An account of his first official mission, made as emissary from the Governor of Virginia to the commandant of the French forces on the Ohio, October, 1753-Janua

"George Washington Remembers makes this very personal and little-known document available for the first time and offers a glimpse of Washington in a self-reflec

Washington was rarely isolated from the world during his eventful life. His diary for 1751-52 relates a voyage to Barbados when he was nineteen. The next two ac

When it comes to the Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton are generally considered the great minds of early America. Ge

This journal of George Washington was begun when he was one month over 16 years of age. It is his own daily record of observations during his first remunerated