These research papers were composed by George Washington University students who participated in the “George Washington and His World” course.  This is a collaborative effort of the university and Mount Vernon, which is taught at the estate every semester. 

Fall 2008 

Open Home: Eighteenth Century Visitors at Mount Vernon by Sarah Amtower

The Fairfax Connection: George Washington and the Fairfax Family by Drew Archer 

George Washington: From Loyal British Subject to American Patriot by Aileen Mattson

George Washington and His Association with the Society of the Cincinnati, 1783-1799 by Constance Golding

The Iconic George Washington and his Sense of Style by Brien Siegel

Freemasonry and our Founder: The Extent of George Washington's Masonic Associations  by Lauren Quinn

George Washington: Agricultural Innovator by Alexi Painter

Martha Washington: The Indispensible Woman of the Revolutionary War by Molly Curtis