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  • Women's History
  • World War I (1914–1918)
  • World War II (1939–1945)
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    Weather during the Civil War

    Weather was influential in shaping events during the American Civil War (1861–1865). For instance, concerns about weather helped determine overall strategy as well as tactics on... Find Out More

  • Letter from John W. Jordan to John A. McDowell...
  • The Case of Wahanganoche; an excerpt from the Journals...
  • Maggie Lena Walker (1864–1934)
  • Wyatt Tee Walker (1929–2018)
  • Letter from Rev. John Waring to Robert Carter Nicholas...
  • Diary of George Washington (April 22, 1785)
  • Diary of George Washington (March 1, 1788)
  • Diary of George Washington (September 1, 1784)
  • Washington College during the Civil War
  • Letter from George Washington to Alexander Spotswood (November 23,...
  • Letter from George Washington to Anthony Whitting (December 23,...
  • Letter from George Washington to Anthony Whitting (January 20,...
  • Letter from George Washington to Anthony Whitting (May 19,...
  • Letter from George Washington to Burwell Bassett Jr. (August...
  • George Washington to Charles Carter (1787)
  • Letter from George Washington to Clement Biddle (July 28,...
  • Letter from George Washington to David Humphreys (July 25,...
  • Letter from George Washington to Elizabeth Parke Custis (September...
  • Letter from George Washington to Frederick Kitt (January 10,...
  • Letter from George Washington to Frederick Kitt (January 29,...
  • Letter from George Washington to John Augustine Washington (July...
  • Letter from George Washington to John Augustine Washington (May...
  • Letter from George Washington to John Francis Mercer (September...
  • Letter from George Washington to John Hancock (December 31,...
  • Letter from George Washington to John Jay (August 23,...
  • Letter from George Washington to John Langhorne (Peter Carr)...
  • Letter from George Washington to John Laurens (July 10,...
  • Letter from George Washington to Joseph Whipple (November 28,...
  • Letter from George Washington to Lund Washington (April 30,...
  • Letter from George Washington to Oliver Wolcott Jr. (September...
  • Letter from George Washington to Robert Cary & Co....
  • Letter from George Washington to Robert Lewis (August 17,...
  • Letter from George Washington to Robert Morris (April 12,...
  • Letter from George Washington to Timothy Pickering (March 3,...
  • Letter from George Washington to Tobias Lear (April 12,...
  • Letter from George Washington to Tobias Lear (November 22,...
  • Letter from George Washington to William Pearce (December 18,...
  • Letter from George Washington to William Pearce (December 23,...
  • Letter from George Washington to William Pearce (January 26,...
  • Letter from George Washington to William Pearce (March 30,...
  • Letter from George Washington to William Pearce (November 14,...
  • George Washington (1732–1799)
  • George Washington and Slavery
  • Booker T. Washington (1856–1915)
  • John M. Washington (1838–1918)
  • George Washington’s Last Will and Testament (July 9, 1799)
  • “Washington’s Runaway Slave,” The Liberator (August 22, 1845)
  • John Watson (d. December 6, 1869)
  • Weather during the Civil War
  • Jane Webb (ca 1682–1764)
  • Weldon Railroad, Battle of the
  • Henry Horatio Wells (1823–1900)
  • West Virginia, Creation of
  • Thomas West twelfth baron De La Warr (1576–1618)
  • Westmoreland Slave Plot (1687)
  • “What tyme Indians serve” (1670)
  • When Marriages Not Void for Want of Authority (1924)
  • Whig Party in Virginia
  • Letter from Joseph Whipple to George Washington (December 22,...
  • John White (d. 1593)
  • Robert H. Whittaker (d. September 7, 1905)
  • Letter from Anthony Whitting to George Washington (January 16,...
  • A Lost Family Found; an Authentic Narrative of Cyrus...
  • L. Douglas Wilder (1931– )
  • Wilderness during the Civil War, The
  • Wilderness, Battle of the
  • Will and Codicil of Thomas Jefferson (1826)
  • Will and Codicil of John Wayles (1760, 1772–1773)
  • Will of Ambrose Madison (July 31, 1732)
  • Will of Bathurst Skelton
  • Will of Dolley Madison (February 1, 1841)
  • Will of Martha Jefferson Randolph (April 18, 1834)
  • Will of Mary Willing Byrd (December 1813)
  • Will of Richard Hakluyt (the elder) (September 13, 1587)
  • Will of Richard Hakluyt (the younger) (August 20, 1612)
  • Will of George Washington Parke Custis (March 26, 1855)
  • “Will you kill me?”; an excerpt from Prisoners of...
  • Waitman T. Willey (1811–1900)
  • Willey, Waitman, Speech of at the Constitutional Convention of...
  • William and Mary Review
  • William Breedlove Application for Pardon (December 18, 1863)
  • “William G. Bozeman, Edith Turner v. TRST(S) OF Nottoway...
  • Williams, Narrative of Isaac (1856)
  • Williamsburg during the Colonial Period
  • Williamsburg, The Battle of
  • Westel Willoughby (1830–1897)
  • Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (1872–1961)
  • Ellis Wilson (1818–1904)
  • Joseph T. Wilson (1837–1890)
  • Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
  • Winchester during the Civil War
  • John H. Winder (1800–1865)
  • Edward Maria Wingfield (1550–1631)
  • Letter to Mr. Winkfield, Virginia Gazette (November 30, 1775)
  • Letter from James Winthrop to Jeremy Belknap (March 4,...
  • Letter from William Wirt to Elizabeth Gamble Wirt (July...
  • Henry A. Wise (1806–1876)
  • John S. Wise (1846–1913)
  • Witchcraft in Colonial Virginia
  • Woman Suffrage in Virginia
  • “Women Causing Scandalous Suites to be Ducked” (1662)
  • Women during the Civil War
  • Women in Colonial Virginia
  • “Women servants gott with child by their masters after...
  • “Women servants whose common imployment is working in the...
  • Carter G. Woodson (1875–1950)
  • “World of Books” (1899)
  • Letter from Thomas Worthington to Thomas Jefferson (January 7,...
  • Wreck of the Old 97
  • George Wythe (1726 or 1727–1806)
  • Wythe, The Death of George (1806)
  • George Wythe’s Will and Three Codicils (June 11, 1806)

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