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
