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SECRETS IN-DEPTH: An American Way of Farming
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How did George Washington manage his farms?
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SECRETS IN DEPTH: Faith and Freedom
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What did Martha Washington do every day?
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SECRETS-IN DEPTH: Learning to Be George Washington
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SECRETS IN-DEPTH: The Case of the Missing Magazine
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SECRETS IN-DEPTH: An American Way of Farming

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Farming was Washington’s greatest passion, and he devoted himself to the study of new and emerging agricultural practices. Many have described Washington's interest in agriculture as highly scientific in nature. In this episode, we talk with Associate Curator Jessie MacLeod about agriculture and enslaved farmers at Mount Vernon by exploring a rare annotated book given to George Washington by his close friend John Beale Bordley.

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Secrets of Washington's Archives
7 / 20
2
26:32
SECRETS IN-DEPTH: A Presidential Primer
Secrets of Washington's Archives
3
29:39
SECRETS IN-DEPTH: A Gift from Spain
Secrets of Washington's Archives
4
6:33
5
32:34
SECRETS IN-DEPTH: A Syllabus for War
Secrets of Washington's Archives
6
5:47
Who tried to sell George Washington a cannon?
Secrets of Washington's Archives
35:04
SECRETS IN-DEPTH: An American Way of Farming
Secrets of Washington's Archives
8
6:09
How did George Washington manage his farms?
Secrets of Washington's Archives
9
5:13
10
26:38
SECRETS IN-DEPTH: "Murder heaped upon Murder"
Secrets of Washington's Archives
11
33:37
SECRETS IN-DEPTH: Touring Revolutionary America
Secrets of Washington's Archives
12
5:08
13
5:27
14
30:44
15
26:49
SECRETS IN DEPTH: Faith and Freedom
Secrets of Washington's Archives
16
5:20
What did Martha Washington do every day?
Secrets of Washington's Archives
17
28:53
SECRETS-IN DEPTH: Learning to Be George Washington
Secrets of Washington's Archives
18
29:41
SECRETS IN-DEPTH: The Case of the Missing Magazine
Secrets of Washington's Archives
19
5:38
Who stole this book from George Washington?
Secrets of Washington's Archives
20
5:46