Letter urging union reform and a stronger national constitution
Washington writes to Colonel Samilton urging liberal, permanent principles for a united states. He argues the current confederation prolongs the war, inflates costs, and weakens Congress, urging a new constitution with broader powers to solidify the Union. He notes the need to learn political tact and to avoid local politics undermining a continental plan.
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Washington Asked to Attend Congress at Princeton for Peace Talks
When Washington returned to Newburg at the close of the revolution he received a letter from the president of Congress requesting his attendance at the assembly then in session at Princeton. Congress unanimously agreed to erect an equestrian statue of Washington at the site of Congress, to be carved by Europe’s best artist under the U.S. minister at Versailles.
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Newburg
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Grand Council
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Washington at Valley Forge a tale of duty and pay
The piece portrays George Washington during frontier warfare facing pay cuts and discontent among officers. It notes his firm stand for equal pay, his efforts to calm officers, and his belief that service should honor king and country, not seek personal gain.
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Col Washington
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Ohio
New Washington Chosen Commander-in-Chief
The passage notes Washington being chosen by Congress as commander in chief during the American Revolution. It covers John Adams’ push for a Continental army and his suggested Virginia candidate, Washington’s withdrawal, and the Maryland delegate Thomas Johnson’s ballot nomination leading to unanimous election and Washington’s official acceptance.
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Washington Replies to Army Plan for Mixed Government Title
A colonel urges a stronger government to stabilize postwar peace and pay. Washington responds May 22 1782 condemning secret royalist ideas and urging army leaders to abandon talk of monarchy. The exchange underscores fears of tyranny and the commander’s resolve to defend republican principles.
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Adda
Republis
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Newbury
Washington Dies at Mount Vernon After Illness and Pain
The text recalls George Washington’s final days in December 1799 at Mount Vernon. It notes his frail health yet remarkable endurance, his horse ride to his farms, the sudden fever, bleeding, and doctors unable to aid him. He died between ten and eleven that night, content and composed, with tributes from Congress and plans for a marble monument and national memorial.
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Craik
Mount Vernon
Rare Oliver Goldsmith Life of Shakespeare in Washington archive
A rare early edition of Oliver Goldsmiths Life of Shakespeare once owned by a secretary to Washington is described as valuable not only for rarity but for its provenance. The book reportedly bears George Washingtons bookplate and signatures on the title page, linking it to the first president and his family circle from over a century ago.
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Oliver Goldsmiths
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