Letterpress Edition

The Letterpress Edition of The Papers of George Washington consists of the following volumes, printed in five series, which can be found in most university, college, and public libraries. The volumes are also available for purchase from the University of Virginia Press.

The series includes not only Washington's own letters and other papers but also all letters written to him.

The ten-volume Colonial Series (1744–1775) takes Washington through his command of the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War and then focuses on his political and business activities as a Virginia planter during the fifteen years before the Revolution.

The massive Revolutionary War Series (1775–1783) presents in documents and annotations the myriad military and political matters with which Washington dealt during the long war.

The papers for his years at Mount Vernon after leaving the army and before becoming president have been published in a six-volume Confederation Series (1784–1788).

The remaining years of Washington's life are covered in the Presidential Series (1788–1797), which includes the papers of his two presidential administrations, and the Retirement Series (1797–1799), which includes his correspondence after his final return to Mount Vernon.

How to cite the editions:

In Notes

Diaries:

[date], The Papers of George Washington, Diaries, ed. Donald Jackson, et al. (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1976 - 1979), [volume], [page].

Chronological Series:

[author] to [recipient] [or document title], [date], The Papers of George Washington, W. W. Abbot, et al. (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1987- ), [series], [volume], [page].

Digital Edition:

[author] to [recipient] [or document title], [date], The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition, ed. Theodore J. Crackel, et al. (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2007-).

In Bibliography

Diaries:

The Papers of George Washington, Diaries, ed. Donald Jackson, et al, Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1976-1979.

Chronological Series [regardless of series]:

The Papers of George Washington, ed. W. W. Abbot, et al, Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 1987 - .

Digital Edition:

The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition, ed. Theodore J. Crackel, et al, Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2007-.

For details on the dates included in each volume, editor/s names, dates of publication, indexes, related articles or documents, and synopses please link to the following pages:

Diaries | Colonial | Revolutionary War | Confederation | Presidential | Retirement