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New Video! “George Washington’s Unnumbered Hogs”
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By Caitlin Conley February 17, 2015 Caitlin is a Research Assistant for the Bibliography Project and is part of the Papers of George Washington social media team. Welcome to Part III of our series “George’s Farm Animals!” This video features GW’s hogs. Most of the references to his hogs in the […]
New Video! “George Washington’s Woolly Tribe”
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By Caitlin Conley February 9, 2015 Caitlin is a Research Assistant for the Bibliography Project and is part of the Papers of George Washington social media team. Welcome to Part II of our video series “George’s Farm Animals.” This time we explore how GW cared for his sheep, which were […]
New Video! “George Washington’s Black Cattle”
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By Caitlin Conley February 2, 2015 Caitlin is a Research Assistant for the Bibliography Project and is part of the Papers of George Washington social media team. Have you ever been curious about what George was up to when he wasn’t on the public stage? We all probably tend to […]
Mapping a Spanish Donkey’s Long Journey
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By Mary Wigge January 29, 2015 Mary is a Research Editor with the Financial Papers Project. It’s not every day that you sit at your office desk, contemplating the journey of a Spanish donkey, even if it did belong to George Washington. But last week found me hunkered down looking […]
The Financial Papers Project Visits the Library of Congress
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By Erica Cavanaugh January 23, 2015 Erica is a Research Assistant for the Financial Papers Project. The Financial Papers Project at the Papers of George Washington focuses on GW’s numerous account books, which illustrate the financial aspects of his everyday life. We have primarily worked with scanned digital images from […]
Transcription: Looking Back 200 Years
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By Prajeeth Koyada January 10, 2015 Prajeeth is a first year chemistry major at the University of Virginia. He currently transcribes documents for the Financial Papers Project. Transcribing documents for the Papers of George Washington has been both an enlightening and mystifying experience. For every “Caleb Gibbs” I uncover, a multitude […]
Papers of George Washington, a.k.a., Hollywood
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By Caitlin Conley December 19, 2014 Caitlin is a Research Assistant for the Bibliography Project and is part of the Papers of George Washington social media team. We hope that you’ve liked our videos so far, because we have more coming your way! In January and February we’ll be posting four […]
Holiday Cooking with Washington
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By Caitlin Conley December 5, 2014 Caitlin is a Research Assistant for the Bibliography Project and is part of the Papers of George Washington social media team. What’s the best thing about the holidays? The food, of course! In our 1999 inaugural newsletter, we celebrated holiday food by talking about one […]
New Financial Papers Project Video
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December 4, 2014 Interested in learning more about the Financial Papers Project? This video details the importance of studying George Washington and his detailed financial records, as well as the work happening now to create a digital resources for educators, students, historians, businesspeople, and those generally interested in the life […]
Where is Washington buried?
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The Answer Is: Washington died at Mount Vernon in the late evening on December 14, 1799. On December 18 he was buried in the family vault at Mount Vernon.