George Washington bibliography

This is a list of written works on President George Washington. The literature on Washington is immense. The Library of Congress has a comprehensive bibliography [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwbib.html online] , as well as online scans of diaries, letterbooks, financial papers and military papers.

Primary sources

* "The Papers of George Washington, 1748–1799," ed. W. W. Abbot et al. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1976–. Ongoing edition; project information at [http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/ The Papers of George Washington] , University of Virginia.
* "George Washington: A Collection," compiled and edited by W.B. Allen (1988). [http://oll.libertyfund.org/Home3/Book.php?recordID=0026 online edition] selection of letters
*Washington, George (Rhodehamel, John, ed.) "Writings" (New York: [http://www.loa.org The Library of America] , 1997). ISBN 1-883011-23-X, 1149 pages. Convenient one-volume selection of letters, orders, addresses, and other Washington documents.
* [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/etas/33/ "The Journal of Major George Washington" (1754) Online edition]

cholarly studies

*Achenbach, Joel. "The Grand Idea: George Washington's Potomac and the Race to the West." 2004. 384 pp.
*Bickham, Troy O. "Sympathizing with Sedition? George Washington, the British Press, and British Attitudes During the American War of Independence." "William and Mary Quarterly" 2002 59(1): 101-122. ISSN 0043-5597 [http://historycooperative.press.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/justtop.cgi?act=justtop&url=http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/wm/59.1/bickham.html Fulltext online in History Cooperative]
*Elkins, Stanley M. and Eric McKitrick. "The Age of Federalism." (1994) the leading scholarly history of the 1790s.
*Estes, Todd. "The Art of Presidential Leadership: George Washington and the Jay Treaty" "Virginia Magazine of History and Biography" 2001 109(2): 127-158. ISSN 0042-6636 Abstract: As protests from treaty opponents intensified in 1795, Washington's initial neutral position shifted to a solid pro-treaty stance. It was he who had the greatest impact on public and congressional opinion. With the assistance of Hamilton, Washington made tactical decisions that strengthened the Federalist campaign to mobilize support for the treaty. For example, he effectively delayed the treaty's submission to the House of Representatives until public support was particularly strong in February 1796 and refocused the debate by dismissing as unconstitutional the request that all documentation relating to Jay's negotiations be placed before Congress. Washington's prestige and political skills applied popular political pressure to Congress and ultimately led to approval of the treaty's funding in April 1796. His role in the debates demonstrated a "hidden-hand" leadership in which he issued public messages, delegated to advisers, and used his personality and the power of office to broaden support.
* Ferling, John. "Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution." Oxford U. Press, 2000. 392 pp by leading scholar
* Fishman, Ethan M.; William D. Pederson, Mark J. Rozell, eds. "George Washington" (2001) essays by scholars
* Gregg II, Gary L. and Matthew Spalding, eds. "George Washington and the American Political Tradition." ISI (1999), essays by scholars
* Harvey, Tamara and O'Brien, Greg, ed. "George Washington's South." U. Press of Florida, 2004. 355 pp. essays by scholars on the region, esp. Virginia
* Leibiger, Stuart. "Founding Friendship: George Washington, James Madison, and the Creation of the American Republic." U. Press of Virginia, 1999. 284 pp.
* McCullough, David. "1776" 2005. 386 pp. very well written overview of the year in America
* Miller, John C. "The Federalist Era, 1789-1801" (1960), political survey of 1790s.
* Muñoz, Vincent Phillip. "George Washington on Religious Liberty" "Review of Politics" 2003 65(1): 11-33. ISSN 0034-6705 Abstract: Article argues GW articulated a much narrower definition of religious liberty than Jefferson or Madison. Although GW believed in religious freedom, he counseled that its exercise must be limited by the duties of republican citizenship. He viewed religion and morality as indispensable parts of both a political system and an involved citizenry. Religion, therefore, deserved the support of those in government. At the same time, however, he wrote that the expression of religion should be free from government hindrance unless it interfered with the duties of citizenship.
*Peterson, Barbara Bennett. "George Washington: America's Moral Exemplar", 2005.
*Schwarz, Philip J., ed. "Slavery at the Home of George Washington." Mount Vernon Ladies' Assoc., 2001. 182 pp.
*Washington, George and Marvin Kitman. "George Washington's Expense Account". Grove Press. (2001) ISBN 0-8021-3773-3 Account pages, with added humor; GW took no salary but he was repaid all his expenses
*White, Leonard D. "The Federalists: A Study in Administrative History" (1956), thorough analysis of the mechanics of government in 1790s