Title: George Washington papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799
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.
Subjects: Archives, Presidents, Sources, History, Politics and government, Libraries, Special collections, National libraries, Manuscripts, United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
Places: United States, Virginia, Washington (D.C.)
People: George Washington (1732-1799)
Time periods: Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Revolution, 1775-1783, 1775-1783, 1783-1809