George Washington-related

[Doug Millison]

Two from American Memory
The Diaries of George Washington
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwintro.html
George Washington Papers
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: US Congressional Documents
and Debates 1774-1873 - Update
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/

The US Library of Congress (LOC) has recently announced very
significant updates to two of their most important American Memory
project collections, the George Washington Papers and the collection
of US Congressional Documents and Debates. Produced by the editors of
the Papers of George Washington at the University of Virginia, the
documentary edition of The Diaries of George Washington includes all
51 diaries and diary fragments written by Washington between 1748 and
December 13, 1799, the day before his death. Originally published in
six volumes between 1976 and 1979, the documentary edition offers
"diary introductions and annotations that identify all persons
mentioned in the texts, explain their relationship to Washington and
his activities, and are often accompanied by portrait reproductions."
The diaries may be keyword-searched from the main George Washington
Papers page or browsed from the Diary page. Also included in this
release is the remainder of Series 4, General Correspondence, which
completes the online collection of the George Washington Papers. The
second update has been made to the Century of Lawmaking for a New
Nation site, which now offers hundreds of legislative volumes,
comprising over 500,000 digital items. The core of the collection is
journals, debates, and legislation of the first 42 federal
congresses, from 1789 to 1873. Additional offerings include
"documents on the Continental Congress and constitutional debates
(1774-89), Journals of the Continental Congress, Farrand's Records of
the Federal Convention of 1787 and The Debates in the Several State
Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution (Elliot's
Debates), as well as selected documents from the U.S. Serial Set."
The texts may be keyword-searched or browsed by volume. Content at
both sites is available as either directly viewable images, TIFF
images, or text. Both collections are invaluable resources for
scholars, students, and librarians.

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