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George Washington to Henry Knox, February 3, 1787. (Gilder Lehrman Collectio

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George Washington discusses Shays’ Rebellion and the upcoming Constitutional Convention, 1787

On January 25, 1787, Daniel Shays and his insurrectionists confronted a Massachusetts...

George Washington to John Francis Mercer, September 9, 1786. (Gilder Lehrman

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George Washington on the abolition of slavery, 1786

Of the nine presidents who were slaveholders, only George Washington freed all his own...

George Washington to Jonathan Trumbull Jr., July 21, 1799. (Gilder Lehrman Colle

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Washington on a proposed third term and political parties, 1799

By 1798, George Washington had led America to victory in the Revolution, helped...

Franklin D. Roosevelt, [Press release of speech delivered on Memorial Day at Get

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George Washington would have supported the New Deal, 1934

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Letterbook related to the Newburgh Conspiracy, March 1783 (Gilder Lehrman Collec

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George Washington and the Newburgh Conspiracy, 1783

In March of 1783, George Washington faced a serious threat to his authority and to the...

Timothy Pickering Jr. to Timothy Pickering Sr., February 23, 1778. (GLC)

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A patriot’s letter to his loyalist father, 1778

In February 1778, Timothy Pickering Jr. received word from Massachusetts that his...

George Washington to the New Hampshire legislature, December 29, 1777. (GLC)

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George Washington from Valley Forge on the urgent need for men and supplies, 1777

George Washington’s words in this letter represent a stirring plea for...

US Constitution printed in Albany, New York, 1788. (GLC07866)

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Ratification of the US Constitution in New York, 1788

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Hamilton’s Report . . . on the Subject of Manufactures, Dec. 5, 1791. (GLC00891)

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Hamilton’s Report on the Subject of Manufactures, 1791

When George Washington...

Benjamin Duvivier, George Washington before Boston, medal, ca. 1790 (GLC03221)

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The British evacuation of Boston, 1776

On March 25, 1776, only eight days after...