
A President and a King, George Washington and King George III, in a Dangerous Year
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This is a guest post by Julie Miller, a historian in the Library’s Manuscript Division. For both George Washington and King George III of England, the summer of 1788 began a year shaped by illness and worry. Even though the sources of their troubles differed, each George had reason to look anxiously across the Atlantic. …
Posted in: Manuscripts, Today in History, U.S. Presidents