George Washington papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799
By: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Contributors: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program; Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Subjects: Archives; Presidents; Sources; History; Politics and government; Libraries; Special collections; National libraries; Manuscripts; United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
Description: Correspondence, letterbooks, commonplace books, diaries, journals, financial account books, military records, reports, and notes from the approximately 65,000 items in the collection accumulated by Washington from 1741 through 1799. First release consists of 41 letterbooks (about 8,000 pages). Can be searched by keyword or browsed by series. Includes a time line, essays about the George Washington papers, and a selected bibliography.
Notes: Title from home page screen as viewed July 2, 1998.

Transcriptions that accompany some of the digital images are taken from: The Writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799 / edited by John C. Fitzpatrick. New York: Greenwood Press, 1970.

Includes bibliographical references.

Text (JFIF (JPEG File Interchange Format) images of manuscript documents).

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Internet access, WWW browser software.