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1 JANUARY
Letter to John Augustine Washington
Battle of the Monongahela

2 JANUARY
Letter to Marquis de Lafayette
oppression and injustice

3 JANUARY
Letter to Congress
Battle of Princeton

4 JANUARY
Letter from Catharine Macauley Graham
Washington’s character

5 JANUARY
Letter to Catharine Macauley Graham
on government

6 JANUARY
Letter to Burwell Bassett
on marriage

7 JANUARY
Letter to Martha Washington
commander, Continental army

8 JANUARY
Letter to John Parke Custis
looking after his mother

9 JANUARY
Letter to Martha Washington
leaving Philadelphia for war

10 JANUARY
Letter from Martha Washington
glad that he arrived safely

11 JANUARY
Diary Entries
Bread and Butter Ball

12 JANUARY
Letter to Dr. James Craik
history of the Revolution

13 JANUARY
Letter to David Stuart
dispute between north & south

14 JANUARY
Letter to Marquis de la Luzerne
political change in Europe

15 JANUARY
Letter to Arthur Fenner
political parties

16 JANUARY
Letter to Annis Boudinot Stockton
Providence and the Constitution

17 JANUARY
Letter to Congress
assistance for Elizabeth Burgin

18 JANUARY
General Orders
execution pardons

19 JANUARY
Letter to Henry Lee
deserters and executions

20 JANUARY
Letter to Grievance Commissioners
mutiny New Jersey Line

21 JANUARY
Letter to Amelia Leigh Lloyd
selfish considerations

22 JANUARY
Letter to Edward Newenham
agricultural enjoyment

23 JANUARY
Diary Entries
leisure activities

24 JANUARY
Letter to James McHenry
typical day at Mount Vernon

25 JANUARY
To inhabitants, United States
Oath of Allegiance Proclamation

26 JANUARY
Letter to Walter Rutherfurd
Oath of Allegiance

27 JANUARY
Letter to Robert Cary & Co.
tobacco

28 JANUARY
Letter to Lund Washington
charity at Mount Vernon

29 JANUARY
Letter to Battaile Muse
charity for Sally Haynie

30 JANUARY
Letter to William Pearce
farm management

31 JANUARY
Letter to Phillis Wheatley
note of appreciation

1 FEBRUARY
Letter from Marquis de Lafayette
freeing the enslaved

2 FEBRUARY
Letter to Robert Morris
abolition of enslavement

3 FEBRUARY
Letter to Joseph Reed
ambitious generals

4 FEBRUARY
Letter from Marquis de Lafayette
Washington: indispensable to the cause

5 FEBRUARY
Letter to Horatio Gates
a reconciliation

6 FEBRUARY
Letter to Lord Stirling
private bickering

7 FEBRUARY
General Orders
naked bathing

8 FEBRUARY
Letter to William Woodford
leadership advice

9 FEBRUARY
General Orders
leadership flexibility

10 FEBRUARY
Letter to Joseph Reed
faults

11 FEBRUARY
General Orders
swearing

12 FEBRUARY
Letter to Henry Knox
delegation efficiency

13 FEBRUARY
Letter to Sarah Cary Fairfax
love and destiny

14 FEBRUARY
Letter to Sarah Cary Fairfax
honor and glorious memory

15 FEBRUARY
Letter to Sarah Cary Fairfax
Belvoir: happiest moments of life

16 FEBRUARY
Letter to George Chapman
education of youth

17 FEBRUARY
Letter to William Minor
Lawrence Posey education

18 FEBRUARY
Letter to Trustees, Alexandria Academy
endowment

19 FEBRUARY
Letter to James Muir
endowment updates

20 FEBRUARY
Address to Congress
national educational institution

21 FEBRUARY
Letter to Theodoric Bland
attitude and honesty

22 FEBRUARY
Letter to Lucretia Wilhelmina van Winter
Providence and the Revolution

23 FEBRUARY
Letter to Joseph Reed
arts and sciences

24 FEBRUARY
Letter to Francis Hopkinson
portrait painter’s chair

25 FEBRUARY
Letter to Nicholas Pike
arts and sciences

26 FEBRUARY
Letter to John Cochran
dinner during the Revolution

27 FEBRUARY
Letter to Marquis de Lafayette
playful banter

28 FEBRUARY
Letter to Marquis de Lafayette
abolition of enslavement

1 MARCH
Letter to Matthias Slough
end of political career

2 MARCH
Letter to Clergy of Philadelphia
religion and morality

3 MARCH
Letter to Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.
contentious elections

4 MARCH
Letter to Charles Mynn Thruston
Whiskey Rebellion

5 MARCH
Letter to Henry Lee
Whiskey Rebellion

6 MARCH
Letter to Henry Lee
Whiskey Rebellion

7 MARCH
Diary Entries
leisure activities

8 MARCH
Letter to Rev Jonathan Boucher
conduct of guardians

9 MARCH
Letter to Rev Jonathan Boucher
counseling young adults

10 MARCH
Letter to Rev Jonathan Boucher
importance of traveling

11 MARCH
Diary Entries
journey over the mountains

12 MARCH
Letter to Benedict Calvert
marriage

13 MARCH
Letter to Eleanor Parke Custis
love

14 MARCH
General Orders
camp illness

15 MARCH
Speech to Officers of the Army
Newburgh Address

16 MARCH
Speech to Officers of the Army
Newburgh Address

17 MARCH
Letter to John Augustine Washington
evacuation of Boston

18 MARCH
Letter to Robert Cary & Company
tobacco market issues

19 MARCH
Letter to Robert Stewart
monetary loan

20 MARCH
Letter to Robert Cary & Company
debts

21 MARCH
Diary Entry
Southern Tour & storm

22 MARCH
Letter to Francis Dandridge
Stamp Act

23 MARCH
Letter to Robert Cary &Company
Stamp Act repeal

24 MARCH
Letter to George Mason
boycott British goods

25 MARCH
Letter to Elizabeth Parke Custis Law
death of Frances Bassett Lear

26 MARCH
Letter to Tobias Lear
death of Frances Bassett Lear

27 MARCH
Letter from Henry Knox
death

28 MARCH
Diary Entries
Southern Tour

29 MARCH
Letter to Henry Lee
purchase of enslaved man

30 MARCH
Letter to John Lawson
purchase of enslaved man

31 MARCH
Letter to Bryan Fairfax
unjust British taxation

1 APRIL
Letter to Tobias Lear
enslavement in Philadelphia

2 APRIL
Letter to Congress
burning of Falmouth

3 APRIL
General Orders
soldiers plundering

4 APRIL
Letter to Gen. William Howe
destruction of property

5 APRIL
Letter to David Humphreys
war & peace

6 APRIL
Letter to Joseph Reed
betrayal

7 APRIL
Letter to Joseph Reed
Queries & Charles Lee

8 APRIL
Letter to William Goddard
recrimination

9 APRIL
Letter to Annis Stockton
poetry

10 APRIL
Letter to Alexander Spotswood
agriculture

11 APRIL
Letter to William Pearce
farm management

12 APRIL
Letter to Benedict Calvert
farm management

13 APRIL
Letter to William Pearce
farm management

14 APRIL
Letter to John Ehler
farm management

15 APRIL
General Orders
religious services

16 APRIL
Letter to Lund Washington
dispensations of Providence

17 APRIL
Letter to Earl of Buchan
war & human civilization

18 APRIL
General Orders
cessation of hostilities

19 APRIL
Letter to George William Fairfax
Battle of Lexington and Concord

20 APRIL
Letter to Lund Washington
British visit Mount Vernon

21 APRIL
John Armstrong
retirement

22 APRIL
Letter to Marquis de Lafayette
term limits

23 APRIL
Letter to Alexander Hamilton
a reluctant president

24 APRIL
Letter to Benjamin Harrison
political discord

25 APRIL
Letter to Henry Knox
a reluctant president

26 APRIL
Letter from John Langdon
unanimous election

27 APRIL
Letter from Charles Thomson
acceptance of presidency

28 APRIL
Message to Ladies at Trenton
Triumphal Arch

29 APRIL
Speech to Edward Rutledge
presidential apprehensions

30 APRIL
Address to Congress
First Inaugural Address

1 MAY
Letter to Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
returning Ona Judge

2 MAY
Letter to Joseph Whipple
returning Ona Judge

3 MAY
Letter to Bushrod Washington
nominations policy

4 MAY
Letter to Hebrew Congregation
religious toleration

5 MAY
Letter to Alexander Hamilton
political differences

6 MAY
Letter to Gouverneur Morris
foreign relations

7 MAY
Address to Congress
national debt

8 MAY
Letter to Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.
third presidential term

9 MAY
Letter to James Germain
dishonest men

10 MAY
Letter to Sally Ball Haynie
advice on proper conduct

11 MAY
Letter to Edmund Randolph
brush with calamity

12 MAY
Letter to Henry Hill
gift from B. Franklin

13 MAY
Letter from Marquis de Lafayette
Washington’s health

14 MAY
Letter to John Augustine Washington
mother’s complaints

15 MAY
Letter to William Bailey
spoiling children

16 MAY
Letter to Lund Washington
financial issues

17 MAY
Letter to Anthony Whiting
frugality

18 MAY
Letter to Charles Carter
financial issues

19 MAY
Letter to Alexander Smith
paying debts

20 MAY
Letter to Samuel Washington
borrowing money

21 MAY
Letter to James Welch
collecting debts

22 MAY
Letter to Marchionesse de Lafayette
retirement

23 MAY
Letter to Henry Knox
Shays’ Rebellion

24 MAY
Letter to Henry Knox
reluctance to attend convention

25 MAY
Letter to Edmund Randolph
attends Constitutional Convention

26 MAY
Letter to Arthur Young
agriculture & war

27 MAY
Letter to Lund Washington
marriage advice

28 MAY
Letter to John Augustine Washington
Jumonville Glen Skirmish

29 MAY
Letter to John Posey
misappropriation of funds

30 MAY
Letter to Fielding Lewis
familial etiquette

31 MAY
Letter to Robert Lewis
unruly tenants

1 JUNE
Letter to Charles Pinckney
“importing” the enslaved

2 JUNE
Letter to Arthur Young
labor and early America

3 JUNE
Letter to Anthony Whiting
enslaved food allowance

4 JUNE
Letter to George Muse
drunkenness & stern warning

5 JUNE
Letter to Robert Lewis & Sons
drunk miller

6 JUNE
Diary Entries
retirement: first day

7 JUNE
Agreement with Philip Bater
gardener position

8 JUNE
Letter to Hugh Williamson
steam-powered boat

9 JUNE
Letter to Charles Armand-Tuffin
marriage

10 JUNE
Letter to John Greenwood
fales teeth

11 JUNE
Letter to William Fitzhugh
choosing a horse

12 JUNE
Letter to Landon Carter
preserving health

13 JUNE
Letter to Marquis de Lafayette
their friendship

14 JUNE
Letter to Patrick Henry
Washington’s reputation

15 JUNE
Letter to Patrick Henry
Conway Cabal

16 JUNE
Congressional Documents
accepts appointment as General

17 JUNE
Letter to Rev. William Gordon
Conway Cablal

18 JUNE
Letter to Burwell Bassett
death

19 JUNE
Letter to Burrell Bassett
Martha Parke Custis death

20 JUNE
Letter to Lund Washington
reward for service

21 JUNE
Letter to Charles Pinckney
fireworks: Constitution ratified

22 JUNE
Letter to Bushrod Washington
ratification of Constitution

23 JUNE
Letter to Marquis de Lafayette
Constitutional framework

24 JUNE
Letter to Nathaniel Gotham
Constitution ratified

25 JUNE
Letter to William Howe
law of retaliation

26 JUNE
Letter to Philip Schuyler
resigning officers

27 JUNE
General Orders
Siege of Boston

28 JUNE
Letter to John Augustine Washington
Battle of Monmouth

29 JUNE
General Orders
honor in war

30 JUNE
Letter to Marquis de Lafayette
love & friendship

1 JULY
Diary Entries
Declaration of Independence

2 JULY
Letter to Robert Mackenzie
prospects for war

3 JULY
Letter to Mass. Legislature
army field command

4 JULY
Letter to John Adams
Quasi-War

5 JULY
Letter to James McHenry
Quasi-War

6 JULY
General Orders
Siege of Boston

7 JULY
General Orders
humiliation, fasting & prayer

8 JULY
Letter to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.
appointments to army

9 JULY
Letter to Robert Jackson
Battle of the Monongahela

10 JULY
Letter to Thomas Gage
proper military respect

11 JULY
Letter to Joseph Reed
war supply shortages

12 JULY
Letter to Joseph Reed
Independence from Britain

13 JULY
Letter to Joseph Reed
independence from Britain

14 JULY
General Orders
Declaration of Indep. read to army

15 JULY
Letter to Congress
Declaration of Independence

16 JULY
Letter to Marquis de la Luzerne
establishing Washington, D.C.

17 JULY
Letter to Tobias Lear
lottery

18 JULY
Letter to Thomas Law
lots in Washington, D.C.

19 JULY
Letter to John Thomas
resigning officer

20 JULY
General Orders
Battle of Brandywine

21 JULY
General Orders
Valley Forge

22 JULY
Letter to John Banister
peace negotiations

23 JULY
Letter to Tobias Lear
enslavement

24 JULY
Letter to Bryan Fairfax
grievances with Britain

28 JULY
Letter to Pennsylvania Legislature
political union of states

29 JULY
Thanksgiving Proclamation
God

30 JULY
Letter to Citizens of Frederick County
Jay Treaty

31 JULY
Letter to Pierre Adet
French Revolution

1 AUGUST
Letter to Alexander Spotswood
enslavement

2 AUGUST
Letter to Benjamin Tallmadge
judging actions vs results

3 AUGUST
Letter to George Steptoe Washington
improper conduct

4 AUGUST
Letter to Samuel Hanson
corporal punishment

5 AUGUST
Letter to George Steptoe Washington
improper conduct

6 AUGUST
Letter to George Steptoe Washington
advice on living

7 AUGUST
General Orders
Badge of Military Merit

8 AUGUST
Certificate of Commendation
Badge of Military Merit

9 AUGUST
Letter to David Stuart
faults

10 AUGUST
Letter to Harriot Washington
advice on life

11 AUGUST
Letter to Anthony Whiting
attention to detail

12 AUGUST
Letter from Lawrence Lewis
proper respect

13 AUGUST
Letter to William Fitzhugh
future in the army

14 AUGUST
Letter to Warner Lewis
future in the army

15 AUGUST
Letter to Charles Lewis
reprimand

16 AUGUST
Letter to Robert Dinwiddie
French and Indian War

17 AUGUST
Letter to John Robinson
French and Indian War

18 AUGUST
Letter to Robert Dinwiddie
Virginia Regt. grievances

19 AUGUST
Letter to Robert Dinwiddie
faults

20 AUGUST
Letter to Robert Dinwiddie
faults

21 AUGUST
Letter to Robert Dinwiddie
French and Indian War

22 AUGUST
Letter to Marquis de Lafayette
commerce & peace

23 AUGUST
Letter to James Anderson
war & peace

24 AUGUST
Letter to Congress
command in Canada

25 AUGUST
Letter from Elizabeth Lewis
Death of Mary Washington

26 AUGUST
Letter to Elizabeth Lewis
death

27 AUGUST
General Orders
encouraging words

28 AUGUST
Letter to Congress
military respect

29 AUGUST
General Orders
union of soldiers

30 AUGUST
Letter to Congress
retreat from Long Island

31 AUGUST
Letter to Congress
Battle of Kips Bay

1 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Congress
soliders plundering

2 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Lund Washington
thoughts after defeat at New York

3 SEPTEMBER
Farewell Orders to Army
band of brothers

4 SEPTEMBER
Letter to John Sinclair
abolition of enslavement

5 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Thomas Johnson
First Congress Meeting

6 SEPTEMBER
General Orders
arrival of French Fleet

7 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Thomas Jefferson
submarine Turtle

8 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Joseph Jones
congressional powers

9 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Alexander Hamilton
Articles of Confederation reform

10 SEPTEMBER
Letter to John Jay
Articles of Confederation reform

11 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Henry Lee
Shays’ Rebellion

12 SEPTEMBER
Letter to David Stuart
Shays’ Rebellion

13 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Jabez Bowen
Articles of Confederation reform

14 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Thomas Jefferson
Constitutional Convention presidency

15 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Alexander Hamilton
Constitutional Convention despair

16 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Henry Knox
Constitutional Convention

17 SEPTEMBER
Diary Entries
Constitution signed

18 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Marquis de Lafayette
Constitution ratification

19 SEPTEMBER
Farewell Address
political parties

20 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Joseph Reed
governing advice

21 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Marquis de Lafayette
Constitution ratification

22 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Benedict Arnold
non-promotion

23 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Congress
in support of Benedict Arnold

24 SEPTEMBER
Letter to William Heath
Benedict Arnold flees

25 SEPTEMBER
Letter to John Laurens
Benedict Arnolds betrayal

26 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Anthony Whiting
dishonesty

27 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Edward Newenham
precedents

28 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Robert Hanson Harrison
justice and government

29 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Comte de Grasse
conclusion of war

30 SEPTEMBER
Letter to Comte de Rochambeau
Comte de Grasse’s death

1 OCTOBER
Letter to Lawrence Lewis
enslavement

2 OCTOBER
Letter to Benjamin Franklin
visit to Europe

3 OCTOBER
Letter to Bushrod Washington
life advice

4 OCTOBER
Letter to Benjamin Franklin
congratulations on safe return

5 OCTOBER
Diary Entries
Journey to the Ohio

6 OCTOBER
Letter to Archibald Johnston
hunting

7 OCTOBER
Letter to Richard Chichester
hunting

8 OCTOBER
Letter to the Chichesters
hunting

9 OCTOBER
Letter to Elizabeth Parke Custis
love & marriage

10 OCTOBER
Letter to Elizabeth Parke Custis
love & marriage

11 OCTOBER
Letter to Elizabeth Parke Custis
marriage to Mr. Law

12 OCTOBER
Letter to Marquis de Chastellux
gift of wine

13 OCTOBER
Letter to Marquis de Chastellux
friendship

14 OCTOBER
Letter to Marquis de Chastellux
marriage

15 OCTOBER
Letter to John Hancock
New England Tour

16 OCTOBER
Letter to Clement Biddle
pomp and circumstance

17 OCTOBER
Letter to John Armstrong
the past

18 OCTOBER
Letter to Marquis de La Luzerne
Battle of the Capes

19 OCTOBER
Letter to Charles Cornwallis
victory at Yorktown

20 OCTOBER
Letter to Thomas McKean
victory at Yorktown

21 OCTOBER
Letter to House of Representatives
victory at Yorktown

22 OCTOBER
Letter to Benjamin Lincoln
victory at Yorktown award

23 OCTOBER
Letter to Lewis Nicola
crowning Washington king

24 OCTOBER
Letter to John Ellis
praising Washington

25 OCTOBER
General Orders
peace with Britain

26 OCTOBER
Letter to Tench Tilghman
relief after peace with Britain

27 OCTOBER
Letter to Alexander Hamilton
Federalist Papers

28 OCTOBER
Letter to Comte de Rochambeau
reflecting on the war

29 OCTOBER
Letter to Marquis de Lafayette
French Revolution

30 OCTOBER
Letter to Benjamin Harrison
bleak war prospects

31 OCTOBER
Diary Entries
The Wilderness

1 NOVEMBER
Diary Entries
The Wilderness

2 NOVEMBER
Letter to David Humphreys
need of a clerk

3 NOVEMBER
Letter to John Adams
John Quincy Adams

4 NOVEMBER
Letter to Benjamin Stoddert
application for appointment

5 NOVEMBER
Letter to Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.
death of John Parke Custis

6 NOVEMBER
Letter to George W. Parke Custis
schooling advice

7 NOVEMBER
Letter to George W. Parke Custis
life advice

8 NOVEMBER
Letter to George W. Parke Custis
schooling advice

9 NOVEMBER
Letter to George W. Parke Custis
study and recreation

10 NOVEMBER
Letter to Davide Stuart
George W. Parke Custis

11 NOVEMBER
Letter to John Sinclair
agriculture

12 NOVEMBER
Letter to James Anderson
farm management

13 NOVEMBER
Letter to Robert Lewis
enslavement

14 NOVEMBER
Letter from Thomas Jefferson
George Washington

15 NOVEMBER
Letter to John Sullivan
Conway Cabal

16 NOVEMBER
Letter to Thomas Jefferson
the Queries

17 NOVEMBER
Letter to Henry Lee
Conway Cabal

18 NOVEMBER
Letter to Timothy Pickering
political parties

19 NOVEMBER
Letter to Edmund Randolph
political parties

20 NOVEMBER
Letter to Jean Luzac
approbation

21 NOVEMBER
Letter to Alexander Hamilton
Georges Washington Lafayette

22 NOVEMBER
Letter from Marquis de Lafayette
release from prison

23 NOVEMBER
Letter from Felix Frestel
appreciation

24 NOVEMBER
Letter from Benjamin Franklin
final farewell

25 NOVEMBER
Letter to Volunteer Association
immigration

26 NOVEMBER
Letter to Mechanical Society
immigration

27 NOVEMBER
Letter from Marquis de Lafayette
visit to Mount Vernon

28 NOVEMBER
Letter to Marquis de Lafayette
final farewell

29 NOVEMBER
Letter from Martha Washington
humorous (about death)

30 NOVEMBER
Letter to Congress
bleak war prospects

1 DECEMBER
Letter to James Wilkinson
army supply problems

2 DECEMBER
Letter to Nathanael Greene
Morristown shelter problems

3 DECEMBER
Letter to Magistrates of NJ
Morristown supply problems

4 DECEMBER
Letter from Guy Carleton
British departure & farewell

5 DECEMBER
Letter to Henry Lee
second unanimous election

6 DECEMBER
Letter to Marquis de Lafayette
retirement

7 DECEMBER
Letter to David Humphreys
reluctant president

8 DECEMBER
Letter to Edmund Pendleton
retirement

9 DECEMBER
Letter to David Humphreys
gifts & public service

10 DECEMBER
Letter to Edward Newenham
retirement

11 DECEMBER
Letter to James Monroe
neutrality

12 DECEMBER
Letter to George Lewis
enslavement

13 DECEMBER
Letter to Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.
third presidential term

14 DECEMBER
Letter to Burges Ball
his own death

15 DECEMBER
Letter to George Augustine Washington
his brother’s illness

16 DECEMBER
Letter to Landon Carter
agriculture

17 DECEMBER
Letter to John Fitzgerald
neutrality

18 DECEMBER
Letter to George Whedon
army discipline

19 DECEMBER
Letter to William Livingston
Morristown supply problems

20 DECEMBER
Letter to George Clinton
Valley Forge supply problems

21 DECEMBER
Letter to Landon Carter
Providence & Valley Forge

22 DECEMBER
Letter to Baron von Steuben
appreciation of service & friendship

23 DECEMBER
Address to Congress
resigns army commission

24 DECEMBER
Letter to Congress
army compensation

25 DECEMBER
Letter to John Augustine Washington
failure of Revolution

26 DECEMBER
Letter to John Cadwalader
Battle of Trenton plans

27 DECEMBER
Letter to Congress
Battle of Trenton

28 DECEMBER
Last Will and Testament
freeing the enslaved

29 DECEMBER
Last Will and Testament
possessions

30 DECEMBER
Letter to George William Fairfax
Belvoir

31 DECEMBER
Letter to James Anderson
last known letter

WASHINGTON’S DEATH
An Account by Tobias Lear