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…

Completes the documentary record of Washington’s first year as commander- in-chief of the Continental army. It opens with his final preparations to leave Cambridge following the successful siege of Boston…

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…

Documents Washington’s decisions and actions during the heart of the New York campaign, from late summer to early fall 1776, when his opponent, General William Howe, took the offensive and…