See GW Collection, p. 101.…

Most of the portraits that survive of Martha Washington portray her as an elderly woman, either during George Washington’s presidency or after the Washingtons’ retirement to Mount Vernon. This image, executed by James Sharples in 1796, belongs…

This shoe buckle was found during archeological excavations of the “House for Families,” which was the main dwelling for household slaves at Mount Vernon until it was torn down in 1793.  The buckle was likely passed down from a…

George Washington was an avid theatergoer, and in 1789 bought eleven tickets to a production of The School for Scandal at Philadelphia’s South Street Theatre. George and Martha sat in a private Presidential box for the occasion. They attended the…

An article describing a fundraising plan for the Continental Army, to be headed by Martha Jefferson at the suggestion of Martha…

This ballad portrays an imagined scenario in which Martha Washington arrives at the battle of Monmouth in 1778 and watches her heroic husband lead the charge to victory. George Washington was almost universally lionized as the hero of the Revolution…

My dear Fanny -                               Philadelphia August the 29th 1791

Your…

The Jilts is an example of popular fiction from the mid-eighteenth century. The title page contains the following inscription in an unknown handwriting: “Mrs. Martha Washington, her Book 1774.” Martha was an avid…

Letter detailing several transactions and apologizing for a shipment of goods that did not meet the "approbation" of Martha…