Resource Links

Resources on George Washington, Mount Vernon, and the Colonial Period:

George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress
65,000 documents in the George Washington Papers collection

The Papers of George Washington, University of Virginia
selection of letters written to Washington as well as letters and documents written by him

Martha Washington, A Life
narrative of Martha Washington’s life, with a historical materials associated with her story; a project of The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association and George Mason University

The Avalon Project: The Papers of George Washington
presidential papers (Inaugural Addresses, Messages to Congress, Proclamations, etc.); a project of Yale Law School

The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799
searchable, electronic version of The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799 (1931-44) edited by John C. Fitzpatrick

George Washington’s Library on LibraryThing
virtual catalog of George Washington’s personal library

Rediscovering George Washington
2002 PBS program that focuses on Washington’s unique set of character traits

Afro-American Sources in Virginia—A Guide to Manuscripts
updated, e-version of Michael Plunkett's Afro-American Sources in Virginia: A Guide to Manuscripts

American Slave Narratives—An Online Anthology
sampling of interviews conducted between  1936 to 1938 with  over 2,300 former; Works Progress Administration project

Virginia Runaways
runaway slave advertisements from 18th-century Virginia newspapers, compiled by Professor Thomas Costa, University of Virginia's College at Wise

The American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1780
over 2,000 items from the Geography ad Maps Division, Library of Congress

Probing the Past: Virginia and Maryland Probate Inventories, 1740-1810
searchable version of information contained in the transcriptions of all 325 probate inventories.