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How Elizabeth Powel’s eight-page letter convinced a reluctant president to run for a second term.
The secret plot to push Washington into a third term.
What do the presidential portraits of George Washington say about him, the artists who depicted him, and the country he helped build? A story in pictures.
How President Washington confronted crises and set the template for presidential leadership.
In 1793, a yellow fever epidemic hit the city hard, and sent George Washington and the federal government packing.
A glass plate negative from 1858 reveals a wealth of details, including a mysterious person in the window.
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