The Papers of George Washington

A landmark in historical scholarship and the recipient of a 2005 National Humanities Medal, the "Papers of George Washington" encompasses five series - the "Colonial Series", "Revolutionary War Series", "Confederation Series", "Presidential Series", "Retirement Series" - and the Diaries. Drawing from 135,000 documents and including all extant writings by our most prolific president as well as letters written to him, the project has resulted in a print edition currently comprising fifty-two volumes. Over the next two decades, approximately forty more volumes will be published. As part of its American Founding Era collection, Rotunda now offers the complete Papers to date in one digital publication. This XML-based archive allows users to search on full text and by date, author, or recipient across all volumes and series. Users may even search by the original documents' host repositories. The exceptional indexing of the individual print volumes is combined here into a single master index, and all internal document cross-references are linked. An easy-to-use set of compasses allows the user to navigate the contents by series, date, or index entry.
"The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition" provides the most thorough look available at the general who created the presidential office - and shows how the colonies, against the greatest odds, became a new nation.