In two letters to Joseph Reed, Washington expresses his view on the impact of Common Sense as well as the danger of disunion among the independence movement.

In a letter to the President of Congress, Washington recounts the evacuation of the British from Boston after he placed cannons on Dorchester Heights, ending the siege of Boston and culminating in a Continental victory.

In a letter to John Hancock, Washington expresses his desire for enlisted troops to remain during the Canadian Campaign.

With word of King George III’s Proclamation reaching the colonies, Washington responds with strengthened determination to fight.

As winter sets in, Washington urges the disenchanted to remember the cause of liberty and devotion to their country.

News of Benedict Arnold’s success in Canada reaches Washington while Congress authorizes the establishment of the Continental Marines.

Col. Arnold and Gen. Schuyler led Continental soldiers in Canada while Washington digs in at Boston for the winter.

As Washington waits out the British in the Siege of Boston, he authorizes more troops to join Col. Benedict Arnold’s invasion of Canada.

In his diary, Washington details his visits to and the work of his plantations.

Washington recounts the Siege of Yorktown and Lord Cornwallis’s subsequent surrender in October 1781.

In his diary, General Washington describes his Native American allies and the capturing of a spying French force.

Detailed is the life at Mount Vernon and General Washington’s desire to return to simplicity after the Revolutionary War.

An account of Porte Crayon’s visit to the Natural Bridge in Virginia.

This century-old pamphlet fundraised for the “enlarging opportunities of the future” while celebrating the patriotism and religion of university history.

Upon hearing of Washington’s intent to donate his James River Company stock to a Virginian university, William Graham writes on behalf of Liberty Hall Academy.