In addition to serving as a means of making money, the Sunday market was a good place to befriend slaves from Alexandria and from outlying plantations. Toward the end of George Washington's life ...

“One fourth of the money to be paid down - the other three fourths in three annual payments, with interest,” he added. Washington wrote the letter just months before he would arrive in ...

George Washington led the war that saw the American colonies win ... “I wish it was convenient for me to accommodate you with it for military certificates; but to raise money is the only inducement I ...

George Washington came up with a way to sway any thoughts of rebellion. Congress was running out of money after years of war. Troops were hungry and unpaid and there was talk of mutiny.