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9
. Wiencek,
Imperfect God,
152.
10
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 Washington, October 20, 1761.
13
Ibid., 6:415. Letter from Augustine Washington, ca. April 1760.
14
Thompson,
“In the Hands of a Good Providence,”
1.
15
Henriques,
Realistic Visionary,
183.
16
Ibid., 246.
17
Thompson,
“In the Hands of a Good Providence,”
20.
18
PWRT,
1:407. Letter to William Gordon, October 15, 1797.
19
Marshall,
Life of George Washington,
466.
20
Thompson,
“In the Hands of a Good Providence,”
52.
21
Ibid., 94.
22
Ibid., 92.
23
Ibid., 9.
24
PWCF,
1:232. Letter to Tench Tilghman, March 24, 1784.
25
Decatur,
Private Affairs of George Washington,
231.
26
WWR,
834. Letter to the Members of the New Church in Baltimore, January 27, 1793.
27
PWP,
10:493. Letter to Edward Newenham, June 22, 1792.
28
WWR,
590. Letter to George Mason, October 3, 1785.
29
Ibid., 971. “Farewell Address,” September 19, 1796.
30
PWP,
2:420. Letter to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, ca. May 1789.
31
Thompson,
“In the Hands of a Good Providence,”
124.
32
Freeman,
George Washington,
3:211.
33
Ibid.
34
PWRT,
2:37. Letter to David Stuart, January 22, 1798.
35
PWC,
7:297.
36
Wiencek,
Imperfect God,
144.
37
WWR,
483. Letter to Bushrod Washington, January 15, 1783.
38
Wiencek,
Imperfect God,
144.
39
Chinard,
George Washington as the French Knew Him,
88.
40
Smith, “Surprising George Washington.”
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: A WORLD OF HIS OWN
1
. Flexner,
George Washington,
1:310.
2
. Ellis,
His Excellency,
55.
3
. Freeman,
George Washington,
3:123.
4
Ibid., 3:132.
5
Ibid., 3:136.
6
. Ibid.
7
Ibid., 3:142.
8
.
PWC,
7:401. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., September 20, 1765.
9
. Isaacson,
Benjamin Franklin,
230.
10
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 God,
8.
19
Custis,
Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington,
153.
20
MTV
. “
Early Descriptions Ante 1800.” Chevalier de Chastellux, 1780-82.
21
Diaries,
2:146. Diary entry for April 11, 1769.
22
Lee,
Experiencing Mount Vernon,
83.
23
Ibid., 33.
24
PWP,
9:438 and 8:401.
25
PWC,
10:135.
26
Ibid., 7:495. Letter from Martha Washington, March 30, 1767.
27
Longmore,
Invention of George Washington,
88.
28
PWC,
8:179. Letter to George Mason, April 5, 1769.
29
Ibid.
30
Ibid., 178.
31
Wiencek,
Imperfect God,
150.
32
DiariesA,
128.
33
Ibid.
34
Ibid., 129. Diary entry for May 19, 1769.
35
Ibid.
36
WWR,
133. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., July 25, 1769.
37
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:315.
38
Longmore,
Invention of George Washington,
97.
39
WWR,
121. Letter to John Posey, June 24, 1767.
40
Longmore,
Invention of George Washington,
104.
41
Freeman,
George Washington,
3:246-47.
42
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:289.
43
Ellis,
His Excellency
, 56.
44
DiariesA,
151. Diary entry for October 19, 1770.
45
Ibid., 150. Diary entry for October 14, 1770.
46
PWC,
9:460. Letter to George Muse, January 29, 1774.
47
Ibid., 9:461.
48
WWR,
139. Letter to Thomas Johnson, July 20, 1770.
49
Ibid., 138.
50
Ibid.
51
Unger,
Unexpected George Washington,
77.
 
 
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: THE ASIATIC PRINCE
1
MTV
. “
Early Descriptions Ante 1800.” Journal of Nathanael Greene, September 12, 1783.
2
Griswold,
Washington’s Gardens at Mount Vernon,
20.
3
Brady,
Martha Washington,
185.
4
Diaries
, 2:141. Diary entry for April 14, 1769.
5
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 Washington,
3:312.
17
PWC,
8:415. Letter from Jonathan Boucher, December 18, 1770.
18
WWR
, 144. Letter to Benedict Calvert, April 3, 1773.
19
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:228.
20
PWC,
10:349.
21
PWR,
3:189.
22
PWC,
9:49. Letter to Jonathan Boucher, May 21, 1772.
23
Custis,
Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington,
528.
24
Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
56.
25
Diaries,
3:182.
26
PWC,
9:266.
27
Unger,
Unexpected George Washington,
84.
28
MTV
. “
Early Descriptions 1801-1841.” Charles Willson Peale Journal, May-June 1804.
29
PWC,
9:243. Letter to Burwell Bassett, June 20, 1773.
30
Thompson,
“In the Hands of a Good Providence,”
94.
31
Ibid., 121.
32
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:247.
33
Wiencek,
Imperfect God,
10.
34
PWC,
10:109. Letter to Bryan Fairfax, July 4, 1774.
35
Dalzell and Dalzell,
George Washington’s Mount Vernon
, 79.
36
PWC,
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,
3:166.
2
Stoll,
Samuel Adams
, 115.
3
Ferling, “Myths of the American Revolution.”
4
PWC,
2:179. Letter from Thomas Gage, November 23, 1755.
5
Palmer,
George Washington and Benedict Arnold,
69.
6
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:320.
7
Ellis,
His Excellency,
58.
8
Longmore,
Invention of George Washington,
123.
9
DiariesA,
189.
10
PWC,
10:119-25. “Fairfax County Resolves,” July 18, 1774.
11
WWR,
154. Letter to Bryan Fairfax, July 20,1774.
12
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:322.
13
Ellis,
His Excellency,
64.
14
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,
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,
190.
24
Burns and Dunn,
George Washington,
21.
25
Longmore,
Invention of George Washington,
132.
26
Brady,
Martha Washington,
92.
27
McCullough,
John Adams
, 86.
28
Wiencek,
Imperfect God,
193.
29
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:324.
30
Longmore,
Invention of George Washington,
138.
31
WWR,
159. Letter to Robert McKenzie, October 9, 1774.
32
Burns and Dunn,
George Washington,
22.
33
Unger,
Unexpected George Washington,
95.
34
PWC,
10:172. Letter to Robert McKenzie, October 9, 1774.
35
Unger,
Unexpected George Washington,
95.
36
Diaries,
3:285.
37
DiariesA,
ix.
38
Diaries,
3:280.
39
WWR,
160. Letter to Robert McKenzie, October 9, 1774.
40
Stoll,
Samuel Adams
, 138.
41
PWC,
10:191. Letter to John Tayloe, November 30, 1774.
42
Ibid., 10:269.
43
Longmore,
Invention of George Washington,
149.
44
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:328.
45
Longmore,
Invention of George Washington,
148.
46
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:329.
47
Irving,
Life of George Washington,
154.
48
Longmore,
Invention of George Washington,
149.
49
Freeman,
George Washington,
3:404.
50
Ibid., 3:405.
51
Ibid., 3:406.
52
PWC,
10:308. Letter to John Augustine Washington, March 25, 1775.
53
Ibid., 10:292. Letter to John Washington, March 6, 1775.
54
Freeman,
George Washington,
3:409.
55
PWC,
10:320. Letter to Lord Dunmore, April 3, 1775.
56
Freeman,
George Washington,
3:409.
57
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:330.
58
Ibid., 1:335.
 
 
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: THE GLORIOUS CAUSE
1
Stoll,
Samuel Adams,
157.
2
PWC,
10:368. Letter to George William Fairfax, May 31, 1775.
3
Smith,
John Marshall,
44.
4
Diaries,
3:327. Diary entry for May 4, 1775.
5
DiariesA,
197.
6
Longmore,
Invention of George Washington,
162.
7
Ibid., 182.
8
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:333.
9
WWR,
164. Letter to George William Fairfax, May 31, 1775.
10
Longmore,
Invention of George Washington,
162.

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