In 1795, the Jay Treaty strengthened American economic ties ... nation on a promising course of peace and prosperity for future generations. Legacy George Washington established precedents for the ...

In 1794, George Washington suppressed the Whiskey Rebellion (when Pennsylvania farmers attacked federal officials after an excise tax was imposed in 1791, on whiskey) by invoking the power of the ...

Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century wallpaper for an ongoing restoration project.

Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought ... was installed in the Emerson Homestead between 1794 and 1795. The Mount Vernon team had the wallpaper reproduced using a sample ...