The Founders, Washington Committee for Historic Mount Vernon

The Founders, Washington Committee for Historic Mount Vernon hosted 125 guests at its annual spring reception. Proceeds from the event supported the Martha Washington Papers Project and the publication of the first definitive collection of Martha Washington’s lifetime correspondences. The celebration was held on June 2, 2019—Martha Washington’s 288th birthday—and included a special toast to our nation’s founding first lady.

Martha Washington is vital to understanding George Washington’s life and character, and Mount Vernon is committed to telling her story. The Martha Washington Papers will be a comprehensive, scholarly, single-volume print and digital edition of all correspondence written by or to Martha Washington. It will feature illustrations, original maps, and family trees, as well as extensive commentary on the documents, placing Martha Washington into the larger context of 18th-century women. The project is being produced in conjuction with The Washington Papers project and the new volume is expected to be published in 2020.

In addition to the Founders Committee, the following donors generously supported the Martha Washington Papers Project.
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Richard S. Reynolds Foundation
Karen Buchwald Wright
Julia Cobey Gluck
Jacqueline B. Mars
The Honorable Paul R. Michel and Ms. P. Brooke England
Mr. and Mrs. C. Ashton Newhall
Lew and Kate Shuster
The H.W. Wilson Foundation

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