The first president realized that working with Congress – not alone or against it – was the best way to actually create an ...

The latter activity was a special concern to George Washington, because his slaves sometimes mended their clothes with fabric intended for other purposes. For instance, in 1792, farm manager ...

George Washington had title to thousands of acres ... His heart was on his farm and after retiring from politics he was looking forward to the next phase of his life on his farm.

Investors included Samuel Meredith, the young nation's first treasurer under the Constitution who was appointed by President George Washington. (Michael Hillegas was appointed treasurer before ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house at ... Washington had been renting a family farm in Northern Virginia from the widow of his older half-brother Lawrence, who died in ...

George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...