Primary+Sources

The following sources can be used to help students think about what was life like for the people living in Mount Vernon (The Washingtons, Slaves, etc.)

Source 1 Washington at Mount Vernon 1797: agriculture is the most healthy, the most useful, and the most noble employment of man.--Washington

Source 2 Life of George Washinton: The Farmer

Source 3 (Primary) [|George Washington's Properties]

Primary Source 4 (Primary) Washington on Farming

Excepts from George Washington's Letters