What was George Washington's life like at Mount Vernon? This frequent question is answered in fine form by this Digital Encyclopedia, compiled by a variety of scholars in collaboration with the Mount Vernon Estate. It is particularly appropriate that there is such a copious compendium of facts on the goings-on at Mt. Vernon, as Washington was enamored of encyclopedias during his life. Drawing on a...

For anyone interested in women's history during the eighteenth century, Martha Washington: A Life may be a particularly helpful digital resource. This exhibit is a joint collaboration between George Washington's Mount Vernon and the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. The site is organized into four sections (Martha's Biography, Teaching Materials, Archive,...