Rich in material from this private sphere, The Diaries of George Washington offer historians and anyone interested in Washington a closer view of the first president in this bicentennial year…

As the volume closes Washington begins to gather information for his new administration in correspondence with major officers of government on matters affecting their departments.

The ten-volume Colonial Series, covering the years 1748-1775, takes the young Washington through his command of the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War and then focuses on his…

This volume presents documents written during the final sessions of the First Congress. Congress passed legislation that established a national bank and federal excise, and increased the size of the…

Covers the final months of the siege of Boston. Washington’s correspondence and orders for this period reveal an uncompromising attitude toward reconciliation with Britain and a single-minded determination to engage…