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George Washington

G. Washington on the Web: A Sampler

Compiled & edited by Mark H. Rothenberg, Senior Reference Specialist, Central Reference
The Patchogue Medford Library & Suffolk Cooperative Library System
mrothen@suffolk.lib.ny.us

General Contents

I. General

II. Genealogy, Youth, Homes, Home Life, & Slaveholding, Surveying & Mapmaking, 1732-1799

III. First in War

IV. First in Peace

V. First in the Hearts of his Countrymen, 1799-2001

YE SITES!

I. GENERAL (^)

Artifacts
Bibliography
Biography (General) - George
Biography (General) - Martha
Papers & Special Collections
Portraits
Quizzes & Lesson Plans

Artifacts (^)

Martha Washington’s Gown, 1780’s (U.S. Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of American History. Legacies Shrine to the Famous. First Ladies)

Washington Slept Here: A Look at the First President’s ‘Best Bed’ Leads to a Recollection of the Real Man and His Exemplary Life (U.S. Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Magazine, December 1999. The Object at Hand)

[Washington’s Brass Reflector,] Recollecting the Presidents (U.S. Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of American History. Legacies. Smithsonian Magazine, Nov. 2000)

Bibliography (^)

Bibliography: George Washington (American Presidents.org)

Select Bibliography on George Washington [Articles and Chapters], comp. by Professor Peter Henriques (George Mason University)

Biography (General) - George (^)

The Focal Point: Reverence and Resentment in Washington’s Lifetime (University of Virginia)

G. Washington: Biography (Walika.com)

George Washington (Colonian Williamsburg Foundation. History.org)

George Washington: A New Look at an Old Hero, [by] James C. Rees, 32°, Executive Director, Historic Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Virginia (Srmason-sj.org)

George Washington: Pre-Revolutionary Military and Political Career (Britannica. The American Presidential Election)

George Washington: Some Personal Facts, [by] James C. Rees, 32°, Resident Director, George Washington’s Mount Vernon (Srmason-sj.org)

The Life of George Washington, by Anne Petri © 1999
An intriguing series of editorial articles (observing the bicentennial of Washington’s death), that examine various aspects of his life and precedents that he set. A few titles: George Washington and Food; Who’s George Washington; George Washington - First Farmer; George Washington - Abolitionist!

The Life of George Washington, by David Ramsay [1807] (Archiving Early America)

Our Hero, Then and Now (Newsday, Inc. Long Island: Our Story)

The Surprising George Washington, by Richard Norton Smith © 1994 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Prologue, 26(1) Spr 1994) [in 4 parts]
A fascinating article.

Biography (General) - Martha (^)

Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (born 1731, died 1802) (History.org)

Martha Washington Died, May 22, 1802 (U.S. Library of Congress. America’s Story from America’s Library)

Who Served Here?: Martha Washington (Historic Valley Forge)

Papers & Special Collections (^)

Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1764-1789 (U.S. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. American Memory Project) [Searchable]

The George Washington Collection at the New York State Library (New York State Library)
Note: Includes artifacts as well as papers.

George Washington National Masonic Memorial: Collections (George Washington National Masonic Memorial, Alexandria,VA)
Includes papers, portraits, artifacts, associates and friends, and a virtual tour of Memorial Hall.

George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799 (U.S. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division. American Memory Project) [Searchable]
Note: Tucked away at the bottom of the home page of this tremendous source are links to a Timeline and to Essays on the George Washington Papers. Yale Law School and the University of Virginia also have magnificent resources on George Washington’s papers (see below).

George Washington’s School Copybook (U.S. Library of Congress. Manuscripts Division. Reason: American Treasures of the Library of Congress)
Includes digital image of the original manuscript of ca. 1745-48.

GW Papers - Site Map (University of Virginia. The Papers of George Washington)

Introduction to the Diaries of George Washington (U.S. Library of Congress. Manuscripts Division. American Memory Project)
Excerpted from The Diaries of George Washington, 6 vol., ed. by Donald Jackson & Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia, 1976-79.

Papers of George Washington (University of Virginia)

Papers of George Washington (Yale University. Yale Law School. The Avalon Project)
Excellent, site, offering many avenues to a wealth of information

The Papers of George Washington: Series 5 Financial Papers. 1750-1796 (U.S. Library of Congress. American Memory Project)
For those interested in his financial dealings, from the late colonial era to his retirement, or as a follow-up to Marvin Kitman’s book George Washington’s Expense Account, this is a must.

Portraits (^)

George Washington (U.S. National Portrait Gallery)

George Washington Picture Gallery(The History Place)

Portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart(U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology Virtual Museum)

Ww Washingtons (U.S. Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of American History)
George & Martha Washington in 1795 by John Trumbull

Quizzes & Lesson Plans (^)

George Washington Quiz (Old Sturbridge Village)

Have Fun with George: Washington Trivia (Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)

Honor and Passion for Glory: George Washington in the Ohio Valley (U.S. Library of Congress. American Memory Project. Learning Page [Lesson Plan 1 of 3])

Happy Progress of Our Affairs: George Washington and the U.S. Constitution (U.S. Library of Congress. American Memory Project. Learning Page [Lesson Plan 2 of 3])

Integrity and Firmness is All I Can Promise: The Washington Presidency (U.S. Library of Congress. American Memory Project. Learning Page [Lesson Plan 3 of 3])

Online or Shockwave Quiz (Mount Vernon Educational Resources)

Pioneer Farmer Quiz (Mount Vernon)

Teaching About George Washington, by Thomas S. Vontz and William A. Nixon (ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies. ERIC Digest. ED 414191)

Washington and the Whiskey Rebellion (U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities. Edsitement)

II. Genealogy, Youth, Education, Homes, Home Life, Slaveholding, Surveying & Mapmaking, 1732-1799 (^)

Genealogy

Homes & Home Life

Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior

College & Early Political Education

Religiosity

Experimental Farming

Slaveholding

Surveyor & Mapmaker

Genealogy (^)

Ancestry of George Washington (UFTree)

Homes & Home Life (^)

Birthplace (^)

George Washington Birthplace National Monument [Popes Creek Plantation] (U.S. National Park Service)
Click on "In Depth" for more information, virtual artifacts, and a park map.

Ferry Farm & Kenmore (^)

Ferry Farm and the Youth of George Washington (George Washington’s Ferry Farm; Kenmore.org)

Historic Kenmore & George Washington’s Ferry Farm (George Washington’s Fredericksburg Foundation © 1996-2001)
Features virtual tours of Ferry Farm (home of G.W.’s mother, Mary) & Kenmore (home of G.W.’s sister).

Mount Vernon (^)

George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens (The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association © 2000)
An information rich site with lots of interesting, often surprising information, based on historical and archeological research. Includes the library and its collection, a virtual mansion tour, a grounds tour, the restored gristmill, a FAQ, biographical information and more.

How Engineers Have Preserved Mount Vernon Since Washington’s Day (National Society of Professional Engineers.)

Restoring Mount Vernon (The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association)

Distillery at Mt. Vernon (^)

Mount Vernon Distillery Excavation Project (Celticmalts.com)
Includes images courtesy of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association.

Mount Vernon Celebrates Groundbreaking of Washington’s Distillery, by Suzie Riga (Green’s Discount Liquor Store)
While a commercial site, it conveys information about the reconstruction of Washington’s 1797 distillery. (He’d retired from the Presidency in 1796, and presumably did a lot of entertaining.) It also has dated quotes by Washington relating to liquor.

Sulgrave Manor, England (^)

Sulgrave Manor: Home of George Washington’s Ancestors [U.K.] (Sulgrave Manor Restoration Fund - an Anglo-American Venture)

Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior (^)

Exercise of a Schoolboy (History.org)
George Washington’s own Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior, ca. 1744, accompanied by color period illustrations

George Washington’s School Exercises: Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation (University of Virginia. Papers of George Washington)
Includes clickable facsimiles of a number of pages.

College & Early Political Education (^)

George Washington in Williamsburg (Colonial Wlliamsburg. Almanack)

Religiosity (^)

Deism: Its History, Beliefs, & Practices (Religious Tolerance.org)

Deism Defined [+Frequently Asked Questions About Deism] (Deism.com)

Deism vs. Christianity & Atheism (Deism.com)

Six Historic Americans: George Washington, by John E. Remsburg (The Secular Web. The Secular Web Library)
The other 5 are Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, and Ulysses S. Grant.

George Washington and Deism (Deism.com)

George Washington’s Silent Lack of Piety (Positive Atheism. Positive Atheism’s Big List of Quotations)

Was George Washington a Christian? (ChristianAnswers.net)

Experimental Farming (^)

First in Farming (Mount Vernon. George Washington: Pioneer Farmer)

George Washington: Pioneer Farmer (©1997 Mount Vernon)
Main sections: Introduction. Sunrise to Sunset. Washington's 5 Farms. The 16-Sided Barn. First in Farming. In the Classroom. Visiting the Site Today. Internship Information.

Slaveholding (^)

George Washington and Slavery (Mount Vernon Educational Resources)

“Negros Belonging to George Washington in His Own Marriage”, from George Washington’s Will, June 1799: Editorial Note (University of Virginia. The Papers of George Washington)

Washington and Slavery (University of Virginia. The Papers of George Washington)

Surveyor & Mapmaker (^)

George Washington, Mapmaker (U.S. Library of Congress. Manuscripts Division. Reason: American Treasures of the Library of Congress)
Digital images of 3 original survey maps from 1749, 1750, and 1766.

George Washington: Surveyor and Mapmaker (U.S. Library of Congress. American Memory Project)

III. First in War (^)

French & Indian [or Seven Years’] War, 1754-1763

General Diplomatic Mission to New France, 1753 Journal, 1753-1754 Forbes Expedition, 1758 Fort Necessity, Siege & Surrender of, 1754 The Jumonville Glen Incident, 1754 (Washington Starts a World War) Maps Monongahela, Battle of the, 1755 ( Braddock’s Campaign & Death) Shenandoah Frontier Defense Abram’s Delight (Winchester, VA) Fort Ashby (Fort Ashby, WV) Fort Edwards (Capon Bridge, WV) Fort Frederick (Big Pool, MD) Fort Loudon, PA Fort Loudoun, VA Fort Pleasant, WV Jonathan Hager House (Hagerstown, MD) Morgan’s Cabin (Bunker Hill, WV) Pearsall’s Fort Washington’s Headquarters (Winchester, VA)

American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

General American Forces Supply & Logistics Archives Artifacts Atlases Battles Bibliography Boston, Siege of, 1775-1776 Brandywine River, Battle of the, 1777 British Forces Conway Cabal, 1778 Continental Navy Expense Account Farewell to the Troops, 1783 Fort Ticonderoga Hasbrouck House (Newburgh, NY; Headquarters, 1782-1783) Long Island, Battle of, 1776 Marquee Middlebrook Encampment, 1778-1779 Monmouth Courthouse, Battle of, 1778 Newburgh Conspiracy & Washington’s Newburgh Address New Windsor Encampment, 1782-1783 New York Campaign, 1776 Princeton, Battle of, 1777 Resignation as Commander of the Continental Army, 1783 Secret Service Supply & Logistics Trenton, 1st & 2nd Battles of, 1776 & 1777 Valley Forge Encampment, 1777-1778 Washington’s Guard White Plains, Battle of, 1776 Yorktown, Campaign & Siege of, 1783

Whiskey Rebellion, 1794

Quasi-War with France, 1798-1799

Indian Wars, 1790-1795 [Harmar’s & St. Clair’s defeats & Wayne’s victory]

French & Indian [or Seven Years’] War, 1754-1763 (^)

Fort Edwards (Capon Bridge, WV) (^)

The Fort Edwards Web Page (Fort Edwards Foundation of Capon Bridge, West Virginia)
Contains links to many other sites on forts in Washington’s frontier defense system, and contains an account of the Battle of the Big Capacon, near Ft. Joseph Edwards, and many useful links. Well worth a browse.

Fort Frederick (Big Pool, MD) (^)

Fort Frederick State Park (Maryland. Department of Natural Resources)

Fort Frederick State Park History (Maryland. Department of Natural Resources)

Fort Frederick State Park, Big Pool, Maryland (George Washington's Frontier Forts)

Fort Loudoun, PA (^)

Fort Loudoun Pennsylvania State Historic Site (Innernet.net)

Fort Loudoun, VA (^)

Fort Loudoun, Virginia

Fort Pleasant, WV (^)

Fort Pleasant (Van Metre.com)

Jonathan Hager House (Hagerstown, MD) (^)

The Hager House (City of Hagerstown, MD)

Jonathan Hager House and Museum, Hagerstown, Maryland (Col. Washington’s Frontier Forts)

Morgan’s Cabin (Bunker Hill, WV) (^)

Colonel Morgan Morgan Cabin (James David Walker.com)

Pearsall’s Fort (^)

Pearsall’s on the South Branch (Col. Washington's Frontier Forts Association)

Washington’s Headquarters (Winchester, VA) (^)

George Washington Office Museum, Winchester, Virginia (Col. Washington’s Frontier Forts Association)

American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 (^)

General (^)

American Independence, comp. by Paul Halsall (Fordham University. Internet Modern History Sourcebook)

American Forces (Continental Army) (^)

Birth of the U.S. Army, by Joseph K. Leach, Contributing ` Historian (Grunts Net)

The Continental Army, by Robert K. Wright, Jr. (U.S. Army. Center of Military History. Army Lineage Series. Washington, DC: The Center, 1983)
Excellent full text sourcebook.

The Continental Army: Bibliography: Headquarters Activities (U.S. Army. Military History Institute)

Supply & Logistics (^)

Supplying Washington’s Army, by Erna Risch (U.S. Army. Center of Military History. Special Studies Series)
A full text classic.

Nathaniel Greene and the Supply of the Continental Army, by Edward Payson. The Quartermaster Review, May-June 1950 (U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum)

Archives (^)

RefBibs: Revolutionary War (U.S. Army. Military History Institute)

Resources in the American Revolution and Early Republic Eras (The David Library of the American Revolution)

Artifacts (^)

Washington at War (U.S. Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of American History)

Washington and the Revolutionary War (Chicagohs.org; Just the Arti-Facts)

Atlases (^)

Atlases: American Revolution (U.S. Military Academy. West Point, NY)
Maps covering Washington’s main campaigns and battles, drawn primarily from the West Point Atlas of American Wars.

Battles (^)

Major Battles and Skirmishes of the American Revolution: 1778-1781, including Commanders, Force Size and Casualties

Bibliography (^)

Bibliographies of the War of Independence (U.S. Army. Center of Military History)

George Washington: Bibliography (Britannica.com The American Presidential Election)

Boston, Siege of, 1775-1776 (^)

Abigail Adams Describes Hostilities Around Boston, 1775-1776 (Shsu.edu)

Battle of Breed’s Hill / Bunker Hill (Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Army ROTC - Bay State Battalion. Military Science)

The Battle of Dorchester, March 2-3, 1776 (Geocities.com)

Benedict Arnold: The Traitor Who Saved America, by J. Michael Flynn, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (Cry Havoc; MagWeb.com)

Dorchester Heights (Boston National Historic Park)

Washington’s Navy: April 1775 - March 1776 (The Mariner’s Museum)

Brandywine River, Battle of the, 1777 (^)

Brandywine Battlefield: History

Patrick Ferguson (Brandywine Battlefield)
Washington’s near brush with death.

British Forces (^)

The Organization of the British Army in the American revolution, by Edward E. Curtis

Chesapeake, Battle of the, 1781 [or Battle of the Capes, or of Cape Henry] See also Yorktown, Campaign and Siege of, 1781 (below) (^)

The Battle of the Capes (Virginia Places.org)
5 links to the Yorktown Campaign and Battle of the Capes; with another to The Battle of the Saintes (at which British Admiral Rodney defeated DeGrasse in 1782); as well as a few Virginia-related sites.

The Chesapeake Bay: Avenue for Attack (Virginia Places.org)

Francois Joseph Paul Compte de Grasse, the Battle of the Virginia Capes, and the American Victory at Yorktown, by Robert A. Selig (American Revolution.org)

The Sea Battle Off the Capes of Virginia, DeGrasse-Graves (U.S. Army. Center of Military History; HMS Richmond.org)

Yorktown and the Battle of the Capes (The Mariner’s Museum. Continental Navy)

Conway Cabal, 1778 (^)

Thomas Conway (Famousamericans.net)

Continental Navy (^)

Washington’s Navy, April 1775-March 1776 (The Mariner’s Museum. Birth of the U.S. Navy. Continental Navy)

Expense Account (^)

George Washington’s Account of Expenses While Commander in Chief of the Continental Army (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Revolution and New Nation 1754-1820s)

Put It on Washington’s Tab: General George Washington of the U.S. Continental Army Abuses His Expense Account (History House: An Irreverent History Magazine)

Farewell to the Troops, 1783 (^)

Farewell Address to the Armies of the United States

The French Alliance and the Conway Cabal, by John Fiske Boston: Atlantic Monthly Co., 1889: 220-239 [Full-text] (Cornell University. Library. Making of America)

Fort Ticonderoga (^)

George Washington at Ticonderoga, July 1783: A Fort Ticonderoga Bibliography © Fort Ticonderoga

Germantown, Battle of, 1777 (^)

Battle of Germantown (Patriot.net)

The Battle of Germantown (U.S. History.org. The Philadelphia Campaign, 1777)

Hasbrouck House (Newburgh, NY; Headquarters, 1782-1783) (^)

The Hasbrouck House: Washington’s Headquarters (Poughkepsie Journal)

Washington’s Headquarters (Field Trip.com)

Long Island, Battle of, 1776 (^)

Battle of Long Island: The First Battle of New York, August 27, 1776

Days of Defeat: Crushed in Battle, Nervous Patriot Troops Await a Knockout Punch (Newsday, Inc. Long Island: Our Story)

History of Col. Glover’s 14th Continental Regiment: Saving the Army at Long Island

Long Island Patriots and Their Stories (Long Island Genealogy.com)

Patriots’ First Big Test: The British and Hessians Stun the Americans in the Battle of Long Island (Newsday, Inc. Long Island: Our Story)

Marquee (^)

George Washington's Field Tents (U.S. National Park Service)

The Conservation of George Washington's Revolutionary War Campaign Marquees, by Fonda Ghiardi Thomsen & Louise Cooley, Journal of the American Institute for Conservation/JAIC Online, 17(2) June 1978: Article 1 (pp. 1-9) (Stanford University)

Middlebrook Encampment, 1778-1779 (^)

Middlebrook Winter Encampment of Washington’s Army, December 1778 to June 1779 (New Jersey during the Revolution)

Moland House (Headquarters, August 1777) (^)

Moland House Park, Warwick Township, Pennsylvania (Friends of Moland Park)

Monmouth Courthouse, Battle of, 1778 (^)

Battle of Monmouth

Battle of Monmouth (Rutgers University. Electronic New Jersey: A Digital Archive of New Jersey History)

Valley Forge and Monmouth (U.S. GenNet.org)

Newburgh Conspiracy & Washington’s Newburgh Address (^)

The Newburgh Address (Early America.com)
Includes the transcribed full-text of The Anonymous Letter: To the Officers of the Army and of Washington’s Reply.

Rise and Fall of the Newburgh Conspiracy: How General Washington and His Spectacles Saved the Republic, by George L. Marshall, Jr. (Early America.com)

New Windsor Encampment, 1782-1783 (^)

New Windsor Cantonment [Vail’s Gate, NY] (Field Trip.com)

New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site (New York State. Parks Department)

New York Campaign, 1776 (^)

General George Washington’s Campaigns of 1776 (Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Army ROTC. Military Science)

Princeton, Battle of, 1777 (^)

Battle of Princeton (New Jersey During the Revolution)

Resignation as Commander of the Continental Army, 1783 (^)

Address Congress on Resigning his Commission [Annapolis, 12/23/1783] (Ptd.net)

Secret Service (^)

Crafty Codes of American Spies: How George Washington’s Intelligence Gatherers Enciphered Their Correspondence (Newsday, Inc. Long Island: Our Story)

George Washington: Spymaster Extraordinaire, [by] S. Eugene “Gene” Poteat

George Washington: Spymaster Extraordinary, [by] Thomas Fleming

Military Intelligence History (The American Revolution: The Struggle for Independence)

Plot to Kidnap Washington: One of the General’s Own Guards Joins the King’s Loyalists in a Wide Conspiracy (Newsday, Inc. Long Island: Our Story)

Ruse Saves the French Fleet: The Culper Spy Ring Foils the British by Delivering Critical Information to Washington (Newsday, Inc. Long Island: Our Story)

Spy Letters of the American Revolution: From the Collections of the Clements Library (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Clements Library)

Spy System 1777 (Historic Valley Forge)

Washington’s Eyes and Ears: Based on Long Island, the Culper Spies Give the Americans a Valuable Edge (Newsday, Inc. Long Island: Our Story)

Supply & Logistics (Continental Army) (^)

Supplying Washington’s Army, by Erna Risch (U.S. Army. Center of Military History. Special Studies)

Trenton, 1st & 2nd Battles of, 1776 & 1777 (^)

Battle of Trenton (New Jersey During the Revolution)

A Brief History of Washington's Crossing of the Delaware River, Christmas Night, 1776...(Ten Crucial Days)

Valley Forge Encampment, 1777-1778 (^)

George Washington’s Vision (Rense.com)

Historic Valley Forge

Kids Page at Valley Forge

Valley Forge National Historical Park (U.S. National Parks Service)

Washington’s Generals and the Decision to Quarter at Valley Forge, by Benjamin H. Newcomn, Texas Tech University (University of Virginia. The Papers of George Washington)

Washington’s Guard (^)

The Commander-in-Chief’s Guard (Military District of Washington)

White Plains, Battle of, 1776 (^)

Just the Arti-Facts - George Washington - Washington and the Revolutionary War (Chicago Historical Society. Chicagohs.org)
Photo of Washington’s telescope and an enlargeable Plan of the Battle of White Plains of 1776 annotated by Washington.

Battle of White Plains Began in Scarsdale, by Anthony F. Lazarra (Scarsdale Historical Society)

Yorktown, Campaign and Siege of, 1781 See also Chesapeake, Battle of the, 1781 (above) (^)

The Focus Shifts to Yorktown (National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution)

The Virginia Campaign and the Blockade and Siege of Yorktown, 1781: Including a Brief Narrative of the French Participation in the Revolution Prior to the Southern Campaign, by Col. H.L. Landers, F.A., Historical Section, Army War College, presented by Mr. Bingham, February 7, 1931. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1931. [Full text, other than missing maps] (U.S. Army. Center of Military History)

Yorktown, August 20 to October 17, 1781 (Geocities.com)

Yorktown Campaign (August-October 1781) (Xenophon Group Military History Database)

Yorktown Victory Center [Children’s Site]

Yorktown National Battlefield in Colonial National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)

Whiskey Rebellion, 1794 (^)

Oliver Miller Homestead: The Whiskey Rebellion (The Homestead)

Proclamation Pardoning Whiskey Rebellion Participants, by Mark Dodd (Roots Web. Mon Valley History)

Whiskey Insurrection (Roots Web. Somerset County, Pennsylvania Genealogy)

Whiskey Insurrection: Reasons for Dissention and the Insurrection (Democracy or Monarchy) (Bradfordhouse.org)

The Whiskey Insurrection: From the Diaries of George Washington, 30 September - 19 October 1794 (University of Virginia. The Papers of George Washington)

Whiskey Rebellion (Federation of Atomic Scientists. Military Analysis Network)

The Whiskey Rebellion (Roots Web. Somerset County, Pennsylvania Genealogy)

The Whiskey Rebellion (Yale University. Law School. The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School)
G. Washington’s proclamation calling out the militia to suppress rebellion

The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, by Elmer E. Specht (SPECHTLME@aol.com mailto:SPECHTLME@aol.com> (Covenant Syndicate, v.1, no. 27)

Whiskey Rebellion Facts & Interesting Particulars: The Following are Some Research Notes, compiled by Richard R. Gideon

Whiskey Rebellion - Whiskey Insurrection (Whiskey Rebellion.org)

Indian Wars, 1790-1795 [Harmar’s & St. Clair’s defeats & Wayne’s victory] (^)

Battle of Fallen Timbers, by Ronald C. Hood, Taken from American History Illustrated, 3(10) Feb. 1969 (Tristatepgh.net)
Read the caveat the beginning of the article, then read article in conjunction with the others, an update.

Fallen Timbers Battlefield, Archaeological Project at Heidelberg College (Heidelberg College)
Includes a brief account of Harmar’s and St. Clair’s earlier defeats.

“Mad Anthony” Wayne at Fallen Timbers: General Wayne’s Decisive Victory in the Northwest Territory Ends the Young Nation’s Crisis of Authority, by Richard Battin © 1994-1996 the News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana (Early America.com)

Quasi-War with France, 1798-1799 (^)

Reflections on the Army’s Birthday, by Brig. Gen. Harold W. Nelson, USA Ret., AHF President (The Army Historical Foundation)

Chairman, U.S. Constitutional Convention (^)

Founder of the Month: George Washington (The Bill of Rights Institute)

Founding Documents (Constitution.org)

Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution, by Robert K. Wright, Jr. and Morris I. MacGregor, Jr., et al. Washington, DC: CMH, 1987. (U.S. Army. Center of Military History)
Contains the full text of the book. Includes a capsule biography on Washington, as presiding officer of the Constitutional Convention, as well as numerous Revolutionary War and Post-Revolutionary War documents by and relating to Washington.

The First U.S. Presidency, 1789-1797 (^)

General (^)

George Washington (Internet Public Library. POTUS: Presidents of the United States)

President George Washington (1789-1797): Information and Links

The Papers of George Washington (Yale University. Yale Law School. The Avalon Project. The Papers of the Presidents)

Farewell Address, 1796 (^)

Farewell Address (1796), George Washington
Full text, from Compilation of Messages and Papers of the Presidents, v. 1 (1907), J.D. Richardson, ed.

George Washington’s Farewell Address

George Washington’s Farewell Address to the People of the United States, Published in the Independent Chronicle, September 26,1796 (Archiving Early America)

First Inaugural Address, 1789 (^)

George Washington’s Inaugural Address, New York City, April 30, 1789 (History.org)

“My Station is New; and , if I may use the expression, I walk on untrodden ground.”(U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)

Proclamation of Neutrality, 1793 (^)

The Proclamation of Neutrality (1793) (From Revolution to Reconstruction: A WWW Project in Collective Writing: A Hypertext on American History: From the Colonial Period Until Modern Times)

Religious Tolerance (^)

The George Washington Letter (Touro Synagogue. Welcome to Touro Synagogue, America’s Oldest Synagogue, National Historic Site - Newport, RI)

George Washington Recognized Equal Status of Jewish Americans, August 17, 1790 (U.S. Library of Congress. America’s Story from America’s Library)

Second Inaugural Address, 1793 (^)

George Washington’s Second Inaugural Address, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1793 (Colonial Williamsburg. Almanack; Colonial Life; Politics)

Setting Precedents (^)

The Presidency of George Washington (Social Studies Help.com)
Some precedents set by Washington; Hamilton’s economic program

Thanksgiving, 1789 (^)

The First Thanksgiving Day Observance: A Proclamation Signed in Script Type by George Washington, Appearing in The Massachusetts Sentinel of October 14, 1789 (Archiving Early America)

U.S. Navy (^)

Launching the New United States Navy: Primary Sources, Activities, and Links to Related Web Sites for Educators and Students (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)

Martha Washington, The 1st First Lady (^)

Martha Dandridge Custis Washington

Washington, Martha Dandridge (Custis), (1731-1802) (National First Ladies' Library)

V. First in the Hearts of His Countrymen, 1799-2001 (^)
American Icon: Retirement, Death & Apotheosis, Namesake Sampler

Apotheosis Cherry Tree Myth Death & National Mourning George Washington Bridge George Washington National Masonic Memorial (Alexandria, VA) Mount Rushmore (South Dakota) Retirement Warships Washington Monument (Washington, DC) Washington Monument State Park State of Washington Washington’s Birthday, Presidents’ Day, & Washington Place Names Washington’s Tomb Washington’s Will

Apotheosis (^)

The Apotheosis of George Washington (U.S. Architect of the Capitol)

Cherry Tree Myth (^)

The Fable of George Washington and the Cherry Tree from The Life of Washington, by Mason Locke Weems, 1809 (University of Virginia. The Papers of George Washington)
The delightful, original source of this morality tale, entirely dreamed up by Parson Weems. This version is illustrated.

Death & National Mourning (^)

George Washington Died at His Mount Vernon Home, December 14, 1799 (U.S. Library of Congress America’s Story from America’s Library)

A Concert of Mourning: The Catalog of a Bicentennial Exhibition Commemorating the Period of National Mourning, by Mary Anne Andrei, with a foreword by Philander D. Chase (University of Virginia. The Papers of George Washington)