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• Witness to the Early American Experience. "The digital images of historical documents in this archive preserve the words of hundreds of eyewitnesses to the American Revolution in and around New York City. The letters, newspapers, broadsides, legal records, and maps presented here record events from the early years of the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam through the British occupation of the city during the Revolution. Here you can explore the history of New York through the words of those who lived it"…
• John Bull & Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations. A joint project of the Library of Congress and The British Library, the John Bull and Uncle Sam exhibition brings together for the first time treasures from the two greatest libraries in the English-speaking world in an exploration of selected time periods and cultural movements that provide unique insights into the relationship of the United States and Great Britain. The Library of Congress and the British Library are unique among world cultural institutions in their range (more than 250 million items in the combined collections) and depth.
• Center of the Storm Reliving New Jersey's role in the Revolutionary War. A special series in the New Jersey Star-Ledger composed of twenty-one parts detailing actions of the Revolutionary War in that state.
• U.S. Army's Center for Military History, Online Bookshelves - War of American Independence. A useful reference site featuring full-text versions of its publications, including:
• The Continental Army, by Robert K. Wright, Jr., Center of Military History, 1983.
• Supplying Washington's Army, by Erna Risch, 1981.
• The Battle of Camden, South Carolina, August 16, 1780, by Lieut. Col. H.L. Landers, 71st Congress, 1st Session, House Document no. 12, 1929.
• Historical Statements Concerning the Battle of Kings Mountain and the Battle of the Cowpens, South Carolina, 70th Congress, 1st Session, House Document No. 328, 1928.
• The Virginia Campaign and the Blockade and Siege of Yorktown, 1781. Including a Brief Narrative of the French Participation in the Revolution Prior to the Southern Campaign, by Colonel H.L. Landers, F.A. 71st Congress, 3D Session, Senate Document No. 273, 1931.
• Bibliographies of the War of American Independence. Divided into topical, state-by-state, and operations lists. Updated regularly.

Sites on the U.S. Congress

• A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774–1873. From the Law Library of Congress.
• Journals of the Continental Congress. The First Continental Congress met from September 5 to October 26, 1774. The Second Continental Congress ran from May 10, 1775 to March 2, 1789. The Journals of the Continental Congress are the records of the daily proceedings of the Congress as kept by the office of its secretary, Charles Thomson.
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, 1774–present. Searchable database with biographies, histories, and dates for all U.S. Congress members.

Biographical

• The Washington Family. A genealogical site.
• Happy Birthday George! Increase & Diffusion: A Smithsonian Web Magazine.
• George Washington: Music for the First President. By David & Ginger Hildebrand.
• George Washington Picture Gallery
• The Life of George Washington, by George Ramsay, 1807. On-line copy of the book produced by D.E. Vitale, archivist.
• Biography from Mount Vernon
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: George Washington
• The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. Index of volumes published between 1952 and 1998 featuring article titles, author, page number and volume. Hosted by The Papers of George Washington.

Founding Fathers & Other Noted Individuals

• The Papers of James Madison at the University of Virginia
• The Papers of Thomas Jefferson at Princeton University
• The Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society
• The Papers of Benjamin Franklin
• Founding Fathers: Uncommon Heroes. Read about our Founding Fathers—their lives, families, friends, and personalities—not just the dry facts.
• Tobias Lear. Lots of information pertaining to GW and his secretary Tobias Lear.

George Washington Slept Here

• George Washington Tours South Carolina 1791. A nicely organized page with a "clickable map" linked to details and entries from his diary during each day of Washington's travels through the area.
• Mount Vernon. Home of George and Martha Washington.
• The Moland House. Bucks County, Pennsylvania. George Washington was camped here, in August 1777 and the American flag first flew over American troops here.
• The National Park Service. George Washington Birthplace National Monument
• George Washington in Williamsburg
• George Washington's Childhood Home: Ferry Farm, Virginia. A national historic landmark.
• Archive of Washington's Writings on Berkeley Springs & Vicinity, 1748-1799
• George Washington Slept Here. A recording by Dean Friedman that celebrates GW and the United States. (once at the site, navigate to the "audio" section to listen to the song)

Historic Sites

• History is Fun: Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center. Only a few miles from where America's first permanent English colony was planted at Jamestown in 1607, colonial America came to an end with the Siege of Yorktown 174 years later, and a new nation began. Today at Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center, the struggles, adventures and hopes of those momentous early years are brought to life in vivid detail through engaging exhibits and dramatic living history, all within a 20-mile stretch of road.
• Gunston Hall: The Home of George Mason. The words of George Mason (1725-1792), written in the Virginia Declaration of Rights, have inspired generations of Americans and others around the world. He was among the first to call for such basic American liberties as freedom of the press, religious tolerance and the right to a trial by jury. While Mason was instrumental in the framing of the United States government, he shied away from public office. He preferred, instead, to manage his plantation estate, Gunston Hall. Today, you can visit this 550 acre National Historic Landmark in southern Fairfax County, Virginia. Experience life as it might have been over 200 years ago.
• "Formerly on ice, past unearthed: The icehouse found in Philadelphia gives a glimpse into colonial history." Icehouse used for the first presidential mansion in Philadelphia is discovered during excavation for a new Independence National Historical Park visitor center.
• Sulgrave Manor is the ancestral home in England of George Washington's family. The property is situated in the beautiful rural village community of Sulgrave, near to Banbury and about 30 miles from both Stratford-upon-Avon and Oxford. It was bought by Lawrence Washington, a wealthy wool merchant and Mayor of Northampton, when Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries. Lawrence's descendants lived for over 120 years (1539–1659) in the home that he built.

Washington and Politics

• The Internet Public Library: Presidents of the United States
• The Founders' Constitution. Sponsored by the University of Chicago and the Liberty Fund. "In this unique anthology, Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner draw on the writings of a wide array of people engaged in the problem of making popular government safe, steady, and accountable. The documents included range from the early seventeenth century to the 1830s, from the reflections of philosophers to popular pamphlets, from public debates in ratifying conventions to the private correspondence of the leading political actors of the day."

Washington and War

• Colonel Stephen Moylan's 4th Continental Regiment of Light Dragoons. Includes a comprehensive list of the officers and troops of the regiment and more.
• For a website that gathers many links covering the entire Revolutionary War, visit Michael Meals' www.revwar.com.
• The Council of American Revolutionary Sites (CARS)

Washington Papers

• The George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress
• The Writings of George Washington edited by John C. Fitzpatrick
• The Library of America. Washington: Writings, edited by John Rhodehamel.
• The Association for Documentary Editing

Martha Washington

• Information on Martha from the White House and the Colonial Williamsburg sites.

For Kids

• Special Link for Kids: Mudpie Meets George Washington by Guy Gilchrist (a five-part comic about George).
• Learn About George Washington in a special program sponsored by the Library of Congress.

Links, &c.

• George Washington: Father of our Country. Great informational site created by students and teachers at Pocantico Hills School in New York.
• The American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789. Hosted by the Library of Congress, the site features full-color maps from the Revolutionary era.
• George Washington's Fredericksburg Foundation, Inc. Caretakers of Ferry Farm, VA, and Historic Kenmore.
• The statue of George Washington at Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA.
• Save America’s Treasures is a public-private partnership of the White House Millennium Council and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
• Biographical Dictionary of Pennsylvania Legislators. Valuable on-going project in early Pennsylvania history.
• World History Compass. Fast loading history sites!
• Eighteenth-Century Resources. Link portal including information on literature, history, art, music, religion, economics, philosophy, and so on, from around the world, as well as the home pages of societies and people who work on eighteenth-century topics.
• Carl Closs a GW interpreter.
• USHistory.org. History site created and hosted by the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia that focuses on colonial-era Pennsylvania.