC Call Number: SB466 .U7 M683 1982 ... [Read More]
George Washington
Early Life and Career. Born in Westmoreland County, Va., on Feb. 22, 1732, George Washington was theeldest son of Augustine Washington and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington,who were prosperous Virginia gentry of English descent. George spent his earlyyears on the family estate on Pope's Creek along the Potomac River. His earlyeducation included the study of such subjects as mathematics, surveying, theclassics, and "rules of civility." His father died in 1743, and soon thereafterGeorge went to live with his half brother Lawrence at Mount Vernon, Lawrence'splantation on the Potomac. Lawrence, who became something of a substitutefather for his brother, had married into the Fairfax family, prominent andinfluential Virginians who helped launch George's career. An early ambition togo to sea had been effectively discouraged by George's mother; instead, heturned to surveying, securing (1748) an appointment to survey Lord Fairfax'slands in the Shenandoah Valley. He helped lay out the Virgi ... [Read More]
Biography of George Washington
Home > History & Tours > Past Presidents > George Washington ... George Washington ... On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States. "As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent," he wrote James Madison, "it is devoutly wished on my part, that these precedents may be fixed on true principles." ... [Read More]
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