In 1848, the Boston Athenaeum acquired more than 300 volumes from the famed Virginian's collection of books. They nearly ...

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A 40-year-old Spokane man died when he lost control of the car he was driving, hit a retaining wall and rolled Saturday in ...

click image for close-up George Washington and Martha Dandridge ... The marriage lasted 40 years, until Washington's death in 1799. In his final will, he stipulated that upon his wife's death ...