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This book, owned by George Washington, is a part of William Curtis' series of thirteen volumes of The Botanical Magazine. Two volumes of the set are bound together and carry George Washington's signature on the first title page. For each plant, this series includes a few pages describing its characteristics…
Throughout the Revolution, George Washington obtained a variety of trunks in which to store and transport his belongings. This trunk may be one of "4 Black Leather Campaign Trunks with Leather Straps" mentioned in a June 1781 inventory of articles left in the charge of Richard Varick, Washington's recording…
In a note written on July 4, 1830, Eliza Parke Custis Law, Martha Washington's granddaughter, identified this trunk as the one Mrs. Washington used when travelling to visit her husband each winter throughout the Revolutionary War. The printed label of trunkmaker John Sunnocks, working in Philadelphia…
Lacking formal training as a draftsman or architect, George Washington developed his skills through practice and by consulting printed manuals. Though few of his rendered drawings survive, those that do show his exacting concern for detail. This set of pocket drawing instruments may have been used by…
In the late eighteenth-century, silk-lined, red leather cases such as this one were commonly used to display and preserve fine jewelry. This case was specifically crafted to contain a fashionable pair of high-arched shoe buckles. The buckles are believed to have been worn to a ball celebrating George…
As the Revolutionary War drew to a close, George Washington consulted booksellers' catalogues and made lists of titles he wished to purchase. On June 20, 1783, while camped at Newburgh, George Washington wrote to Lieutenant Colonel William Stephens Smith requesting the purchase of this two-volume revised…
François-Jean de Beauvoir, Marquis de Chastellux, served with Rochambeau's army during the Revolutionary War and traveled extensively in America before returning to France in 1783. Fluent in English, Chastellux met and became lifelong friends with George Washington. When Chastellux published reminiscences…
François-Jean de Beauvoir, Marquis de Chastellux, served with Rochambeau's army during the Revolutionary War and traveled extensively in America before returning to France in 1783. Fluent in English, Chastellux met and became lifelong friends with George Washington. When Chastellux published reminiscences…
Mathew Carey printed the first American edition of the popular geography text, commonly known as Guthrie's Geography, as a two-volume set accompanied by an atlas. Carey made changes in his American edition and George Washington allowed Carey the use of his personal map collection to aid him in drawing…
Mathew Carey printed the first American edition of the popular geography text, commonly known as Guthrie's Geography, as a two-volume set accompanied by an atlas. Carey made changes in his American edition and George Washington allowed Carey the use of his personal map collection to aid him in drawing…
Throughout his life, George Washington acquired an extensive collection of books on the subjects of military history and politics. This six-volume set, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by the English historian Edward Gibbon, was listed in the inventory of Washington's library…
Throughout his life, George Washington acquired an extensive collection of books on the subjects of military history and politics. This six-volume set, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by the English historian Edward Gibbon, was listed in the inventory of Washington's library…
Throughout his life, George Washington acquired an extensive collection of books on the subjects of military history and politics. This six-volume set, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by the English historian Edward Gibbon, was listed in the inventory of Washington's library…
Throughout his life, George Washington acquired an extensive collection of books on the subjects of military history and politics. This six-volume set, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by the English historian Edward Gibbon, was listed in the inventory of Washington's library…
George Washington engaged in an exchange of ideas with the Scottish agriculturalist and economist James Anderson. Washington received a gratis subscription to Anderson's publication, The Bee, and this is one of eighteen volumes of the publication that were in the inventory of Washington's library. …
Throughout his life, George Washington acquired an extensive collection of books on the subjects of military history and politics. This six-volume set, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by the English historian Edward Gibbon, was listed in the inventory of Washington's library…
George Washington owned a complete set of 18 volumes of the journal The Bee. The publication includes articles on agriculture, history, politics, and commerce, as well as poetry and excerpts from contemporary literature. This particular volume, however, carries a tradition of ownership by Martha Washington…
Throughout his life, George Washington acquired an extensive collection of books on the subjects of military history and politics. This six-volume set, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by the English historian Edward Gibbon, was listed in the inventory of Washington's library…
