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Lecture Series/Audio

Tony DeRiggio - Mount Vernon Tour

Dining Room (New Room)

3:14

Exterior & view

3:37

Bedrooms & House Guests

2:32

Washington's Bedroom & death

3:19

Washington's Study

3:44

Kitchen

2:04

Washington Family & House expansion 5:13
Landscape Architecture 3:52
Garden & Greenhouse 3:58
Slave Life 7:42
Washington & Slave Ownership[/Inhertance 9:04
Washington's Tombs 1:17
Dennis J. Pogue, Historian Top
Intro, GW's early life 4:41
GW as "Planter" 2:48
GW transitions from tobacco to grain 2:30
GW as slave owner 1:03
Farming innovations 2:13
Maintaining an "image" 2:34
Examples of successful farming schemes 1:35
Farm buildings 2:57
Flour' Grist mill/innovation 3:46
Other activities; fishery, mules, blacksmith, etc. 4:29
GW's wealth grows through Martha; scope of Mount Vernon 5:34
Slave Holdings 7:33
Distillery/Alcohol taxation 14:11
Conclusion 2:25
Top
George Mason - overview movie 10:02

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Teaching American History Grant
US Department of Education
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Michael Vinella, PhD: Grant Project Director
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