Bob’s Biographies

Bob’s Biographies of Washington

     Bob has compiled from various sources 13 biographies of our first president in 23 volumes on one CD. All biographies are in PDF format and require Adobe Reader 5 or later to read and access these volumes. There are two types of PDF files included: searchable and page captures. The first allows you to search the document for specific words or phrases (all within the PDF file). The second only contains “pictures” of each page of the book (usually mechanically scanned) of varying quality. If the original page, that was scanned, was printed in 1800 there are over 200 years of aging shown on the capture. Bob has tried to exclude any volume that were unreadable.
     Bob has added bookmarks to all PDF volumes for easier navigation than originally provided by either Google Books or Internet Archive.
     A text search is available in any searchable PDF volume.
     This CD contains:

  • 1800: Memory of Washington by An American. Newport, R.I. Oliver Farnsworth. (searchable PDF)

  • 1800: A History of the Life and Death, Virtues and Exploits of General George Washington by the Rev. M. L. Weems. Philadelphia. Re-printed by John Borden, Publisher for the Author. (page captures PDF from Internet Archive with added navigation)

  • 1807: The Life of George Washington by John Marshall. Reprinted by The Citizens Guild of George Washington’s Boyhood Home. Fredericksburg, Va. 1926 (searchable PDF) (volumes 1-5)

  • 1807: The Life of George Washington by David Ramsey. (searchable PDF, downloaded from www.earlyamerica.com., with added navigation) & second edition published in 1811 (page captures from Internet Archive with added navigation)

  • 1808: Life of George Washington by Aaron Bancroft. London. John Stockdale. (page captures from Internet Archive with added navigation)

  • 1839: The Life of George Washington by Jared Sparks. New York. Re-published in 1902 by A. L. Burt Company (page captures from Internet Archive with added navigation)

  • 1851: Memoirs of the Mother and Wife of Washington by Margaret C. Conklin. Auburn. Derby Miller and Company (page captures from Internet Archive with added navigation)

  • 1856: Life of George Washington by Washington Irving. New York. G. P. Putnam & Co. (page captures from Internet Archive with added navigation) (Volumes 1-5)

  • 1856: The Life of George Washington by J. T. Headley. New York. Charles Scribner (page captures from Internet Archive with added navigation)

  • 1857: Life of George Washington by Aaron Bancroft. Boston. Phillips, Samson, and Company. (page captures from Internet Archive with added navigation)

  • 1857: Life and Times of George Washington by John Frederick Schroeder. New York. Johnson, Fry, and Company (page captures from Internet Archive with added navigation) Volumes I & 2)

  • 1859: The Life and Times of George Washington by Samuel M. Schmucker. Philadelphia. John E. Potter and Company. (page captures from Internet Archive with added navigation)

  • 1860: The Life of George Washington by Edward Everett. New York. Sheldon and Company. (page captures from Internet Archive with added navigation)

     To purchase a copy of Bob’s Biographies of Washington, please send a check or money order payable to Robert Frone for $50.00 ($45 for the CD & $5.00 for shipping and handling to

Bob’s Universe
P.O. Box 2544
Edison, NJ 08818-2544

     The CD will be sent out upon receipt of your payment.

Last updated January 01, 2008