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"Honor to the illustrious dead" : a lecture in behalf of the Mount Vernon Association / delivered in the State Capitol, Nashville, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 1857 by Richard Owen, M.D. ..

Author:
Owen, Richard 1810-1890  Search this
Subject:
Washington, George 1732-1799  Search this
Physical description:
7 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1857
Topic:
Patriotism  Search this
Call number:
E312.63 .O97
E312.63.O97
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_156864

"I have not a wish to mix again in the great world" : George Washington retires from the presidency : a Washington manuscript from the Gilder Lehrman Collection / with an introduction by Carol Berkin

Title:
George Washington retires from the presidency
Author:
Washington, George 1732-1799  Search this
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History  Search this
Gilder Lehrman Collection (Pierpont Morgan Library)  Search this
Subject:
Washington, George 1732-1799  Search this
Knox, Henry 1750-1806  Search this
Physical description:
15 p. : port. ; 28 cm
Type:
Correspondence
Place:
United States
Date:
2008
Topic:
Presidents  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1011049

"The only unavoidable subject of regret" : George Washington, slavery, and the enslaved community at Mount Vernon / Mary V. Thompson

Author:
Thompson, Mary V. 1955-  Search this
Subject:
Washington, George 1732-1799 Relations with slaves  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 502 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Virginia
Mount Vernon (Estate)
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)
Date:
2019
18th century
Topic:
Slaves--History  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1108094

"To the immortal name and memory of George Washington" : the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the construction of the Washington Monument / by Louis Torres

Author:
Torres, Louis 1921-  Search this
United States Army Corps of Engineers Historical Division  Search this
Subject:
Washington, George 1732-1799 Monuments  Search this
United States Army Corps of Engineers  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 145 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1985
Topic:
Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)--History  Search this
Buildings, structures, etc  Search this
Call number:
F203.4.W3T67 1985X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_437049

... The early medals of Washington, compiled and published by Wayte Raymond, inc

Author:
Raymond, Wayte 1886-1956  Search this
Subject:
Washington, George 1732-1799 Medals  Search this
Physical description:
16 p. illus. 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1941
[c1941]
Call number:
N7628.W31 R2
N7628.W31R2
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_99372

A George Washington treasury : stories revealing the human being / George Washington Nordham

Author:
Nordham, George Washington  Search this
Subject:
Washington, George 1732-1799  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 117 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Anecdotes
Date:
1983
C1983
Call number:
E312.15 .N83
E312.15.N83
CT275.W31N8g 1983
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_195694

A Great and good man : George Washington in the eyes of his contemporaries / edited by John P. Kaminski and Jill Adair McCaughan ; sponsored by the Center for the Study of the American Constitution, the New York Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution [and] the Virginia Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution

Author:
Kaminski, John P  Search this
McCaughan, Jill Adair 1968-  Search this
University of Wisconsin--Madison Center for the Study of the American Constitution  Search this
New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution  Search this
Virginia Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution  Search this
Subject:
Washington, George 1732-1799  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 244 p. ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1989
Topic:
Presidents  Search this
Call number:
CT275.W31 K15 1989
CT275.W31K15 1989
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_387831

A Resolution concerning the statue of Washington, by Greenough

Author:
26th Congress, Sess. 1, 1840  Search this
Subject:
Greenough, Horatio 1805-1852  Search this
Washington, George 1732-1799  Search this
United States Dept. of the Navy  Search this
Physical description:
Number of pages: 1; Page Numbers: 409
Type:
Resolution
Date:
1856
05/27/1840
Topic:
Sculpture  Search this
Statues  Search this
Publisher:
Boston: Little, Brown and Co.
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_4055

A catalogue of the Washington collection in the Boston athenæum; compiled and annotated by Appleton P.C. Griffin ... With an appendix, The inventory of Washington's books drawn up by the appraisers of his estate; with notes in regard to the full titles of the several books and the later history and present ownership of those not in the Athenæum collection, by William Coolidge Lane ..

Author:
Boston Athenaeum  Search this
Griffin, Appleton P. C (Appleton Prentiss Clark) 1852-1926  Search this
Lane, William Coolidge 1859-1931  Search this
Poole, Franklin Osborne  Search this
Washington, George 1732-1799  Search this
Subject:
Washington, George 1732-1799 Bibliography  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 566 p. illus., front. (port.) facsims. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1897
Topic:
Rare books  Search this
Call number:
Z8950 .B74
Z8950.B74
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_71586

A charming field for an encounter : the story of George Washington's Fort Necessity / by Robert C. Alberts ; illustrated by Daniel Maffia

Author:
Alberts, Robert C  Search this
Subject:
Washington, George 1732-1799  Search this
Physical description:
63 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1975
Topic:
Fort Necessity, Battle of, Pa., 1754  Search this
Call number:
E199 .A33X
E199.A33X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_62246

A description of the medals of Washington; of national and miscellaneous medals; and of other objects of interest in the museum of the Mint. Illustrated by seventy-nine facsimile engravings. To which are added biographical notices of the directors of the Mint from 1792 to the year 1851. By James Ross Snowden

Author:
United States Mint  Search this
Snowden, James Ross 1809-1878  Search this
Subject:
Washington, George 1732-1799 Medals  Search this
Physical description:
x p., 1 l., 13-203 p. xxxi pl. (incl. front.) 2 facsim. 27 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
United States
Date:
1861
Topic:
Medals  Search this
Art objects  Search this
Call number:
CJ5802.P5X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_250187

A gift for President Washington / Thomas B. Allen

Title:
Gift for President Washington : George Washington's annotated copy of Acts passed at a First Congress of the United States of America 1789 : being the acts passed by the first session fo the First Congress of the United States, including the Constitution and the Bill of rights
Author:
Allen, Thomas B  Search this
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union  Search this
Subject:
Washington, George 1732-1799  Search this
Physical description:
48 p. : ill. (mostly col.), maps, ports, facsim., 31 cm
Type:
Books
Archives
Date:
2013
C2013
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1025449

A history of the life and death, virtues & exploits of General George Washington, by Mason Weems

Author:
Weems, M. L (Mason Locke) 1759-1825  Search this
Van Doren, Mark 1894-1972  Search this
Subject:
Washington, George 1732-1799  Search this
Physical description:
374 p. 20 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1927
Call number:
E312.W3894X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_184869

A nation is born : an exhibition to commemorate the 165th anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington as the first president of the United States, April 30th, 1789

Author:
Kennedy Galleries  Search this
Subject:
Washington, George 1732-1799  Search this
Physical description:
45 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Portraits
Pictorial works
Place:
United States
Date:
1954
Revolution, 1775-1783
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Prints, American  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
N6507.K37n
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_95893

A portrait of George Washington, from an original drawing, as he appeared while reviewing the Continental army on Boston Common, in 1776; a history of the portrait, and documentary evidence in proof of the correctness of the likeness. By Charles Fox

Author:
Fox, Charles  Search this
Subject:
Washington, George 1732-1799  Search this
Fullerton, Nathaniel  Search this
Physical description:
37 p. front. (port.) 25 cm
Type:
Books
Portraits
Date:
1851
Call number:
N7628.W31 F79 1851
N7628.W31F79 1851
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_408886

A sacred relic : the Washington-Lafayette Cincinnati medal : property of the great-great-granddaughter of the Marquis de Lafayette, Baronne Meunier du Houssay ; New York, Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Title:
Washington-Lafayette Cincinnati medal
Author:
Sotheby's (Firm)  Search this
Subject:
Washington, George 1732-1799 Medals  Search this
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier marquis de 1757-1834 Medals  Search this
Society of the Cincinnati  Search this
Physical description:
75 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
2007
©2007
Topic:
Society of the Cincinnati Medal  Search this
Art auctions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1053253

A selected bibliography on George Washingtons̕ interest in agriculture / compiled and edited by Alan Fusonie and Donna Jean Fusonie

Author:
Fusonie, Alan M  Search this
Fusonie, Jean  Search this
University of California, Davis Agricultural History Center  Search this
United States Agricultural History Branch  Search this
Subject:
Washington, George 1732-1799  Search this
Physical description:
46 p. 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1976
Topic:
Agriculture--History--Bibliography  Search this
Call number:
Z5071 .F99
Z5071.F99
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_75587

A short life of Washington / by C. Sheridan Jones

Author:
Jones, Charles Sheridan 1876-  Search this
Subject:
Washington, George 1732-1799  Search this
Physical description:
182 p. ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1920
Call number:
E312 .J76 1920
E312.J76 1920
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_421056

Abraham Lincoln, the quest for immortality / by Dwight G. Anderson

Author:
Anderson, Dwight G  Search this
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865  Search this
Weems, M. L (Mason Locke) 1759-1825 Life of George Washington  Search this
Washington, George 1732-1799 Influence  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 271 p. ; 22 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1982
Topic:
Presidents  Search this
Call number:
CT275.L73 A5
CT275.L73A5
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_143808

Acceptance of the statues of George Washington and Robert E. Lee. Presented by the State of Virginia. Proceedings in the Congress and in the rotunda, United States Capitol

Title:
Statues of George Washington and Robert E. Lee presented in the Rotunda, United States Capitol
Author:
United States Congress (73rd, 2nd session : 1934) House  Search this
Subject:
Washington, George 1732-1799  Search this
Lee, Robert E (Robert Edward) 1807-1870 Portraits  Search this
Houdon, Jean Antoine 1741-1828  Search this
Valentine, Edward Virginius 1838-1930  Search this
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Physical description:
62 p. 2 pl. 23 cm
Type:
Books
Portraits
Date:
1934
Topic:
Sculpture  Search this
Call number:
N7628.W31 U58 1934
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_477781

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