Following the death of his half-brother Lawrence, Washington became the official Adjutant of James River Counties (northern neck), and was appointed the rank of major at the age of twenty.Continue Reading
On January 31, 1778, General Washington wrote to Henry Laurens, president of the Continental Congress, from Valley Forge concerning the “Conway Cabal,’ a group of officers attempting to have him removed as Commander-in-Chief.Continue Reading
January 30th, 1835. Though George Washington had been dead for 35 years, he reached up from the grave, literally, to save the life of another president.Continue Reading
January 29th,1789 - On the eve of the beginning of the American experiment in government under the newly adopted Constitution, Washington pens a letter to his dear friend, the Marquis de Lafayette, in which he espouses the “essential pillars of felicity” he will be duty-bound to uphold as President. Continue Reading
The long-serving governor of New York and future Vice President, George Clinton, writes to General Washington about the shortage of supplies and mutiny in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey lines.Continue Reading
General Washington, in a rare use of powers granted to him by the Continental Congress, issues a proclamation requiring citizens pledge an Oath of Loyalty or be sent behind British lines.Continue Reading
