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Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon–Library of Congress, Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-93956, c1830-80

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Plaque in George Washington’s crypt–Photo by Jerry Newcombe

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Map of Washington’s Extended Neighborhood by Judy Mitchell. Also see color insert page X.

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George Washington and the cherry tree mug–R.T. Haines Halsey, Pictures of Early New York on Dark Blue Staffordshire Pottery (Dover Publications, 1974) p. 2

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Reverend Mason Locke Weems–Benson J. Lossing, The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852

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George Washington’s parents’ signatures–Courtesy of The Boston Athenaeum

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George Washington’s surveyor’s notebook–George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 1b. George Washington, Diary, March 11–April 13, 1748, Image 2 of 7

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Geometry notes–George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 1a. George Washington, School Copy Book: Volume 1, 1745, Image 2 of 112

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Field School–Photo by Jerry Newcombe

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Record of George Washington’s baptism–Benson J. Lossing, Mary and Martha: The Mother and Wife of George Washington (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1886)

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“True Happiness” poem–George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 1a George Washington, Forms of Writing, and The Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation, ante 1747, Image 26 of 36

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“On Christmas Day” poem–George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 1a George Washington, Forms of Writing, and The Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation, ante 1747, Image 25 of 36

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“Rules of Civility”–George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 1a George Washington, Forms of Writing, and The Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation, ante 1747, Images 27 & 36 of 36

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“Contemplations Moral and Divine”–Contemplations Moral and Divine. In Two Parts (Printed for William Shrowsbury [etc.], London, 1675/6)

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George Washington’s Childhood will - George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 1a George Washington, Forms of Writing, and The Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation, ante 1747, Image 9 of 36

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Childhood doodles–Courtesy of The Boston Athenaeum

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Book plate–Benson J. Lossing, The Home of Washington: or Mount Vernon and its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial (Hartford, Conn.: A. S. Hale 1870)1

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Signature through the years–Joseph Dillaway Sawyer, Washington (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927), vol. I, p. 75

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Painting of Washington and Lafayette–Library of Congress, Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-6877, c1907

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“Dissertations on the Mosaical Creation . . .”–Courtesy of The Boston Athenaeum

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George Washington in military uniform–Library of Congress, Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-96753, c1918 (painting by Charles Willson Peale 1741-1827)

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Braddock’s Defeat–engraving by Félix Emmanuel Henri Philippoteaux (1815-1884), Library of Congress

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Badge of Merit & Purple Heart–Courtesy of The Military Order of the Purple Heart, Springfield, VA

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George Washington’s Watermark–Benson J. Lossing, The Home of Washington: or Mount Vernon and its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial (Hartford, Conn.: A. S. Hale 1870)

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President George Washington following his inaugural worship service at St. Paul’s Chapel, painted by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe–Courtesy of Trinity Church, New York, NY

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