Papers of George Washington: Colonial Series 
Subtitle: Aug 1755-Apr 1756
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: March 1983
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9780813909233
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; U.S. History - Revolution And Confederation (1775-1789); Biography / Autobiography; USA; Historical - U.S.; United States - General; 1732-1799; Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Correspondence; History; Manuscripts, American; Military leadership; Presidents; Sources; United States; Virginia; Washington, George,
Description: The Papers of George Washington, a grant-funded project, was established in 1968 at the University of Virginia, under the joint auspices of the University and the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, to publish a comprehensive edition of Washington's correspondence. Letters written to Washington as well as letters and documents written by him are being published in the complete edition that will consist of approximately ninety volumes. The work is now (2011) more than two-thirds complete. The edition is supported financially by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, the University of Virginia, and gifts from private foundations and individuals. Today there are copies of over 135,000 Washington documents in the project's document room. This is one of the richest collections of American historical manuscripts extant. There is almost no facet of research on life and enterprise in the late colonial and early national periods that will not be enhanced by material from these documents. The publication of Washington's papers will make this source material available not only to scholars but to all Americans interested in the founding of their nation. - Publisher.