This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Washington’s life and family from early years to retirement
A portrait of George Washington detailing his surveying beginnings under Lord Fairfax, marriage to Martha Curtis on January 6 1759 at Mount Vernon adoption of her children and care of estate. It notes his strict bookkeeping slave practices and will freeing slaves, his two term presidency, death in 1799 and posthumous bells on the Potomac tomb.
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George Washington
Martha Curtis
Nellie
Washington
Mount Vernon
Washingtons
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Martha Washington
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