George Washington

George Washington's Farewell Address

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Gathers letters, journal excerpts, orders, and addresses from each part of Washington's life and political career

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As a young man, George Washington admired and copied into a little notebook 110 rules for civil behavior that originated from a Jesuit textbook. Washington took these rules very much to heart, and that handwritten list remained with him throughout his life, serving as inspiring guidance from his military days at Valley Forge and Yorktown to his two terms as president. Richard Brookhiser makes clear the pertinence of these rules for modern readers and proposes that now more than ever we will be wise to follow the modest example of such a great man. Witty and insightful, Brookhiser's commentary offers real-world instruction in the lost art of self-discipline, and his new preface provides a compelling and timely context in which to employ these guidelines today.

The 110 Precepts that Guided Our First President in War and Peace

Rules of Civility

Copied out by hand as a young man aspiring to the status of Gentleman, the 110 precepts which make up this work were based on a set of rules composed by French Jesuits in 1595. The first English edition of these rules was available in Francis Hawkins' Youths Behavior, or Decency in Conversation Amongst Men, which appeared in 1640, and it is from this work that George Washington seems to have copied. However much he may have simplified them, these precepts had a strong influence on Washington, who aimed to always live by them. The rules focus on self-respect and respect for others through details of etiquette and offer pointers on such issues as how to dress, walk, eat in public, and address one's superiors.

George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour

Jared Sparks

The Writings of George Washington: pt. V. Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses

Embracing the Opening of the First Congress, and His Tours Through New England, Long Island, and the Southern States

The Diary of George Washington, from 1789 to 1791

The Papers of George Washington

1786-1788

Washington's Prayers

Michael J Sandel

Timothy Egan

Gary Soto

Joseph Bruchac

Pat Conroy

Anna Quindlen

William Sloane Coffin

Mario Cuomo

Ralph Fletcher

Alexandra Stoddard

Nawal Nasrallah

Molly Ivins

Alan Ehrenhalt

Jeremy Lee

Scott Pitoniak

Madge McKeithen

Lori Marie Carlson-Hijuelos

Jacinto Jesús Cardona

Shadi Feddin

Valerie Gribben

Alexandre Hollan

Geeta Kothari

Yuyi Li

Emily Lisker

Kamaal Majeed

Raquel Sentíes

David E. Skaggs

KellyNoel Waldorf

Ying Ying Yu

A chorus of essays from a variety of voices, backgrounds, and experiences, exploring what it means to be human and true to yourself. What does it mean to be yourself? To be born here or somewhere else? To be from one family instead of another? What does it mean to be human? Collected by Lori Carlson-Hijuelos, A Path to the World showcases essays by a vast variety of luminaries—from Gary Soto to Nawal Nasrallah to Ying Ying Yu, from chefs to artists to teens to philosophers to politicians (keep your eyes peeled for a surprise appearance by George Washington)—all of which speak to the common thread of humanity, the desire to be your truest self, and to belong. Contributors include: Lori Marie Carlson-Hijuelos, Joseph Bruchac, Jacinto Jesús Cardona, William Sloane Coffin, Pat Conroy, Mario Cuomo, Timothy Egan, Alan Ehrenhalt, Shadi Feddin, Ralph Fletcher, Valerie Gribben, Alexandre Hollan, Molly Ivins, Geeta Kothari, Jeremy Lee, Yuyi Li, Emily Lisker, Kamaal Majeed, Madge McKeithen, Nawal Nasrallah, Scott Pitoniak, Anna Quindlen, Michael J. Sandel, Raquel Sentíes, David E. Skaggs, Gary Soto, Alexandra Stoddard, KellyNoel Waldorf, George Washington, and Ying Ying Yu.

Becoming You

A Path to the World

The Papers of George Washington, a grant-funded project, was established in 1968 at the University of Virginia, under the joint auspices of the University and the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, to publish a comprehensive edition of Washington's correspondence. Letters written to Washington as well as letters and documents written by him are being published in the complete edition that will consist of approximately ninety volumes. The work is now (2011) more than two-thirds complete. The edition is supported financially by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, the University of Virginia, and gifts from private foundations and individuals. Today there are copies of over 135,000 Washington documents in the project's document room. This is one of the richest collections of American historical manuscripts extant. There is almost no facet of research on life and enterprise in the late colonial and early national periods that will not be enhanced by material from these documents. The publication of Washington's papers will make this source material available not only to scholars but to all Americans interested in the founding of their nation. - Publisher.

The Papers of George Washington: 15 June-5 September 1789

The Papers of George Washington: June-September 1789

William Irvine

Consul Willshire Butterfield

The Official Letters which Passed Between Washington and Brig-Gen. William Irvine and Between Irvine and Others Concerning Military Affairs in the West from 1781 to 1783 ; Arranged and Annotated, with an Introduction Containing an Outline of Events Occurring Previously in the Trans-Alleghany Country

Washington-Irvine Correspondence

The Diaries of George Washington, 1748-1799: 1771-1785

Donald Jackson

Washington was rarely isolated from the world during his eventful life. His diary for 1751-52 relates a voyage to Barbados when he was nineteen. The next two accounts concern the early phases of the French and Indian War, in which Washington commanded a Virginia regiment. By the 1760s when Washington's diaries resume, he considered himself retired from public life, but George III was on the British throne and in the American colonies the process of unrest was beginning that would ultimately place Washington in command of a revolutionary army. Even as he traveled to Philadelphia in 1787 to chair the Constitutional Convention, however, and later as president, Washington's first love remained his plantation, Mount Vernon. In his diary, he religiously recorded the changing methods of farming he employed there and the pleasures of riding and hunting. 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 of his death.

January 1790-December 1799

The Diaries of George Washington

Volume 1 of this 1795 collection provides unique insights into the first eighteen months of the American Revolutionary War.

Written During the War Between the United Colonies and Great Britain

Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress

Written, During the War Between the United Colonies and Great Britain

The Writings of George Washington, Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts with the Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations

Washington Irving

Julius F. Sachse

Joseph Meredith Toner

Moncure D. Conway

This thoroughly edited collection gives a complete insight into the life and legacy of the first American President, George Washington. The work of George Washington presented in this book covers both his military carrier (Journals and Orders from the Revolutionary war) and his presidency (Inaugural Addresses, State of the Union Addresses, Messages to Congress and more). Finally, this collection sheds light to the private life of Washington through his personal correspondence. The edition includes the biography of George Washington and further insight in his writings, works and legacy. Contents: The Life of George Washington Journal of My Journey Over the Mountains The Journal of Major George Washington: Sent by the Hon. Robert Dinwiddie to the Commandant of the French Forces in Ohio George Washington's Rules of Civility George Washington in Revolutionary War George Washington's Remarks About the French and Indian War Inaugural Addresses State of the Union Addresses Messages to Congress Washington's Masonic Correspondence Letters of George Washington Farewell Address Last Will and Testament

Military Journals, Rules of Civility, Writings on French and Indian War, Presidential Work, Inaugural Addresses, Messages to Congress, Letters & Biography

The Complete Works of George Washington

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