Essays

Biographical

• A Biography of George Washington, by Mark Mastromarino
• George Washington in Retirement, by W.W. Abbot
• The Fable of George Washington and the Cherry Tree from The Life of Washington, by Mason Locke Weems
• The Surprising George Washington, by Richard Norton Smith
• George Washington, Genius in Leadership, by Richard C. Stazesky
• The Correspondence of George and Martha Washington, by Wendy Kail
• Martha Parke Custis Peter, by Wendy Kail
• Face Value: George Washington and Portrait Prints, by Catherine E. Kelly

Washington and Politics

• The Electoral Count for the Presidential Election of 1789
• First President’s Election Was the Last Thing He Wanted, by Sarah Booth Conroy
• George Washington and the Society of the Cincinnati, by Frank Grizzard
• George Washington: The First Presidency, by Dorothy Twohig, featured in the NEH Humanities

Washington and War

• Thoughts of Home: General Washington Kept a Picture of Mount Vernon in His Mind’s Eye During the Revolutionary War, by Philander Chase
• Supply Problems Plagued the Continental Army from the Start, by Frank Grizzard
• George Washington and George Marshall: Some Reflections on the American Military Tradition, by Don Higginbotham
• Washington’s Generals and the Decision to Quarter at Valley Forge, by Benjamin Newcomb

Washington and Slavery

• “That Species of Property”: Washington’s Role in the Controversy Over Slavery, by Dorothy Twohig
• Freeing his slaves is one of Washington’s greatest legacies, by Nancy Hurrelbrinck
• The Founding Father and His Slaves, by Sarah Booth Conroy

Washington’s Birth and Death

• The Will of George Washington
• George Washington’s Terminal Illness: A Modern Medical Analysis of the Last Illness and Death of George Washington, by White McKenzie Wallenborn, M.D.
• Washington’s Final Wishes, by Steven Ginsberg

George Washington’s Papers

• A Link to President’s Past, The Library of Congress puts Washington Letters on the web
• Reviews of the Papers of George Washington
• An Uncommon Awareness of Self: The Papers of George Washington, by W.W. Abbot
• The Young George Washington and His Papers, by W.W. Abbot
• George Washington Forgeries and Facsimiles, by Dorothy Twohig
• The George Washington Papers, by Maggie Riechers, featured in NEH Humanities