Newly arrived from the successful siege of Boston, George Washington writes to the New York Committee of Safety regarding its fellow citizens engaged in trading with the British.Continue Reading

Thomas Jefferson responds to George Washington’s request that he render an opinion on the newly formed Society of the Cincinnati. Continue Reading

The cornerstone was laid by Commissioners Daniel Carroll and David Stuart for the new “Federal City” boundary.Continue Reading

Secretary of the TreasuryAlexander Hamilton, in keeping with his tenacious spirit, writes a detailed and lengthy letter to President George Washington regarding “a great, a difficult & perilous crisis in the affairs of this country.”Continue Reading

George Washington’s father, Augustine, died, leaving his eleven-year-old son Ferry Farm, several lots in Fredericksburg, and ten slavesContinue Reading

President Washington sent a letter to the painter Gilbert Stuart inquiring whether he was to come to his residence to sit for a portrait.Continue Reading

On April 10, 1789, George Washington is notified by letter at Mt. Vernon of his election as the first ever President of the United States.Continue Reading

Sixteen-year-old George Washington, nearing the end of his survey expedition with his neighbor, George William Fairfax, pens an entry in his journal.Continue Reading

“It is better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.”Continue Reading

"George Washington Slept Here." President Washington begins his tour of the Southern United States.Continue Reading