George Washington announced his permanent retreat from the world 220 years ago today. His “Farewell Address,” first drafted by Madison and later amended and expanded by Hamilton, was printed ...

In September of 1796, President George Washington published a remarkable document, his Farewell Address “to the People of the United States on his declining of the Presidency.” After two terms ...

Dear Sir: I give you the trouble of this letter at the instance of Mr. Dalby ... The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, by John C. Fitzpatrick, ed.

George Washington, who had been leading the battle for independence from Britain for almost two years. But on May 7, Washington wrote a letter to a worried subordinate, saying the raid had not ...

to do Justice, to love mercy,’ he instructed in his ‘Circular Letter to the States.’ ‘General George Washington Resigning His Commission,’ an 1824 portrait by John Trumbull in the U.S ...

President Joe Biden will deliver a farewell address from the Oval Office on Wednesday, just five days before leaving office. The White House said the address would begin at 8 p.m. ET. The ...