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SECRETS IN-DEPTH: A Presidential Primer
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SECRETS IN-DEPTH: A Gift from Spain
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SECRETS IN-DEPTH: A Syllabus for War
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Who tried to sell George Washington a cannon?
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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: "Murder heaped upon Murder"
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SECRETS IN-DEPTH: Touring Revolutionary America
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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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Who stole this book from George Washington?
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What is the oldest book in George Washington’s Collection?

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In the first video of The Secrets of Washington's Archives, historians explore the oldest book owned by George Washington at the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon. Washington borrowed this book on surveying at age thirteen from his family friends, the Fairfaxes. It was a fundamental part of Washington's early education, and the book contains numerous math problems written on its pages.

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Secrets of Washington's Archives
20 / 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
7
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
5:46