Washington, George, 1732–1799.
Alternative namesBiographical notes:
In the summer of 1798 President John Adams appointed Washington commander-in-chief of the army to be raised in expectation of a war with France.
From the description of LS : Philadelphia, to James McHenry, 1798 Dec. 13. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122365129
First president of the United States.
From the description of George Washington letter of appointment for William Hill, 1790. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367390588
First President of the United States, 1789-1797.
From the description of Letter : [Springfield, N.J.], to [Governor William Livingston, 1780 June 18]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42596333
Represented in the collection are George Washington, commander of the Continental Army and first president of the United States; and Eliza Parke Custis, granddaughter of his wife, Martha Washington.
From the description of Letters, 1775-1828. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32959907
Surveyor, army officer, and President of the United States.
From the description of Letter of George Washington, 1776. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82500464
Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army; first president of the United States.
From the description of Military discharge of Robert Ryan, 1783 June 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 181085069
U.S. president.
From the description of George Washington letter, 1780 Mar. 29. (Litchfield Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 777602957
Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. A student of military science, in 1753 he began several years service with the Virginia militia in the French and Indian Wars, taking command of all Virginia forces in 1755 and participating in several dangerous actions. In 1774, Washington participated in the First Continental Congress and took command of the Virginia militia; by the next year the Second Congress made him commander in chief of the Continental army, June 1775. Washington led American forces through the Revolution. He returned to Mount Vernon in 1783, but maintained a presence in the debate over the country's future. In 1789, the first electors unanimously voted Washington as president; he was reelected in 1793. In 1796, Washington announced he would not run again. He died in 1799 at Mount Vernon.
From the description of Holograph letter from General George Washington to Ensign Marsh, New York. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50670824
Washington was the first American president; Lincoln was a U.S. secretary of war and army officer and lieutenant governor of Massachusetts.
From the description of Letters to Benjamin Lincoln, 1777-1789. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79909245
Washington had just led the Continental Army in the New Jersey campaign of Trenton and Princeton.
From the description of ALS, l777 February 20 : Morristown, to Col. Samuel Washington, Berkeley County, Virginia. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 12940694
Continental Army general and U.S. president.
From the description of George Washington letter to General Huntington, 1783 Oct. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154690890
Washington served as President of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in 1787.
From the description of Letter, 1788 April 15, Mount Vernon [to John Jay]. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 24093083
George Washington (1732-1799) was a planter, soldier, and first president of the United States.
From the description of Papers, 1754-1958. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191281940
Washington served as commander-in-chief of Continental Forces, 1775-1783; president of the Constitutional Convention in 1787; and President of the United States 1789-1797.
From the description of Letters, 1786-1795. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 29944427
U.S. president, U.S. Army officer, and patriot.
From the description of George Washington papers, 1592-1943 (bulk 1748-1799). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980248
George Washington was the first President of the United States. He was venerated as a hero and his image became an important symbol to Americans. His home at Mount Vernon was purchased by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, preserved, and opened to the public.
From the description of Papers and printed ephemera, 1780-1985. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 84666652
Revolutionary War army commander and first president of the United States.
From the description of Commission, March 3, 1797. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 721962586
Washington wrote this letter in the year following the end of his presidency.
From the description of Letter 1798. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 28139158
President U.S.
From the description of Autograph letters signed : Philadelphia, "To the Emperor of Germany", 1796 May 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270995088
First Pres. of the U.S.A., General of the Continental Army, officer in the army of Great Britain, surveyor, farmer.
From the description of Letter, 1779 May 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122487959
First President of the United States.
From the description of Letter, 1777 Jan. 23. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122489979
U.S. president.
From the description of George Washington letter to Governor Moultrie, 1793 Aug. 28. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 191823402
General of American army in Revolutionary War.
From the description of Letter : Headquarters, Newburgh, to Governor Clinton, 1782 May 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145410813
First president of the United States.
From the description of Letter to William Fauntleroy [manuscript], 1752 May 20. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647867892
Commander of Continental forces during the Revolutionary War; first president of the United States.
From the description of Letter to Robert Morris [manuscript], 1777 March 2. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647867847
President of the United States.
From the description of Papers, 1784-1870, bulk 1784-1834, pertaining to the settlement of Washington's estate [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647825691
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and first President of the United States.
From the description of Letter of George Washington [manuscript], 1777. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647853987
Commander-in-chief of United States forces during the Revolutionary War; first president of the United States.
From the description of Papers of George Washington [manuscript], 1774-1780. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647862400
First president of the United States.
From the description of Letter from Hodge, Allen and Campbell, publishers [manuscript], 1789 July 16. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647821037
U.S. president, U.S. Army officer, and patriot.
From the description of Valley Forge orderly book, 1778. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981724
First president of the U.S.; Revolutionary War general, of Virginia.
From the description of George Washington ALS, 1789 Nov. 02. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70979571
U.S. President, U.S. Army officer, and patriot.
From the description of George Washington diary, 1762. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981725
U.S. president, U.S. Army officer, and patriot.
From the description of George Washington correspondence, 1748-1783. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981720
U.S. president, U.S. Army officer, and patriot.
From the description of George Washington account books, 1747-1799. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981718
After his operations at Trenton and Princeton, Washington established winter quarters at Morristown.
From the description of LS, 1777 March 1 : Head Quarters, Morristown, to George Baylor, Col. of a Regiment of Cavalry near Fredericksburg. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14054536
Washington was commissioned Commander in Chief on June 17, 1775.
From the description of LS, 1775 September 14 : Cambridge Head Quarters, to Colonel Benedict Arnold, Commander of the Detachment against Quebeck. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14054428
In April 1913, George D. Smith purchased 170 letters and manuscripts belonging to Grenville Kane (1854-1943), a New York banker, yachtsman, and collector. Two years later Smith bought another group of Washington manuscripts from an unidentified collector. Both collections ended up in the collection of Henry E. Huntington, one of the leading Washington collectors of his day. In 1918, when Huntington purchased William K. Bixby's Americana collection, he added a group of Washington's letters to Tobias Lear. In 1923, The Huntington Library purchased a collection of Alexander McDougall's letters to Washington from A.S.W. Rosenbach, and later a group of Martha Washington's letters was acquired from J. F. Meegan. Smaller lots were also purchased at various sales by the Anderson Gallery, Maggs Bros, and other auction houses between 1920 and 1923.
From the description of George Washington collection, 1749-1806, (bulk 1757-1799). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 705618797
George Washington (1732-1799) was the first president of the U.S.
From the description of George Washington papers, 1694-1932. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 86164329
George Washington, born February 22, 1732, was a central, critical figure in the founding of the United States and is commonly considered the father of the U.S. He led America's Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War, and in 1789 was elected the first President of the United States of America. He served two four-year terms from 1789 to 1797, winning reelection in 1792. He died at his Virginia estate, Mount Vernon, in 1799.
From the description of George Washington survey, of property northwest of Mount Vernon 1771 February 25. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 174052481
First president of the United States.
From the description of Letter, 1752 May 20. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34931273
President of the United States.
From the description of Papers, 1773-1795. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155524965
Washington served as President of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in 1787.
From the description of ALS, 1788 July 21 : Mount Vernon, to Nathaniel Gorham. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14087118
Commander of the Contintal Army and first president of the United States, 1789-1797.
From the description of Papers, 1760-1927. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20460693
Washington signed as President of the Society.
From the description of DS, 1784 May 5 : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Society of the Cincinnati. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14096616
Washington served as President of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in 1787.
From the description of ALS, 1788 August 31 : Mount Vernon, to Thomas Johnson. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14087035
In 1750, George Washington purchased over 450 acres of land along the North Form of the Bullskin Run, now located near Summit Point, Jefferson County, W. Va. He then added over 1500 acres to the plantation. In 1769, he began leasing 200 acre tracts of land to tenant farmers. The Bullskin plantation remained in Washington's possession until his death in 1799.
From the description of Plan of the Tenements on the South Fork of Bullskin, ca. 1772. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 708174551
Commander in Chief of American Armies.
From the description of Letter, 1776, August 12, New York City, to [Artemas] Ward. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 476437829
Planter, soldier, and 1st president of the United States.
From the description of George Washington letter to Maj. Gen. Ward, 1776 Mar. 2. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 316043598
Organization founded in 1783, membership was restricted to American and French officers in the Revolutionary War. Named for the Roman general Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus. The object was to perpetuate friendship of members, preserve liberty, and assist members and their families requiring aid.
From the description of Membership diploma of Society of the Cincinnati, [ca. 1795]. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852595
First president of the United States and benefactor of Washington Academy (formerly Liberty Hall Academy) in Lexington, Virginia.
From the description of Papers, 1775-1798. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 567359388
Revolutionary War army commander and first president of the United States.
From the description of Letters, 1776-1797. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 469775269
First president of the United States.
From the description of [Survey] Mathias Elmore's plat for 400 acres, 1751 Apr. 20 / G[eorge] Washington. (Knox College). WorldCat record id: 7531011
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph notes from an unidentified book on agriculture : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660057
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Thomas [Robert Treat] Paine, 1795 Sept. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659949
President of the United States.
From the description of Copy of a letter : New York, to the Marquis de Lafayette, 1790 June 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659868
President of the United States.
From the description of Letter [in the autograph of Robert Hanson Harrison] signed : Head Quarters, Valley Forge, to Colonel Charles Lewis, 1778 Mar. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659896
President of the United States.
From the description of Letter [in the autograph of Richard Kidder Meade] signed : [Valley Forge], to [Brigadiers and Officers commanding Brigades], 1778 Mar. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659765
Washington, first President of the United States (1789-1797).
From the description of [Letter and autograph] / G. Washington. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 289545926
Commander of the Continental Army and first president of the United States, 1789-1797.
From the description of Papers, 1775-1939. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41546368
United States president. In 1789 George Washington offered Thomas Pinckney a federal judgeship, which he declined. In 1791 Washington nominated Pinckney as Minister to Great Britain; the nomination was confirmed in 1792.
From the description of Letters to Thomas Pinckney, 1789-1792. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32140209
President of the United States.
From the description of Printed document filled out and with the signature of Washington : Head Quarters, 1783 June 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660084
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mount Vernon, to Captain Richard Conway, 1789 Mar. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659777
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mount Vernon, to James Madison, 1792 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659917
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newburgh, to Marinus Willett, 1782 Dec. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660039
President of the United States.
From the description of Letter signed : Philadelphia, to M. de Barth, 1793 Apr. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659759
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newburgh, to Daniel Parker, 1783 Apr. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659955
President in the United States.
From the description of Letter signed : Mount Vernon, to General Greene, 1781 Nov. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659830
President of the United States.
From the description of Letter signed : Philadelphia, to Abraham Skinner, 1781 Dec. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660002
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letters and documents signed, 1755-1796. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659749
President U.S.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mount Vernon, to John Paul Jones, 1785 Nov. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659843
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to John W. Bronaugh, 1796 Aug. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659770
President of the United States.
From the description of Ticket for the Mountain Road Lottery signed and clipped signature, [1768]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660086
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Thomas Jefferson, 1793 June 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659840
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to George Washington Lafayette (therein Boston), 1795 Nov. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659874
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mount Vernon, to Col. Bassett, 1763 July 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659762
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mount Vernon, to George Washington Lafayette, 1798 Dec. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659860
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fredericksburg, to Governor Dinwiddie, 1755 Oct. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659794
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mount Vernon, to George Deneale, Clerk of Fairfax County Court, 1799 Feb. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659788
President U.S.
From the description of Letter signed : "Head Quarters near York", to [General Greene], 1781 Oct. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659826
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mount Vernon, to The Secretary of State [Timothy Pickering], 1796 June 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659962
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : German Town, to Elizabeth Parke Custis, 1794 Sept. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659781
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Thomas Law, 1796 Feb. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659883
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Camp at Cambridge," to Richard Henry Lee, 1775 Aug. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659893
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed, press copy : [n.p., 1784?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659752
President of the United States.
From the description of Letter signed : New Windsor, to Brigadier General Knox, 1779 July 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659848
President of the United States.
From the description of Document (copy), 1797 Mar. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660083
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Tobias Lear, 1796 Mar. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659887
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph receipts in Washington's hand (2) signed by C. Campbell on bills in the latter's autograph: [Williamsburg], 1770 June 23 and 1771 May 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660067
President of the United States.
From the description of Plan of a line of march and order of battle submitted to General Forbes, with diagrams of a first and a second plan : autograph manuscript signed : [Raystown, Pa], 1758 Oct. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660062
President of the United States.
From the description of Letter [in the autograph of Benjamin Walker?] signed : Head Quarters [Newburgh], to Marinus Willett, 1783 Mar. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660051
President of the United States.
From the description of Letter [in the autograph of Benjamin Walker] signed : Head Quarters [Newbugh], to Marinus Willett, 1783 Feb. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660048
President of the United States.
From the description of Letter signed : Head Quarters [Valley Forge], to Major General, Lord Stirling, 1777 Dec. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660014
President U.S.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, "To His Majesty, the King of Prussia (Frederick William II)", 1794 Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659802
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Elizabeth Parke Custis, 1796 Feb. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659785
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mount Vernon, to Sir Edward Newenham, 1786 Mar. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659936
President of the United States.
From the description of Instructions for an attack on Oswego : five autographletters signed : to Col. Marinus Willett, 1782-1783. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660034
President of the United States.
From the description of Letter [in the autograph of Tench Tilghman] signed : Head Quarters [Morristown], to Brigadier General Henry Knox, 1780 Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659852
President of the United States.
From the description of Letter [in the autograph of Tench Tilghman] : Fishkill, to Lord Stirling, 1778 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660017
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mount Vernon, to Sir Edward Newenham, 1788 Aug. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659943
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newburgh, to Marinus Willett, 1783 Feb. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660045
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mount Vernon, to Col. David Humphreys, 1787 Jan. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659837
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Mount Vernon, to Jacob Read, 1784 Aug. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659995
President of the United States.
From the description of Letter [in the autograph of Tench Tilghman] signed : Head Quarters Valley Forge, to [Brigadier General William Smallwood], 1777 Dec. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660008
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letters signed (4) : Valley Forge and [White Plains], to Henry Laurens, President of the Continental Congress, 1778 Jan. 31, Apr. 30, May 29, and Aug. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659878
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed (marked "duplicate") : to Thomas Pinckney, ambassador "at the Court of London", 1796 May 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659807
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Anthony Whiting, the manager of his estates, 1792 Nov. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660028
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Mrs. Samuel Powel, 1798 Dec. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659972
President of the United States.
From the description of First draft of his first inaugural address, 1789. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660054
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newburgh, to Marinus Willett, 1783 Jan. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660042
President of the United States.
From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials (full signature cut out) : Mount Vernon, to the Marquis de Lafayette, 1798 Dec. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659857
Father of U.S.A. and etc.
From the description of Letters, 1784-1785. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536855
U.S. president.
From the description of George Washington financial papers, 1787-1790. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 166428701
Washington intended to submit a message, or address to Congress of great length (ca. 50 pages), which went into the political situation of the United States in detail. For reasons unknown, this autograph document was suppressed and the comparatively short address substituted in its place, Cf. Fitzpatrick.
From the description of Message to the first Congress of the United States : manuscript, [1789]. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 54745244
First president of the United States.
From the description of Account books, 1757-1773. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 10963029
U.S. president.
From the description of Letter, [ca. 1785 Nov. 23]. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70961001
Commander in chief of the Continental Army; U.S. president.
From the description of Letter, 1778 Apr. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974801
Dr. Robert Wellford (1753-1823) emigrated to America from England in 1776 with the First Royal Grenadiers as a physician to the British army during the American Revolution. After the battles of Brandywine and Germantown when George Washington found out the wounded American prisoners were being badly treated, he complained to General Howe who put Dr. Wellford in charge. Wellford befriended Col. John Spotswood, a prisoner and George Washington, and alienated British surgeons. Wellford resigned from the British Army and, with letters of introduction from Washington, accompanied Spotswood to Fredericksburg. He married Catherine Yates Thornton in 1781; two of their sons and five grandsons became physicians. Prospering in Fredericksburg, Wellford also was appointed by Washington as Surgeon General during the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion.
William Fitzhugh (1741-1809) of Chatham, near Fredericksburg, was an agriculturist, horse breeder, and delegate to the Continental Congress in 1779.
From the description of Letters: 1778-1799. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122611619
President of the United States.
From the description of Letter, 1790 Feb. 20. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49377443
U.S. president.
From the description of George Washington account book, 1775-1783. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70978078
Commander and chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, 1775-1783, and first president of the United States, 1789-1797.
From the description of Letter, 18 October 1782. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122611525
U.S. president.
From the description of Letter, 1776 July 7. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 79371910
President of the United States.
From the description of Letters, 1774, 1777. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122652561
First President of the United States.
From the description of George and Martha Washington papers, 1750-1802. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58782001
A letter, dated December 10, 1799 from George Washington to James Anderson. This letter was written shortly before Washington's death on December 14, 1799.
From the description of George Washington letter, 1799. (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 21056119
Signed by Washington as Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States.
From the description of Revolutionary War discharge document, signed by George Washington, 1782 Nov. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864237