George Washington (1789-1797) — 1. WASHINGTON

OVERVIEW:

BORN:
July 25, 1750;
Boston, Massachusetts

DIED:
October 25, 1806;
Thomaston, Massachusetts

POLITICAL PARTY:
Federalist

HIGHLIGHTS:
1771:
Opened bookshop (the London Bookstore) in Boston
1775:
Left Bookshop and Joined Continental Army
1783-1784:
First Senior Officer of the U.S. Army
1785-1789:
Continental Congress’s Second Secretary of War
1789-1794:
First U.S. Secretary of War
1795:
Left government and returned to Thomaston, Massachusetts (now Maine).

RESOURCES:

Henry Knox on horseback with soldiers transporting a disassembled canon on a sled through the snow, winter 1775-76, following his famous capture of artillery at Fort Ticonderoga (Library of Congress)

BIOGRAPHIES:
Mount Vernon
Knox Museum
U.S. Army
Valley Forge Historical Society
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Massachusetts Historical Society
Diary (MA Historical Society)

HISTORIC SITES:
Knox Museum