Washington - A Life Part 20

PRELUDE: THE PORTRAIT ARTIST.

1. Barratt and Miles, Gilbert Stuart, Gilbert Stuart, 78-79. 78-79.2 . Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 181. 181.3 . Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton, 89. 89.4 . Burns and Dunn, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 58. 58.5 . Barratt and Miles, Gilbert Stuart, 137. 137.6 . Jefferson, Writings, Writings, 1319. 1319.7 . Schutz and Adair, Spur of Fame, 98. 98.8 . Custis, Recollections and Private Memoirs of Was.h.i.+ngton, Recollections and Private Memoirs of Was.h.i.+ngton, 418. 418.9 . Higginbotham, George Was.h.i.+ngton Reconsidered, George Was.h.i.+ngton Reconsidered, 282. 282.

CHAPTER ONE: A SHORT-LIVED FAMILY.

1. PWP, PWP, 10:333. 10:333.2. Higginbotham, George Was.h.i.+ngton Reconsidered, George Was.h.i.+ngton Reconsidered, 20. 20.3. Anderson, George Was.h.i.+ngton Remembers, George Was.h.i.+ngton Remembers, 31. 31.4. Wiencek, Imperfect G.o.d, Imperfect G.o.d, 31. 31.5. Ibid., 34.6. Wills,Cincinnatus, 68. 68.7. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:58. 1:58.8. Ibid., 1:69.9. PWCF, PWCF,2:175. Letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, December 8, 1784.10. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:193. 1:193.11. Conkling, Memoirs of Mother and Wife of Was.h.i.+ngton, Memoirs of Mother and Wife of Was.h.i.+ngton, 22. 22.12. Hervey, Memory of Was.h.i.+ngton, Memory of Was.h.i.+ngton, 45. 45.13. Felder, Fielding Lewis and Was.h.i.+ngton Family, Fielding Lewis and Was.h.i.+ngton Family, 34. 34.14. Ramsay, Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 3. 3.15. PWP, PWP, 7:32. Letter to George Steptoe Was.h.i.+ngton, December 5, 1790. 7:32. Letter to George Steptoe Was.h.i.+ngton, December 5, 1790.16. Brookhiser, Founding Father, Founding Father, 137. 137.17. Abbot, "Uncommon Awareness."18. WWF, WWF,35:341. Letter to George Was.h.i.+ngton Parke Custis, December 19, 1796.19. Henriques, Realistic Visionary, Realistic Visionary, 188. 188.20. WWR, WWR, 3. "Rules of Civility," 1747. 3. "Rules of Civility," 1747.21. Ibid., 10.22. Ibid., 5.23. Ibid., 6.24. Sayen, "George Was.h.i.+ngton's 'Unmannerly' Behavior."25. WWF, WWF,35:295. Letter to George Was.h.i.+ngton Parke Custis, November 28, 1796.26. PWRT, PWRT, 1:169. Letter to George Was.h.i.+ngton Parke Custis, June 4, 1797. 1:169. Letter to George Was.h.i.+ngton Parke Custis, June 4, 1797.

CHAPTER TWO: FORTUNE'S FAVORITE.

1. PWRT, PWRT, 4:507. 4:507.2. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:76-77. 1:76-77.3. WWF, WWF,35:329-30. Letter to Sir John Sinclair, December 11, 1796.4. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:30. 1:30.5 . PWC, PWC,1:289-90. Letter to John Augustine Was.h.i.+ngton, May 28, 1755.6 . Ibid., 4:119. Letter from William Fairfax, March 22, 1757.7. WWR, WWR,720. Letter to George Steptoe Was.h.i.+ngton, March 23, 1789.8. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:27. 1:27.9 . Palmer, George Was.h.i.+ngton and Benedict Arnold, George Was.h.i.+ngton and Benedict Arnold, 43-44. 43-44.10. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:30. 1:30.11. PWCF, PWCF,5:515. "Comments on David Humphreys' Biography of George Was.h.i.+ngton."12. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:30. 1:30.13. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:195. 1:195.14. Ibid., 1:199.15. PWCF, PWCF, 6:423. Letter to James Craik, August 4, 1788. 6:423. Letter to James Craik, August 4, 1788.16. WWR, WWR,142. Letter to Jonathan Boucher, July 9, 1771.17. Ibid., 11. "A Journal of My Journey over the Mountains," March 15, 1747/8.18. Ibid., 13. "A Journal of My Journey over the Mountains," March 23, 1747/8.19. Ibid., 14. "A Journal of My Journey over the Mountains," April 4, 1747/8.20. PWC, PWC,1:44. Letter to Richard [no last name], ca. 1749-50.21. WWR, WWR,14. "A Journal of My Journey over the Mountains," April 3, 1747/8.22. Lengel, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, 14. 14.23. PWC, PWC, 1:39. 1:39.24. Ibid., 1:45-46. Memorandum, ca. 1749-50.25. Irving, Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 16. 16.26. Felder, Fielding Lewis and Was.h.i.+ngton Family, Fielding Lewis and Was.h.i.+ngton Family, 33. 33.27. PWC, PWC, 1:41. Letter to Robin [no last name], ca. 1749-50. 1:41. Letter to Robin [no last name], ca. 1749-50.28. Ibid., 1:47. "Poetry," ca. 1749-50.29. Unger, Unexpected George Was.h.i.+ngton, Unexpected George Was.h.i.+ngton, 18. 18.30. Cunliffe, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 42. 42.31. PWC, PWC,1:44. Letter to Richard, ca. 1749-5032. DiariesA DiariesA, xvi.33. PWC, PWC,1:6. Letter to Lawrence Was.h.i.+ngton, May 5, 1749.34. Ibid., 1:38. Letter to Ann Fairfax Was.h.i.+ngton, ca. September-November 1749.35. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:47. 1:47.36. DiariesA DiariesA, 12. Entry for November 5, 1751.37. Lengel, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, 16. 16.38. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:250. 1:250.39. DiariesA DiariesA, 14. Entry for December 12, 1751.40. Ibid., 15. Entry for December 22, 1751.41. Ibid., 14. Entry for November 17, 1751.42. Ibid.43. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:263. 1:263.44. Ibid., 1:51.45. PWC, PWC,1:49. Letter to William Fauntleroy, May 20, 1752.46. Lengel, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, 16. 16.47. Unger, Unexpected George Was.h.i.+ngton, Unexpected George Was.h.i.+ngton, 19. 19.48. WWR, WWR,1113.49. PWC, PWC,1:50. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, June 10, 1752.50. PWRT PWRT, 3:188. Letter to Maryland Masons, November 8, 1798.51. PWP, PWP, 12:76. Letter to the Ma.s.sachusetts Masons, January 1793. 12:76. Letter to the Ma.s.sachusetts Masons, January 1793.

CHAPTER THREE: WILDERNESS MISSION.

1 . Cadou, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, 212. 212.2 . PWC, PWC,1:199. Letter from Allan Macrae, September 3, 1754.3. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 3:6. 3:6.4. Lengel, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, 8. 8.5. PWC, PWC,1:277. Letter to John Augustine Was.h.i.+ngton, May 14, 1755.6. Wiencek, Imperfect G.o.d, Imperfect G.o.d, 65-66. 65-66.7. Anderson, George Was.h.i.+ngton Remembers, George Was.h.i.+ngton Remembers, 71. 71.8. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 18. 18.9. PWC, PWC,1:57.10. Ibid., 1:352. Letter to Augustine Was.h.i.+ngton, August 2, 1755.11. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:55. 1:55.12. PWC, PWC,2:151. Letter from Robert Hunter Morris, October 31, 1755.13. PWCF, PWCF, 5:516. "Comments on David Humphreys' Biography of George Was.h.i.+ngton." 5:516. "Comments on David Humphreys' Biography of George Was.h.i.+ngton."14. PWC, PWC,1:57.15. WWR, WWR,17. "Journey to the French Commandant," 1753.16. Ibid., 18.17. Ibid.18. Lengel, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, 20. 20.19. PWC, PWC,5:117. Letter to John Stanwix, April 10, 1758.20. WWR, WWR,19. "Journey to the French Commandant," 1753.21. Lengel, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, 23. 23.22. PWCF, PWCF, 5:516. "Comments on David Humphreys' Biography of George Was.h.i.+ngton." 5:516. "Comments on David Humphreys' Biography of George Was.h.i.+ngton."23. WWR, WWR,22. "Journey to the French Commandant," 1753.24. Ibid., 25.25. Ibid., 26.26. Ibid., 28.27 . Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:68. 1:68.28. Ibid., 69.29. WWR, WWR,30. "Journey to the French Commandant," 1753.30. Ibid., 32.31. Ibid.32. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:320. 1:320.33. Lengel, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, 28. 28.34. WWR, WWR,33. "Journey to the French Commandant," 1753.35. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:76. 1:76.36. WWR, WWR,34. "Journey to the French Commandant," 1753.37. DiariesA DiariesA, 32.38. PWC, PWC,1:352. Letter to Augustine Was.h.i.+ngton, August 2, 1755.39. WWR, WWR,35. Letter to Richard Corbin, January 28, 1754.

CHAPTER FOUR: BLOODBATH.

1. DiariesA, DiariesA,38.2 . PWC, PWC,1:72, Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, March 7, 1754.3 . Ibid.4 . Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:81. 1:81.5. Ibid., 1:82.6 . Lengel, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, 33. 33.7 . Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:354. 1:354.8 . PWC, PWC,1:86. Letter to Governor Horatio Sharpe, April 24, 1754.9. WWR, WWR,39. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, May 18, 1754.10. DiariesA, DiariesA, 45. 45.11. Ibid., 47.12. Lengel, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, 35. 35.13. DiariesA, DiariesA,49-50.14. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:89. 1:89.15. DiariesA, DiariesA,49.16. WWR, WWR,42. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, May 29, 1754.17. Ibid., 44.18. Ibid.,48. Letter to John Augustine Was.h.i.+ngton, May 31, 1754.19. Lengel, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, 39. 39.20. PWC, PWC,1:117. Letter to Joshua Fry, May 29, 1754.21. Ibid., 1:119. Letter from Robert Dinwiddie, June 1, 1754.22. Ibid., 1:114-15.23. Leibiger, " 'To Judge of Was.h.i.+ngton's Conduct.'"24. Henriques, Realistic Visionary, Realistic Visionary, 6. 6.25. PWC, PWC,1:129-30. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, June 10, 1754.26. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:100. 1:100.27. Anderson, George Was.h.i.+ngton Remembers, George Was.h.i.+ngton Remembers, 37. 37.28. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:100. 1:100.29. PWCF, PWCF, 5:517. "Comments on David Humphreys' Biography of George Was.h.i.+ngton." 5:517. "Comments on David Humphreys' Biography of George Was.h.i.+ngton."30. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:101. 1:101.31. PWCF, PWCF,5:518. "Comments on David Humphreys' Biography of George Was.h.i.+ngton."32. Ibid.33. Ibid.34. PWC, PWC, 1:164. 1:164.35. Ibid., 1:170.36. Ibid., 1:168.37. Ibid., 1:169-70.38. Ibid., 1:160.39. Lengel, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, 46. 46.40. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:107. 1:107.41. Lengel, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, 48. 48.42. PWC, PWC,1:136. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, June 10, 1754.43. Callahan, Henry Knox, Henry Knox, 320. 320.44. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:5. 1:5.45. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:416. 1:416.46. Lengel, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, 49 49. 47. Freeman, 47. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:420. 1:420.48. Ibid., 1:432.49. PWC, PWC,1:216. Letter from Horatio Sharpe, October 1, 1754.50. Ibid., 1:226. Letter to William Fitzhugh, November 15, 1754.51. Ibid.52. Cadou, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, 26. 26.

CHAPTER FIVE: SHADES OF DEATH.

1. PWC, PWC,6:381.2 . Ibid., 1:243. Letter to Robert Orme, March 15, 1755.3. Ibid., 1:246.4 . Ibid., 1:278. Letter to John Augustine Was.h.i.+ngton, May 14, 1755.5 . Ibid., 1:255. Letter to John Robinson, April 20, 1755.6 . Ibid., 1:246. Letter to Robert Orme, April 2, 1755.7 . Ibid., 1:278. Letter to John Augustine Was.h.i.+ngton, May 14, 1755.8 . PWCF, PWCF,5:522. "Comments on David Humphreys' Biography of George Was.h.i.+ngton."9. PWC, PWC,2:11.10. Ibid., 1:299. Letter to William Fairfax, June 7, 1755.11. Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, 166. 166.12. PWC, PWC,1:268. Letter to Mary Ball Was.h.i.+ngton, May 6, 1755.13. Ibid.14. Irving, Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 558. 558.15. PWC, PWC,1:304. Letter to Mary Ball Was.h.i.+ngton, June 7, 1755.16. Ibid., 1:261. Letter to Sarah Cary Fairfax, April 30, 1755.17. Ibid., 1:265. Letter to Thomas, Lord Fairfax, May 6, 1755.18. WWR, WWR,54. Letter to Sarah Cary Fairfax, June 7, 1755.19. Ibid., 53. Letter to John Augustine Was.h.i.+ngton, May 28, 1755.20. PWC, PWC,1:319. Letter to John Augustine Was.h.i.+ngton, June 28-July 2, 1755.21. Lengel, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, 55. 55.22. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 2:51. 2:51.23. WWR, WWR,54. Letter to John Augustine Was.h.i.+ngton, June 28, 1755.24. Cunliffe, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 49. 49.25. PWCF, PWCF, 5:520. "Comments on David Humphreys' Biography of George Was.h.i.+ngton." 5:520. "Comments on David Humphreys' Biography of George Was.h.i.+ngton."26. PWC, PWC,1:332.27. PWCF, PWCF,5:520-21. "Comments on David Humphreys' Biography of George Was.h.i.+ngton. "28. Marshall, Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 10. 10.29. WWR, WWR, 58. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, July 18, 1755. 58. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, July 18, 1755.30. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:129. 1:129.31. PWCF, PWCF,5:522. "Comments on David Humphreys' Biography of George Was.h.i.+ngton."32. PWC, PWC,1:340. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, July 18, 1755. First draft.33. Wiencek, Imperfect G.o.d, Imperfect G.o.d, 64. 64.34. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 2:82. 2:82.35. Ibid.36. PWCF, PWCF,5:522. "Comments on David Humphreys' Biography of George Was.h.i.+ngton."37. PWC, PWC,3:181.38. Cunliffe, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 49. 49.39. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:134. 1:134.40. PWC, PWC, 1:346. Letter from Sarah Cary Fairfax, Ann Spearing, and Elizabeth Dent, July 26, 1755. 1:346. Letter from Sarah Cary Fairfax, Ann Spearing, and Elizabeth Dent, July 26, 1755.41. Ibid., 1:343. Letter to John Augustine Was.h.i.+ngton, July 18, 1755. First draft.42. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 30. 30.43. Irving,Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 83. 83.44. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 29. 29.

CHAPTER SIX: THE SOUL OF AN ARMY.

1 . PWC, PWC,1:359. Letter to Mary Ball Was.h.i.+ngton, August 14, 1755.2 . Ibid., 3:416. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, September 23, 1756.3 . Ibid., 2:208. Letter to Richard Was.h.i.+ngton, December 6, 1755.4 . WWR, WWR,61. "General Orders," October 6, 1755.5 . Wiencek, Imperfect G.o.d, Imperfect G.o.d, 64. 64.6 . WWR, WWR,64. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, October 14, 1755.7 . PWC, PWC,2:176. Letter to Denis McCarty, November 22, 1755.8 . Ibid., 2:102. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, October 11, 1755.9. Morgan, Genius of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Genius of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 29. 29.10. PWC, PWC,3:171. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, May 23, 1756.11. Ibid., 4:406. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, September 17, 1757.12. Fischer, Was.h.i.+ngton's Crossing, Was.h.i.+ngton's Crossing, 15. 15.13. PWC, PWC,3:417. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, September 23, 1756.14. Ibid., 5:130. Letter to John Blair, April 17, 1758.15. PWR, PWR,8:124. Letter to John Parke Custis, January 22, 1777.16. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:159. 1:159.17. Marshall, "National Treasure," New Yorker New Yorker, May 23, 2005.18. PWCF, PWCF, 5:523. "Comments on David Humphreys' Biography of George Was.h.i.+ngton." 5:523. "Comments on David Humphreys' Biography of George Was.h.i.+ngton."19. PWC, PWC,2:226. Letter from Adam Stephen, December 23, 1755.20. Ibid., 6:439. Letter from Andrew Burnaby, June 23, 1760.21. Irving, Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 91. 91.22. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 37. 37.23. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:148. 1:148.24. PWC, PWC,2:333. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, April 7, 1756.25. Ibid., 2:345. Letter to Robert Hunter Morris, April 9, 1756.26. Ibid., 3:33-34. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, April 22, 1756.27. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:154. 1:154.28. WWR, WWR,73. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, April 18, 1756.29. Henriques, Realistic Visionary, Realistic Visionary, 28. 28.30. PWC, PWC,3:57. Letter from William Fairfax, April 27, 1756.31. Ibid., 3:354. "Proclamation."32. Ibid., 3:294. Letter to John Campbell, Earl of Loudoun, July 25, 1756.33. Ibid., 4:86. Letter to the Earl of Loudoun, January 10, 1757.34. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 42. 42.35. Henriques, Realistic Visionary, Realistic Visionary, 11. 11.36. PWC, PWC,4:89. Letter to the Earl of Loudoun, January 10, 1757.37. Higginbotham, George Was.h.i.+ngton Reconsidered, George Was.h.i.+ngton Reconsidered, 59. 59.38. PWC, PWC,4:89. Letter to the Earl of Loudoun, January 10, 1757.39. Ibid., 4:90.40. WWR, WWR,86. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, March 10, 1757.41. PWC, PWC,4:132. Letter to Richard Was.h.i.+ngton, April 15, 1757.42. Ibid., 4:163. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, May 24, 1757.43. Anderson, "Hinge of the Revolution."44. PWC, PWC,4:306. Letter to John Stanwix, July 15, 1757.45. Ibid., 4:360. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, August 3, 1757.46. Ibid., 4:199. Letter to John Robinson, June 10, 1757.47. Ibid., 4:422. Letter from Robert Dinwiddie, September 24, 1757.48. Ibid., 5:3. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, October 5, 1757.49. Ibid., 5:25. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, October 24, 1757.50. Ibid., 5:63.51. Ibid., 5:64. Letter from James Craik, November 25, 1757.52. Ibid., 5:56. Letter to Sarah Cary Fairfax, November 15, 1757.53. Ibid., 5:92. Letter from Robert Carter Nicholas, February 6, 1758.54. Ibid., 5:102. Letter to John Stanwix, March 4, 1758.55. Ibid.

CHAPTER SEVEN: A VOTARY TO LOVE.

1 . Cadou, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, 29. 29.2 . Ibid.3 . Ibid.4 . PWC, PWC,5:447. Letter from Humphrey Knight, September 2, 1758.5 . Brady, Martha Was.h.i.+ngton, Martha Was.h.i.+ngton, 55. 55.6 . PWC, PWC,5:112. Letter to Richard Was.h.i.+ngton, April 5, 1758.7 . Freeman, Was.h.i.+ngton, Was.h.i.+ngton, 2:302. 2:302.8 . Cadou, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, 254. 254.9 . Henriques, Realistic Visionary, Realistic Visionary, 88. 88.10. MTV. "Early Descriptions Ante 1800." Nicholas Crosswell journal, 1774-77.11. Henriques, Realistic Visionary, Realistic Visionary, 101. 101.12. PWRT PWRT, 2:239.13. Wiencek, Imperfect G.o.d, Imperfect G.o.d, 84. 84.14. Bryan, First Lady of Liberty, First Lady of Liberty, 239; Wiencek, ibid., 85. 239; Wiencek, ibid., 85.15. Custis, Recollections and Private Memoirs of Was.h.i.+ngton, Recollections and Private Memoirs of Was.h.i.+ngton, 509. 509.16. Henriques, Realistic Visionary, Realistic Visionary, 90. 90.17. Brady, Martha Was.h.i.+ngton, Martha Was.h.i.+ngton, 30. 30.18. Wiencek, Imperfect G.o.d, Imperfect G.o.d, 75. 75.19. Ibid., 73.20. Ibid.21. Ibid., 76.22. PWC, PWC,6:10. Letter to Sarah Cary Fairfax, September 12, 1758.23. Ibid., 6:11.24. Ibid.25. Ibid., 6:41. Letter to Sarah Cary Fairfax, September 25, 1758.26. WWR, WWR,901-2.

CHAPTER EIGHT: DARLING OF A GRATEFUL COUNTRY.

1 . Higginbotham, George Was.h.i.+ngton Reconsidered, George Was.h.i.+ngton Reconsidered, 54. 54.2. PWC, PWC,5:117.3 . Lengel, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, 70. 70.4 . PWC, PWC,5:258. Letter to Henry Bouquet, July 3, 1758. PWC, PWC, 5:282. Letter to Henry Bouquet, July 13, 1758. 5:282. Letter to Henry Bouquet, July 13, 1758.5 . Henriques, Realistic Visionary, Realistic Visionary, 33. 33.6 . PWC, PWC,5:271. Letter from James Wood, July 7, 1758.7 . Ibid., 5:305-6. Letter from Robert Rutherford, July 20, 1758.8 . Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:211. 1:211.9 . PWC, PWC,5:330. Letter from Robert Rutherford, July 26,1758.10. Ibid., 5:349. Letter to James Wood, ca. July 28, 1758.11. Ibid.12. WWR, WWR,96. Letter to Francis Halkett, August 2, 1758.13. Henriques, Realistic Visionary, Realistic Visionary, 13. 13.14. Lengel, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, 71. 71.15. PWC, PWC,5:424. Letter to Henry Bouquet, August 28, 1758.16. Ibid., 5:433. Letter to John Robinson, September 1, 1758.17. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:215. 1:215.18. PWC, PWC,7:205. Letter to Robert Stewart, April 27, 1763.19. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:220. 1:220.20. PWCF, PWCF,5:525. "Comments on David Humphreys' Biography of George Was.h.i.+ngton."21. PWC, PWC,6:177. Letter from Robert Stewart, December 31, 1758.22. Ibid.23. Ibid., 6:179. "Address from the Officers of the Virginia Regiment," December 31, 1758.24. PWCF, PWCF, 5:525. "Comments on David Humphreys' Biography of George Was.h.i.+ngton." 5:525. "Comments on David Humphreys' Biography of George Was.h.i.+ngton."25. PWC, PWC,6:186. "To the Officers of the Virginia Regiment," January 10, 1759.26. Ibid., 6:187.

CHAPTER NINE: THE MAN OF MODE.

1 . Cadou, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, 244. 244.2. PWC, PWC,6:283ff.3 . Brady, Martha Was.h.i.+ngton, Martha Was.h.i.+ngton, 70. 70.4 . DiariesA DiariesA, 65. Diary entry for January 16, 1760.5. Ibid., 58.6 . Burns and Dunn, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 12. 12.7 . PWC, PWC,6:359. Letter to Richard Was.h.i.+ngton, September 20, 1759.8 . Burns and Dunn, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 13. 13.9 . Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 3:7. 3:7. 10. Brookhiser, 10. Brookhiser, Founding Father, Founding Father, 66. 66.11. WWR, WWR,417. Letter to John Parke Custis, February 28, 1781.12. PWC, PWC, 6:200. Letter to John Alton, April 5, 1759. 6:200. Letter to John Alton, April 5, 1759.13. Fields, "Worthy Partner," "Worthy Partner," 129. 129.14. Unger, Unexpected George Was.h.i.+ngton, Unexpected George Was.h.i.+ngton, 41. 41.15. Wiencek, Imperfect G.o.d, Imperfect G.o.d, 83. 83.16. Thompson, Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance, Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance, 74. 74.17. Irving, Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 615. 615.18. Fields, "Worthy Partner," "Worthy Partner," 147. 147.19. Thompson, Memorandum for the Martha Was.h.i.+ngton Anniversary Committee, Memorandum for the Martha Was.h.i.+ngton Anniversary Committee, 24. 24.20. PWR, PWR,1:3-4. Letter to Martha Was.h.i.+ngton, June 18, 1775.21. WWR, WWR,881. Letter to Elizabeth Parke Custis, September 14, 1794.22. MTV. "Early Descriptions Ante 1800." Lieutenant John Enys visit to Mount Vernon, February 12, 1788.23. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 2:519. 2:519.24. Cunliffe, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 124. 124.25. WWR, WWR,597. Letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, May 10, 1786.26. Ibid., 599. Letter to William Fitzhugh, May 15, 1786.27. Ibid., 570. Letter to William Gordon, December 20, 1784.28. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:269. 1:269.29. WWR, WWR,706. "Draft of First Inaugural," ca. January 1789.30. Furstenberg,In the Name of the Father, 75. 75.31. PWC, PWC,6:315. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., May 1, 1759.32. Ibid., 6:317. "Enclosure Invoice to Robert Cary & Co.," May 1, 1759.33. Ibid., 6:453. Letter to Richard Was.h.i.+ngton, August 10, 1760.34. Cadou, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, 212. 212.35. Ibid.36. PWC, PWC,6:375. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., November 30, 1759.37. Ibid., 6:459. Undated typescript of a letter to an unidentified tailor.38. Cadou, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, 238. 238.39. Hague, William Pitt the Younger, William Pitt the Younger, 4. 4.40. PWC, PWC,6:359. Letter to Richard Was.h.i.+ngton, September 20, 1759.41. DiariesA, DiariesA,90.42. PWC, PWC,6:449. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., August 10, 1760.43. Ibid., 6:459-60. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., September 28, 1760.44. Wood, "The Shopper's Revolution."45. WWR, WWR,109. Letter to Robert Stewart, April 27, 1763.46. Ibid., 111. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., August 10, 1764.47. Ibid., 113-14. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., September 20, 1765.48. PWRT PWRT, 1:248. Letter to Samuel Was.h.i.+ngton, July 12, 1797.

CHAPTER TEN: A CERTAIN SPECIES OF PROPERTY.

1 . Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:274. 1:274.2 . PWC, PWC,7:140. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., June 20, 1762.3 . Ibid., 7:385. Letter to Burwell Ba.s.sett, August 2, 1765.4 . Wiencek, Imperfect G.o.d, Imperfect G.o.d, 45. 45.5 . PWC, PWC,9:70. Letter to Daniel Jenifer Adams, July 20, 1772.6 . Ibid., 8:256. Letter to Hector Ross, October 9, 1769.7 . Ibid., 8:3. Letter to John Posey, June 24, 1767.8 . WWR, WWR,158. Letter to Bryan Fairfax, August 24, 1774. 9 . DiariesA, DiariesA,83. Diary entry for May 7, 1760.10. PWC, PWC,7:148. "Agreement with Nelson Kelly," September 1, 1762.11. PWP, PWP, 11:229. Letter to Anthony Whitting, October 14, 1792. 11:229. Letter to Anthony Whitting, October 14, 1792.12. WWF, WWF, 33:242. Letter to William Pearce, January 12, 1794. 33:242. Letter to William Pearce, January 12, 1794.13. Thompson, " 'They Appear to Live Comfortable Together.'"14. Higginbotham, George Was.h.i.+ngton Reconsidered, George Was.h.i.+ngton Reconsidered, 117. 117.15. Thompson, "Lives of Enslaved Workers on Was.h.i.+ngton's Outlying Farms."16. Adams, Life and Writings of Jared Sparks, Life and Writings of Jared Sparks, 2:28. 2:28.17. Thompson, Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance, Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance, 56. 56.18. PWP, PWP, 13:225. "Circular to William Stuart, Hiland Crow, and Henry McCoy," July 14, 1793. 13:225. "Circular to William Stuart, Hiland Crow, and Henry McCoy," July 14, 1793.19. Ibid., 12:524. Letter to Anthony Whitting, May 5, 1793.20. Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 68. 68.21. Brady, George Was.h.i.+ngton's Beautiful Nelly, George Was.h.i.+ngton's Beautiful Nelly, 134. 134.22. Decatur, Private Affairs of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Private Affairs of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 315. 315.23. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 181. 181.24. Ma.s.sachusetts Historical Society, Timothy Pickering Papers, Reel 52, p. 54.25. Henriques, Realistic Visionary, Realistic Visionary, 150. 150.26. Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 23. 23.27. PWP, PWP, 1:223. Letter to John Fairfax, January 1, 1789. 1:223. Letter to John Fairfax, January 1, 1789.28. WWF, WWF,33:275. Letter to William Pearce, February 22, 1794.29. PWP, PWP, 9:439. 9:439.30. DiariesA, DiariesA, 69-70. Diary entry for February 5, 1760. 69-70. Diary entry for February 5, 1760.31. Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 77. 77.32. PWP, PWP, 12:634. Letter to Anthony Whitting, May 26, 1793. 12:634. Letter to Anthony Whitting, May 26, 1793.33. Thompson, " 'The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret.'"34. PWC, PWC,8:521.35. Morgan, " 'To Get Quit of Negroes.'"36. Wiencek, Imperfect G.o.d, Imperfect G.o.d, 100. 100.37. Ibid.38. WWR, WWR,102. "Reward for Runaway Slaves," August 11, 1761.39. Ibid., 103.40. Ibid.41. Ibid., 102.42. WWR, WWR, 118. Letter to Josiah Thompson, July 2, 1766. 118. Letter to Josiah Thompson, July 2, 1766.43. Ibid.44. Wiencek, Imperfect G.o.d, Imperfect G.o.d, 188. 188.45. PWC, PWC,7:179.46. Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 23. 23.47. MTV. "Early Descriptions Ante 1800." Joseph Hatfield, 1787.48. Wiencek, Imperfect G.o.d, Imperfect G.o.d, 282. 282.49. PWRT PWRT, 4:133. Letter to William Roberts, June 17, 1799.50. Chinard, George Was.h.i.+ngton as the French Knew Him, George Was.h.i.+ngton as the French Knew Him, 118. 118.51. PWRT, PWRT,1:525. Letter to James Anderson, December 21, 1797.52. Schwarz, Slavery at the Home of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Slavery at the Home of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 25. 25.53. WWR, WWR,845. Letter to William Pearce, October 6, 1793.54. WWF, WWF,33:390. Letter to James Germain, June 1, 1794.55. PWCF, PWCF, 5:526. 5:526.56. MTV. "Early Descriptions Ante 1800." John Hanc.o.c.k, 1799.

CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE PRODIGY.

1 . PWC, PWC,8:98. Letter to Charles Lawrence, June 20, 1768.2 . Fischer, Was.h.i.+ngton's Crossing, Was.h.i.+ngton's Crossing, 431. 431.3 . Unger, Lafayette, Lafayette, 39. 39.4 . Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:234. 1:234.5 . Burns and Dunn, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 127. 127.6 . Marshall, Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 466. 466.7 . Henriques, Realistic Visionary, Realistic Visionary, 205. 205.8 . Brookhiser, Founding Father, Founding Father, 116. 116.9 . Thompson, Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance, Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance, 71. 71.10. Adams, Life and Writings of Jared Sparks, Life and Writings of Jared Sparks, 1:558. 1:558.11. Thompson, Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance, Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance, 88. 88.12. PWC, PWC,7:257. Letter to Richard Was.h.i.+ngton, September 27, 1763.13. Brookhiser, Founding Father, Founding Father, 127. 127.14. WWR, WWR,483. Letter to Bushrod Was.h.i.+ngton, January 15, 1783.15. Unger, Unexpected George Was.h.i.+ngton, Unexpected George Was.h.i.+ngton, 87-88. 87-88.16. Lengel, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, General George Was.h.i.+ngton, 8. 8.17. Jefferson, Writings, Writings, 1319. 1319.18. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 2:401. 2:401.19. Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 71. 71.20. PWP, PWP, 2:415. Letter to John Campbell, May 31, 1789. 2:415. Letter to John Campbell, May 31, 1789.21. DiariesA, DiariesA,105. Diary entry for March 2, 1768.22. Hervey, Memory of Was.h.i.+ngton, Memory of Was.h.i.+ngton, 93. 93.23. Irving, Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 124. 124.24. WWF, WWF,35:341. Letter to George Was.h.i.+ngton Parke Custis, December 19, 1796.25. Cadou, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, 33. 33.26. PWC, PWC,7:260. Letter to George William Fairfax, September 29, 1763.

CHAPTER TWELVE: PROVIDENCE.

1 . Meade, "Gov. Fauquier."2 . Wiencek, Imperfect G.o.d, Imperfect G.o.d, 140. 140.3. DiariesA, DiariesA,110.4 . Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 3:49. 3:49.5 . Schutz and Adair, Spur of Fame Spur of Fame, 207.6 . PWC, PWC,7:43. Letter to Van Swearingen, May 15, 1761.7 . Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:256. 1:256. PWC, PWC, 7:13. Letter 7:13. Letterfrom Robert Stewart, February 15, 1761.8 . PWC, PWC,7:43. Letter to Van Swearingen, May 15, 1761.9 . Wiencek, Imperfect G.o.d, Imperfect G.o.d, 152. 152.10. PWC, PWC,7:59. Letter to Andrew Burnaby, July 27, 1761.11. Ibid., 7:68. Letter to Charles Green, August 26, 1761.12. Ibid., 7:80. Letter to Richard Was.h.i.+ngton, October 20, 1761.13. Ibid., 6:415. Letter from Augustine Was.h.i.+ngton, ca. April 1760.14. Thompson, "In the Hands of a Good Providence," "In the Hands of a Good Providence," 1. 1.15. Henriques, Realistic Visionary, Realistic Visionary, 183. 183.16. Ibid., 246.17. Thompson, "In the Hands of a Good Providence," "In the Hands of a Good Providence," 20. 20.18. PWRT, PWRT, 1:407. Letter to William Gordon, October 15, 1797. 1:407. Letter to William Gordon, October 15, 1797.19. Marshall, Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 466. 466.20. Thompson, "In the Hands of a Good Providence," "In the Hands of a Good Providence," 52. 52.21. Ibid., 94.22. Ibid., 92.23. Ibid., 9.24. PWCF, PWCF,1:232. Letter to Tench Tilghman, March 24, 1784.25. Decatur, Private Affairs of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Private Affairs of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 231. 231.26. WWR, WWR,834. Letter to the Members of the New Church in Baltimore, January 27, 1793.27. PWP, PWP, 10:493. Letter to Edward Newenham, June 22, 1792. 10:493. Letter to Edward Newenham, June 22, 1792.28. WWR, WWR,590. Letter to George Mason, October 3, 1785.29. Ibid., 971. "Farewell Address," September 19, 1796.30. PWP, PWP,2:420. Letter to the General a.s.sembly of the Presbyterian Church, ca. May 1789.31. Thompson, "In the Hands of a Good Providence," "In the Hands of a Good Providence," 124. 124.32. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 3:211. 3:211.33. Ibid.34. PWRT, PWRT, 2:37. Letter to David Stuart, January 22, 1798. 2:37. Letter to David Stuart, January 22, 1798.35. PWC, PWC,7:297.36. Wiencek, Imperfect G.o.d, Imperfect G.o.d, 144. 144.37. WWR, WWR,483. Letter to Bushrod Was.h.i.+ngton, January 15, 1783.38. Wiencek, Imperfect G.o.d, Imperfect G.o.d, 144. 144.39. Chinard, George Was.h.i.+ngton as the French Knew Him, George Was.h.i.+ngton as the French Knew Him, 88. 88.40. Smith, "Surprising George Was.h.i.+ngton."

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: A WORLD OF HIS OWN.

1 . Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:310. 1:310.2 . Ellis, His Excellency, His Excellency, 55. 3 . Freeman, 55. 3 . Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 3:123. 3:123.4. Ibid., 3:132.5. Ibid., 3:136.6 . Ibid.7. Ibid., 3:142.8 . PWC, PWC,7:401. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., September 20, 1765.9 . Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, 230. 230.10. PWC, PWC,7:457. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., July 21, 1766.11. Ibid., 7:206. Letter to Robert Stewart, April 27, 1763.12. Ibid., 7:323. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., August 10, 1764.13. Ibid., 7:324.14. Ibid., 7:191. Invoice from Robert Cary & Co., April 13, 1763.15. Ibid., 8:93. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., June 6, 1768.16. Ibid., 8:92.17. Ibid., 8:370. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., August 20, 1770.18. Wiencek, Imperfect G.o.d, Imperfect G.o.d, 8. 8.19. Custis, Recollections and Private Memoirs of Was.h.i.+ngton, Recollections and Private Memoirs of Was.h.i.+ngton, 153. 153.20. MTV. "Early Descriptions Ante 1800." Chevalier de Chastellux, 1780-82.21. Diaries, Diaries,2:146. Diary entry for April 11, 1769.22. Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 83. 83.23. Ibid., 33.24. PWP, PWP, 9:438 and 8:401. 9:438 and 8:401.25. PWC, PWC,10:135.26. Ibid., 7:495. Letter from Martha Was.h.i.+ngton, March 30, 1767.27. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 88. 88.28. PWC, PWC,8:179. Letter to George Mason, April 5, 1769.29. Ibid.30. Ibid., 178.31. Wiencek, Imperfect G.o.d, Imperfect G.o.d, 150. 150.32. DiariesA, DiariesA, 128. 128.33. Ibid.34. Ibid., 129. Diary entry for May 19, 1769.35. Ibid.36. WWR, WWR, 133. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., July 25, 1769. 133. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., July 25, 1769.37. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:315. 1:315.38. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 97. 97.39. WWR, WWR,121. Letter to John Posey, June 24, 1767.40. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 104. 104.41. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 3:246-47. 3:246-47.42. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:289. 1:289.43. Ellis, His Excellency His Excellency, 56.44. DiariesA, DiariesA,151. Diary entry for October 19, 1770.45. Ibid., 150. Diary entry for October 14, 1770.46. PWC, PWC,9:460. Letter to George Muse, January 29, 1774.47. Ibid., 9:461.48. WWR, WWR,139. Letter to Thomas Johnson, July 20, 1770.49. Ibid., 138.50. Ibid.51. Unger,Unexpected George Was.h.i.+ngton, 77. 77.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: THE ASIATIC PRINCE.

1. MTV. "Early Descriptions Ante 1800." Journal of Nathanael Greene, September 12, 1783.2. Griswold, Was.h.i.+ngton's Gardens at Mount Vernon, Was.h.i.+ngton's Gardens at Mount Vernon, 20. 20.3. Brady, Martha Was.h.i.+ngton, Martha Was.h.i.+ngton, 185. 185.4. Diaries Diaries, 2:141. Diary entry for April 14, 1769.5. PWC, PWC,8:240. Letter to John Armstrong, August 18, 1769.6. Ibid., 8:496. Letter to Jonathan Boucher, July 9, 1771.7. Ibid., 8:89-90. Letter to Jonathan Boucher, May 30, 1768.8. Ibid., 8:96. Letter from Jonathan Boucher, June 16, 1768.9. Ibid., 8:122-24. Letter from Jonathan Boucher, August 2, 1768.10. Ibid., 8:227. Letter from Jonathan Boucher, July 20, 1769.11. Ibid., 8:339. Letter from Jonathan Boucher, May 21, 1770.12. Ibid., 8:412. Letter to Jonathan Boucher, December 16, 1770.13. Ibid., 8:414. Letter from Jonathan Boucher, December 18, 1770.14. Ibid., 8:426. Letter to Jonathan Boucher, January 2, 1771.15. Ibid., 8:348. Letter to Jonathan Boucher, June 2, 1770.16. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 3:312. 3:312.17. PWC, PWC,8:415. Letter from Jonathan Boucher, December 18, 1770.18. WWR WWR, 144. Letter to Benedict Calvert, April 3, 1773.19. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:228. 1:228.20. PWC, PWC,10:349.21. PWR, PWR,3:189.22. PWC, PWC, 9:49. Letter to Jonathan Boucher, May 21, 1772. 9:49. Letter to Jonathan Boucher, May 21, 1772.23. Custis, Recollections and Private Memoirs of Was.h.i.+ngton, Recollections and Private Memoirs of Was.h.i.+ngton, 528. 528.24. Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton, 56. 56.25. Diaries, Diaries,3:182.26. PWC, PWC, 9:266. 9:266.27. Unger, Unexpected George Was.h.i.+ngton, Unexpected George Was.h.i.+ngton, 84. 84.28. MTV. "Early Descriptions 1801-1841." Charles Willson Peale Journal, May-June 1804.29. PWC, PWC,9:243. Letter to Burwell Ba.s.sett, June 20, 1773.30. Thompson, "In the Hands of a Good Providence," "In the Hands of a Good Providence," 94. 94.31. Ibid., 121.32. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:247. 1:247.33. Wiencek, Imperfect G.o.d, Imperfect G.o.d, 10. 10.34. PWC, PWC,10:109. Letter to Bryan Fairfax, July 4, 1774.35. Dalzell and Dalzell, George Was.h.i.+ngton's Mount Vernon George Was.h.i.+ngton's Mount Vernon, 79.36. PWC, PWC, 9:326. Letter from Dr. Myles Cooper, September 20, 1773. 9:326. Letter from Dr. Myles Cooper, September 20, 1773.37. Ibid., 9:406-7. Letter to Myles Cooper, December 15, 1773.38. Ibid., 9:212. Letter from Jonathan Boucher, April 8, 1773.

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: A SHOCK OF ELECTRICITY.

1. Diaries, Diaries,3:166.2. Stoll, Samuel Adams Samuel Adams, 115.3. Ferling, "Myths of the American Revolution."4. PWC, PWC,2:179. Letter from Thomas Gage, November 23, 1755.5. Palmer, George Was.h.i.+ngton and Benedict Arnold, George Was.h.i.+ngton and Benedict Arnold, 69. 69.6. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:320. 1:320.7. Ellis, His Excellency, His Excellency, 58. 58.8. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 123. 123.9. DiariesA, DiariesA,189.10. PWC, PWC,10:119-25. "Fairfax County Resolves," July 18, 1774.11. WWR, WWR,154. Letter to Bryan Fairfax, July 20,1774.12. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:322. 1:322.13. Ellis, His Excellency, His Excellency, 64. 64.14. PWC, PWC,10:96-97. Letter to George William Fairfax, June 10, 1774.15. Ibid., 10:96.16. Ibid., 10:97.17. Ibid., 10:109-10. Letter to Bryan Fairfax, July 4, 1774.18. Ibid., 10:110.19. WWR, WWR,155-56. Letter to Bryan Fairfax, July 20, 1774.20. Ibid.21. Ibid., 156.22. Ibid., 157. Letter to Bryan Fairfax, August 24, 1774.23. DiariesA, DiariesA,190.24. Burns and Dunn, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 21. 21.25. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 132. 132.26. Brady, Martha Was.h.i.+ngton, Martha Was.h.i.+ngton, 92. 92.27. McCullough, John Adams John Adams, 86.28. Wiencek, Imperfect G.o.d, Imperfect G.o.d, 193. 193.29. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:324. 1:324.30. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 138. 138.31. WWR, WWR,159. Letter to Robert McKenzie, October 9, 1774.32. Burns and Dunn, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 22. 22.33. Unger, Unexpected George Was.h.i.+ngton, Unexpected George Was.h.i.+ngton, 95. 95.34. PWC, PWC,10:172. Letter to Robert McKenzie, October 9, 1774.35. Unger, Unexpected George Was.h.i.+ngton, Unexpected George Was.h.i.+ngton, 95. 95.36. Diaries, Diaries,3:285.37. DiariesA, DiariesA,ix.38. Diaries, Diaries,3:280.39. WWR, WWR,160. Letter to Robert McKenzie, October 9, 1774.40. Stoll, Samuel Adams Samuel Adams, 138.41. PWC, PWC,10:191. Letter to John Tayloe, November 30, 1774.42. Ibid., 10:269.43. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 149. 149.44. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:328. 1:328.45. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 148. 148.46. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:329. 1:329.47. Irving, Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Life of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 154. 154.48. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 149. 149.49. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 3:404. 3:404.50. Ibid., 3:405.51. Ibid., 3:406.52. PWC, PWC,10:308. Letter to John Augustine Was.h.i.+ngton, March 25, 1775.53. Ibid., 10:292. Letter to John Was.h.i.+ngton, March 6, 1775.54. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 3:409. 3:409.55. PWC, PWC,10:320. Letter to Lord Dunmore, April 3, 1775.56. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 3:409. 3:409.57. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:330. 1:330.58. Ibid., 1:335.

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: THE GLORIOUS CAUSE.

1. Stoll, Samuel Adams, Samuel Adams, 157. 157.2. PWC, PWC,10:368. Letter to George William Fairfax, May 31, 1775.3. Smith, John Marshall, John Marshall, 44. 44.4. Diaries, Diaries,3:327. Diary entry for May 4, 1775.5. DiariesA, DiariesA,197.6. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 162. 162.7. Ibid., 182.8. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:333. 1:333.9. WWR, WWR,164. Letter to George William Fairfax, May 31, 1775.10. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 162. 162.11. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:334. 1:334.12. Schutz and Adair, Spur of Fame Spur of Fame, 97.13. Ibid., 98.14. Ibid.15. Ibid., 97.16. Henriques, Realistic Visionary, Realistic Visionary, 22. 22.17. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:343. 1:343.18. PWR, PWR,13:322. Letter to William Gordon, January 23, 1778.19. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 163. 163.20. Grant, John Adams, John Adams, 156. 156.21. Ibid.22. DiariesA, DiariesA,198.23. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:338. 1:338.24. Ibid., 2:9.25. Diaries, Diaries,3:336. Diary entry for June 15, 1775.26. DiariesA, DiariesA,198.27. PWR, PWR,1:1. "Address to the Continental Congress," June 16, 1775.28. Ibid., 1:2-3.29. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 1:342. 1:342.30. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 177. 177.31. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 3:439-40. 3:439-40.32. WWR, WWR,167-68. Letter to Martha Was.h.i.+ngton, June 18, 1775.33. Ibid., 168.34. PWR, PWR,1:15. Letter to John Parke Custis, June 19, 1775.35. WWR, WWR,168. Letter to Martha Was.h.i.+ngton, June 18, 1775. Ibid., 170. Letter to Burwell Ba.s.sett, June 19, 1775.36. Ibid., 170. Letter to Burwell Ba.s.sett, June 19, 1775.37. Cadou, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, 213. 213.38. McCullough, 1776, 1776, 57. 57.39. Ibid., 44.40. PWR, PWR, 1:56. 1:56.41. WWF, WWF,14:385. Letter to John Jay, April 14, 1779.42. WWR, WWR,222. Letter to John Augustine Was.h.i.+ngton, March 31, 1776.43. Cunliffe, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 75. 75.44. PWR, PWR, 1:95. 1:95.45. Ibid., 1:16. Letter to the Officers of Five Virginia Independent Companies, June 20, 1775.46. WWR, WWR,173. Letter to Martha Was.h.i.+ngton, June 23, 1775.47. PWR, PWR, 1:33. 1:33.48. Ibid., 1:34.49. Golway, Was.h.i.+ngton's General, Was.h.i.+ngton's General, 55. 55.50. PWR, PWR,1:135. Letter to Samuel Was.h.i.+ngton, July 20, 1775.51. WWR, WWR,184-85. Letter to Lund Was.h.i.+ngton, August 20, 1775.52. PWR, PWR,1:41. "Address to the New York Provincial Congress," June 26, 1775.53. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 3:470. 3:470.54. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 2:27. 2:27.55. Decatur, Private Affairs of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Private Affairs of George Was.h.i.+ngton, xxi. xxi.56. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 182. 182.

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: MAGNIFICENT BLUFF.

1. Batchelder, "Col. Henry Va.s.sall."2. WWR, WWR,178. Letter to Richard Henry Lee, July 10, 1775.3. PWR, PWR,1:54. "General Orders," July 4, 1775.4. Cadou, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, 213-14. 213-14.5. Anderson, "Hinge of Revolution."6. Palmer, George Was.h.i.+ngton and Benedict Arnold, George Was.h.i.+ngton and Benedict Arnold, 111. 111.7. Ibid.8. Longmore, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Invention of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 196. 196.9. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 3:504-5. 3:504-5.10. PWR, PWR,1:135. Letter to Samuel Was.h.i.+ngton, July 20, 1775.11. Fischer, Was.h.i.+ngton's Crossing, Was.h.i.+ngton's Crossing, 11. 11.12. Gaines, For Liberty and Glory, For Liberty and Glory, 105. 105.13. PWR, PWR,6:482. Letter to Patrick Henry, October 5, 1776.14. Gaines, For Liberty and Glory, For Liberty and Glory, 69. 69.15. Anderson, "Hinge of Revolution."16. Cadou, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, George Was.h.i.+ngton Collection, 214. 214.17. WWF, WWF, 20:489. Letter to John Sullivan, December 17, 1780. 20:489. Letter to John Sullivan, December 17, 1780.18. McCullough, 1776, 1776, 31. 31.19. PWR, PWR,1:55. "General Orders," July 4, 1775.20. Ibid., 1:93.21. McCullough, 1776, 1776, 32. 32.22. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 2:36. 2:36.23. Thompson, Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance, Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance, 4. 4.24. PWR, PWR,1:104. Letter to James Warren, July 10, 1775.25. Stephenson, Patriot Battles, Patriot Battles, 136. 136.26. Palmer, George Was.h.i.+ngton and Benedict Arnold, George Was.h.i.+ngton and Benedict Arnold, 111. 111.27. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 2:541. 2:541.28. Ma.s.sachusetts Historical Society. Timothy Pickering Papers, P-31, Reel 51, p. 228.29. PWR, PWR,1:140. Letter to John Hanc.o.c.k, July 21, 1775.30. WWR, WWR,195-96. Letter to Joseph Reed, December 15, 1775.31. McCullough, 1776, 1776, 62. 62.32. Stephenson, Patriot Battles, Patriot Battles, 175. 175.33. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 2:36. 2:36.34. PWR, PWR,1:221. Letter to Nicholas Cooke, August 4, 1775.35. Ibid., 1:218. "General Orders," August 4, 1775.36. WWR, WWR,181. Letter to Thomas Gage, August 11, 1775.37. PWR, PWR,1:302. Letter from Thomas Gage, August 13, 1775.38. WWR, WWR,182-83. Letter to Thomas Gage, August 19, 1775.39. PWR, PWR,1:372. Letter to Richard Henry Lee, August 29, 1775.40. WWR, WWR,184. Letter to Lund Was.h.i.+ngton, August 20, 1775.41. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 2:37. 2:37.42. Ibid., 2:49.43. Higginbotham, George Was.h.i.+ngton Reconsidered, George Was.h.i.+ngton Reconsidered, 278. 278.44. McCullough, 1776, 1776, 22. 22.45. Golway, Was.h.i.+ngton's General, Was.h.i.+ngton's General, 45. 45.46. Ibid., 54.47. WWF, WWF, 20:241. Letter to George Mason, October 22, 1780. 20:241. Letter to George Mason, October 22, 1780.48. Golway, Was.h.i.+ngton's General, Was.h.i.+ngton's General, 67. 67.49. Ma.s.sachusetts Historical Society. Timothy Pickering Papers, P-31, Reel 51, p. 139.50. Chinard, George Was.h.i.+ngton as the French Knew Him, George Was.h.i.+ngton as the French Knew Him, 53. 53.51. Callahan, Henry Knox, Henry Knox, 20. 20.52. DiariesA, DiariesA,361.53. Callahan, Henry Knox, Henry Knox, 271. 271.54. Ibid., 32.55. Ibid., 227.56. PWRT, PWRT, 3:42. Letter to John Adams, September 25, 1798. 3:42. Letter to John Adams, September 25, 1798.57. Stephenson, Patriot Battles, Patriot Battles, 65. 65.

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: LAND OF FREEDOM.

1. Rosenfeld, American Aurora, American Aurora, 276. 276.2. McCullough, 1776, 1776, 51. 51.3. Ibid., 39.4. Rosenfeld, American Aurora, American Aurora, 260. 260.5. PWR, PWR,2:29. Letter to John Hanc.o.c.k, September 21, 1775.6. Stephenson, Patriot Battles, Patriot Battles, 15. 15.7. Palmer, George Was.h.i.+ngton and Benedict Arnold, George Was.h.i.+ngton and Benedict Arnold, 133. 133.8. Brookhiser, Founding Father, Founding Father, 115. 115.9. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 2:50. 2:50.10. WWF, WWF,22:161. Letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, June 4, 1781.11. WWR, WWR,1011. Letter to John Adams, September 25, 1798.12. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 3:553. 3:553.13. Ibid., 3:556.14. PWR, PWR,2:239. Letter to Major General Philip Schuyler, October 26, 1775.15. McCullough, 1776, 1776, 56. 56.16. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 2:53. 2:53.17. PWR, PWR,1:399. "Instructions to Captain Nicholas Broughton," September 2, 1775.18. Ibid., 2:463. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, November 30, 1775.19. PWP, PWP, 10:74-75. "Memorandum on General Officers," Philadelphia, March 9, 1792. 10:74-75. "Memorandum on General Officers," Philadelphia, March 9, 1792.20. Fund, "Whiskey Entrepreneur."21. PWR, PWR,2:300. "General Orders," November 5, 1775.22. Ibid., 1:287. "General Orders," August 11, 1775.23. Ibid., 1:321. "General Orders," August 18, 1775.24. Ibid., 1:346. "General Orders," August 22, 1775.25. Ibid., 2:493. Letter to Colonel Benedict Arnold, December 5, 1775.26. Ibid., 2:498. Letter to Major General Philip Schuyler, December 5, 1775.27. Ibid., 3:78. Letter from Major General Philip Schuyler, January 13, 1776. 3:78. Letter from Major General Philip Schuyler, January 13, 1776.28. Morgan, Genius of George Was.h.i.+ngton, Genius of George Was.h.i.+ngton, 10. 10.29. PWR, PWR,1:169. "General Orders," July 25, 1775.30. Cunliffe, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 78. 78.31. McCullough, 1776, 1776, 64. 64.32. Stephenson, Patriot Battles, Patriot Battles, 185. 185.33. McCullough, 1776, 1776, 36. 36.34. Wiencek, Imperfect G.o.d, Imperfect G.o.d, 200. 200.35. PWR, PWR,2:125. "Council of War," October 8, 1775.36. Ibid., 2:354. "General Orders," November 12, 1775.37. Hochschild, Bury the Chains, Bury the Chains, 98. 98.38. PWR, PWR,2:436. Letter to Richard Henry Lee, November 27, 1775.39. Ibid., 2:611. Letter to Richard Henry Lee, December 26, 1775.40. WWR, WWR, 195. Letter to Joseph Reed, December 15, 1775. 195. Letter to Joseph Reed, December 15, 1775.41. PWR, PWR,2:623. Letter to John Hanc.o.c.k, December 31, 1775.42. Ellis, American Creation, American Creation, 35. 35.43. McCullough, 1776, 1776, 65. 65.44. PWR, PWR,2:614. "General Orders," December 28, 1775.45. WWR, WWR,196. "General Orders," January 1, 1776.46. PWR, PWR,3:19. Letter to John Hanc.o.c.k, January 4, 1776.47. WWR, WWR,203. Letter to Joseph Reed, January 14, 1776.48. Ibid.49. Smith, John Marshall, John Marshall, 51. 51.50. WWR, WWR,206. Letter to Joseph Reed, January 31, 1776.51. Cunliffe, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 75. 75.52. Nelson, Thomas Paine, Thomas Paine, 88. 88.53. PWR, PWR,3:183. Letter from Major General Charles Lee, January 24, 1776.54. Ibid., 3:419. Letter from Fielding Lewis, March 6, 1776.55. WWR, WWR,206. Letter to Joseph Reed, January 31, 1776.56. PWCF, PWCF, 1:445. Letter to James Madison, June 12, 1784. 1:445. Letter to James Madison, June 12, 1784.57. PWR, PWR,2:74. Letter to Samuel Was.h.i.+ngton, September 30, 1775.58. Ibid., 2:72.59. Ibid., 2:162. Letter to John Augustine Was.h.i.+ngton, October 13, 1775.60. Fields, "Worthy Partner," "Worthy Partner," 164. 164.61. Brady, Martha Was.h.i.+ngton, Martha Was.h.i.+ngton, 104. 104.62. Thompson, " 'As If I had Been a Very Great Somebody.'"63. Henriques, Realistic Visionary, Realistic Visionary, 91. 91.64. PWR, PWR,3:172. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, January 23, 1776.65. Ibid., 2:252. Letter to Richard Henry Lee, October 29, 1775.66. Ibid., 3:173. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, January 23, 1776.67. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 2:60. 2:60.68. Fields, "Worthy Partner," "Worthy Partner," 164. 164.69. Henriques, Realistic Visionary, Realistic Visionary, 94. 94.70. Unger, Unexpected George Was.h.i.+ngton, Unexpected George Was.h.i.+ngton, 110. 110.71. Fischer, Was.h.i.+ngton's Crossing, Was.h.i.+ngton's Crossing, 19. 19.72. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 2:59. 2:59.73. Golway, Was.h.i.+ngton's General, Was.h.i.+ngton's General, 74. 74.74. Thompson, "'As If I had Been a Very Great Somebody.'"75. Brookhiser, Founding Father, Founding Father, 159. 159.76. WWR, WWR,207. Letter to Joseph Reed, January 31, 1776.77. PWR, PWR,2:243. "Poem by Phillis Wheatley."78. WWR, WWR,216. Letter to Phillis Wheatley, February 28, 1776.79. Ibid.80. Thompson, "'As If I had Been a Very Great Somebody.' "

CHAPTER NINETEEN: THE HEIGHTS.

1. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 2:427. 2:427.2. PWR, PWR,3:449. "General Orders," March 11, 1776.3. Ibid., 9:315. Letter to Colonels Alexander Spotswood et al., April 30, 1777.4. Ibid.5. Custis, Recollections and Private Memoirs Recollections and Private Memoirs, 258.6. PWR, PWR,3:27. "General Orders," January 5, 1776.7. WWF, WWF,24:110-11. Letter to the Secretary at War, April 10, 1782.8. Ibid., 254. "General Orders," May 14, 1782.9. PWR, PWR,3:85. Letter to John Hanc.o.c.k, January 14, 1776.10. Rosenfeld, American Aurora, American Aurora, 274. 274.11. PWR, PWR,3:287. Letter to Joseph Reed, February 10, 1776.12. Ibid., 3:336. Letter to John Hanc.o.c.k, February 18, 1776.13. Ibid., 3:335.14. Ibid., 3:370. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, February 26, 1776.15. McCullough, 1776, 1776, 87. 87.16. PWR, PWR,3:379. "General Orders," February 17, 1776.17. McCullough, 1776, 1776, 92. 92.18. Ibid., 92.19. Ibid., 93.20. Ibid., 95.21. Ibid.22. Trumbull, Autobiography of Colonel John Trumbull Autobiography of Colonel John Trumbull, 24.23. PWR, PWR,3:467. Letter to Major General Charles Lee, March 14, 1776.24. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 2:77. 2:77.25. WWR, WWR,221. Letter to John Augustine Was.h.i.+ngton, March 31, 1776.26. McCullough, 1776, 1776, 105. 105.27. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 4:55. 4:55.28. PWR, PWR, 3:494. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, March 19, 1776. 3:494. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, March 19, 1776.29. WWR, WWR,217. Letter to John Hanc.o.c.k, March 19, 1776.30. PWR, PWR,3:501-2. "Proclamation on the Occupation of Boston," March 21, 1776.31. Ibid., 3:514. Letter to John Morgan, March 22, 1776.32. Ibid., 3:566-69. Letter to John Augustine Was.h.i.+ngton, March 31, 1776.33. Stahr, John Jay, John Jay, 58. 58.34. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 4:91. 4:91.35. PWR, PWR,3:508. Letter from Josiah Quincy, March 21, 1776.36. Ibid., 3:528. Letter to Josiah Quincy, March 24, 1776.37. Fischer, Was.h.i.+ngton's Crossing, Was.h.i.+ngton's Crossing, 11. 11.38. WWR, WWR,220. Letter to John Augustine Was.h.i.+ngton, March 31, 1776.39. Golway, Was.h.i.+ngton's General, Was.h.i.+ngton's General, 80. 80.40. Stephenson, Patriot Battles, Patriot Battles, 230. 230.41. PWR, PWR,4:75. "General Orders," April 17, 1776.42. McCullough, 1776, 1776, 125. 125.43. Freeman, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 4:5. 4:5.44. WWR, WWR,224. Letter to John Augustine Was.h.i.+ngton, May 31, 1776.45. Flexner, George Was.h.i.+ngton, George Was.h.i.+ngton, 2:93. 2:93.46. PWR, PWR,4:485. Letter from John Parke Custis, June 10, 1776.47. Ibid., 5:74.48. Ibid., 5:134. Letter to John Hanc.o.c.k, June 28, 1776.49. Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton, 75. 75.50. PWR, PWR,5:129. "General Orders," June 28, 1776. 51*. Ibid.