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The 72 pages that link to George Washington, each with the reason it gives.

• Great Dismal SwampRelated: He surveyed the swamp and helped promote its drainage and development.

• Henry Cabot LodgeRelated: Lodge wrote a multivolume biography of Washington as part of his historical work.

• USS ConstitutionRelated: Washington selected the name that expressed the new nation’s governing principle.

• Washington (state)Related: The territory was named for him, distinguishing it from the earlier-named District of Columbia.

• Washington National CathedralRelated: Washington supported the idea of a national church in the federal capital.

• Bernardo de GálvezRelated: Gálvez’s campaigns diverted British resources from the war against Washington’s forces.

• Chesapeake and Ohio CanalRelated: Before becoming president, he promoted Potomac navigation as a route to western trade.

• CoonhoundRelated: His imported hounds formed part of the colonial breeding background for American hunting dogs.

• Daniel ShaysRelated: Washington’s alarm over the rebellion helped make Shays’s name prominent in national debates.

• EggnogRelated: A handwritten recipe attributed to Washington illustrates early American eggnog variations.

• Jared SparksRelated: Sparks edited Washington’s papers and published a multivolume biography of him.

• Pierre Charles L'EnfantRelated: Washington selected L'Enfant to plan the federal district’s new capital.

• Stephen GirardRelated: Girard purchased Washington’s former Philadelphia residence and lived there for many years.

• Stilson HutchinsCompared with: Hutchins’s newspaper used the capital’s name, while its founding publisher had no connection to the city’s namesake.

• Douglas Southall FreemanRelated: Freeman devoted his later career to a documentary biography of Washington.

• History of VirginiaRelated: His career links Virginia’s colonial elite to the founding of the United States.

• Jean-Antoine HoudonRelated: Houdon traveled to Mount Vernon to study Washington before creating his statue.

• Jean-Baptiste Donatien de VimeurRelated: Washington coordinated the allied march and siege with Rochambeau.

• Lucius Quinctius CincinnatusRelated: Washington’s resignation of military command was often compared with Cincinnatus’s legendary renunciation.

• Michael Kovats de FabriczyRelated: Washington's army was where Kovats first sought a commission.

• Shays's RebellionRelated: Washington cited the unrest as a warning about the fragility of the postwar republic.

• United States of AmericaRelated: His leadership helped establish precedents for the new national government.