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14
.
DiariesA,
398. Diary entry for October 17-18, 1794.
15
Diaries,
6:194.
16
Ibid., 6:196.
17
Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
475.
18
WWR,
888. “Sixth Annual Message to Congress,” November 19, 1794.
19
Ketcham,
James Madison,
354.
20
Brookhiser,
Founding Father,
89.
21
Ketcham,
James Madison,
355.
22
Ibid.
23
Hitchens,
Thomas Jefferson,
105.
24
WWF,
34:109. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, February 2, 1795.
25
Callahan,
Henry Knox,
311.
26
Ibid.
27
Ibid., 312.
28
WWR,
903. Letter to Edmund Pendleton, January 22, 1795.
 
 
CHAPTER SIXTY: MAD DOG
1
WWF,
34:16. Letter to John Jay, November 1, 1794.
2
Ibid.
3
WWR,
913. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, July 3, 1795.
4
Freeman,
George Washington,
7:257.
5
Stahr,
John Jay,
336.
6
Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
487.
7
Ibid.
8
WWF,
34:254. “Letter Book,” August 1 and 25, 1795.
9
Ibid., 262. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, July 29, 1795.
10
Unger,
Unexpected George Washington,
227.
11
WWF,
34:251. Letter to the Secretary of War, July 27, 1795.
12
Ibid., 264. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, July 29, 1795.
13
Ibid., 262.
14
Diaries,
6:208.
15
Freeman,
George Washington,
7:282.
16
McDonald,
Presidency of George Washington,
164.
17
Freeman,
George Washington,
7:279.
18
WWF
34:276. Letter to the Secretaries of the Treasury and War, August 12-18, 1795.
19
Freeman,
George Washington,
7:293.
20
Randolph,
Vindication of Edmund Randolph
, 1.
21
Freeman,
George Washington,
7:294-95.
22
Randolph,
Vindication of Edmund Randolph,
2.
23
WWF,
34:321. Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, October 2, 1795.
24
Ibid., 34:340. Letter to Edmund Randolph, October 21, 1795.
25
Ibid., 34:344. Letter to Edmund Randolph, October 25, 1795.
26
Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
3:263.
27
Brookhiser,
Founding Father,
117.
28
WWF,
34:404. Letter from Alexander Hamilton, December 24, 1795.
29
Freeman,
George Washington,
7:335.
30
WWF,
34:279. Letter to John Adams, August 20, 1795.
31
Burns and Dunn,
George Washington,
115.
32
WWR,
918. Letter to Patrick Henry, October 9, 1795.
33
Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
504.
34
Ibid.
35
WWF,
26:349. Letter to James Madison, April 22, 1783.
36
PWRT,
2:500. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, August 9, 1798.
37
Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
3:263.
38
Smith,
John Marshall,
598.
39
WWF,
34:288. Letter to John Marshall, August 26, 1795.
40
Ibid., 34:318. Letter to Edward Carrington, September 28, 1795.
41
Ibid., 35:277. Letter to Charles Lee, November 14, 1796.
42
Ibid., 34:375. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, November 23, 1795.
43
Ibid., 34:299-300. Letter to George Cabot, September 7, 1795.
44
Freeman,
George Washington,
7:304.
45
Unger,
Unexpected George Washington,
230.
46
WWF,
34:404. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, December 22, 1795.
47
Ibid., 34:425. Letter to James Madison, January 22, 1796.
48
Ibid., 34:462. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, February 13, 1796.
49
Unger,
Unexpected George Washington,
231.
50
WWF,
34:473. Letter to Thomas Pinckney, February 20, 1796.
51
Ibid., 34:486. Letter to James Madison, March 6, 1796.
52
Ibid., 35:62. Letter to Thomas Pinckney, May 22, 1796.
53
PWRT,
1:209. Letter to Ségur, June 24, 1797.
54
Lee,
Experiencing Mount Vernon,
62.
55
Ibid.
56
Unger,
Lafayette,
245.
 
 
CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE: THE COLOSSUS OF THE PEOPLE
1
WWR,
933. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, March 31, 1796.
2
Ibid., 934.
3
Ibid., 931. “ To the House of Representatives,” March 30, 1796.
4
Freeman,
George Washington,
7:376.
5
WWF,
35:62. Letter to Thomas Pinckney, May 22, 1796.
6
McDonald,
Presidency of George Washington,
173.
7
Ellis,
American Creation,
200.
8
Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
499.
9
Ellis,
American Creation,
200.
10
Ibid.
11
WWF,
35:30. Letter to Charles Carroll, May 1, 1796.
12
Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
499.
13
Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
3:269.
14
Ibid., 268.
15
WWR,
952. Letter to Thomas Jefferson, July 6, 1796.
16
Ibid., 952.
17
Malone,
Jefferson and His Time,
3:270.
18
WWR,
951-52. Letter to Thomas Jefferson, July 6, 1796.
19
Ibid., 952.
20
Thompson,
Memorandum for the Martha Washington Anniversary Committee,
18.
21
PWRT, 2:176. “Comments on Monroe’s
A View of the Conduct of the Executive in the Foreign Affairs of the United States,
” ca. March 1798.
22
WWR,
936. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, May 8, 1796.
23
WWF,
15:199. Letter to Archibald Cary, ca. May 1779.
24
Rosenfeld,
American Aurora,
34.
25
Henriques,
Realistic Visionary,
121.
26
Monroe,
View of the Conduct of the Executive,
liv.
27
Ibid., xlviii.
28
Ibid., xxx.
29
Paine,
Complete Writings of Thomas Paine,
705.
30
Ibid.
31
Ibid., 695.
32
Rosenfeld,
American Aurora,
33.
33
Nelson,
Thomas Paine,
305.
34
WWF,
35:359.
35
Rosenfeld,
American Aurora,
33.
36
Miles,
George and Martha Washington,
39.
37
Ibid., 42.
38
Barratt and Miles,
Gilbert Stuart,
139.
39
MTV
.
“Early Descriptions, 1800-1841.”
40
Unger,
Unexpected Washington,
232.
41
Fields,
“Worthy Partner,”
276.
42
Flexner,
George Washington,
3:196.
43
Barratt and Miles,
Gilbert Stuart,
191.
44
Ibid.
45
Ibid., 193.
46
Ibid.
47
Ibid., 191.
48
Ibid.
49
WWF,
34:458. Letter to Elizabeth Parke Custis, February 10, 1796.
50
Barratt and Miles,
Gilbert Stuart,
192.
51
Lee,
Experiencing Mount Vernon,
62.
52
DiariesA,
415.
53
Ibid., 413.
54
PWRT,
1:266. Letter to George Washington Parke Custis, July 23, 1797.
55
WWF,
35:295. Letter to George Washington Parke Custis, November 28, 1796.
56
PWRT,
1:153. Letter to Samuel Stanhope Smith, May 24, 1797.
57
Ibid., 1:159. Letter from George Washington Parke Custis, May 29, 1797.
58
WWR,
907. Letter to Charles Carter, March 10, 1795.
59
WWF,
34:502. Letter to William Pearce, March 20, 1796.
60
Ibid., 34:451. Letter to William Pearce, February 7, 1796.
61
Wiencek,
Imperfect God,
308.
62
WWR,
911. Letter to William Pearce, May 10, 1795.
63
Wiencek,
Imperfect God,
349.
64
WWF,
34:453. Letter to David Stuart, February 7, 1796.
65
Ibid., 35:182. Letter to James Anderson, August 18, 1796.
 
 
CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO: THE MASTER OF FAREWELLS
1
Thompson,
Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance,
47.
2
Wright, “Pickering’s Letter.”
3
Stahr,
John Jay,
358.
4
WWF,
35:37. Letter to Governor John Jay, May 8, 1796.
5
Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
505.
6
WWR,
938. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, May 15, 1796.
7
Ibid., 946. “Draft of the Farewell Address,” May 15, 1796.
8
Ibid., 948.
9
Ibid., 950. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, June 26, 1796.
10
WWF,
35:104. Letter from Alexander Hamilton, July 5, 1796.
11
Ibid., 35:126. Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, July 6, 1796.
12
Ibid., 35:178. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, August 10, 1796.
13
Ibid., 35:190. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, August 25, 1796.
14
Freeman,
George Washington,
7:403.
15
WWR,
962. “Farewell Address,” September 19, 1796.
16
Ibid., 963.
17
Ibid.
18
Ibid., 965.
19
Ibid., 968.
20
Ellis,
His Excellency: George Washington,
237.
21
WWR,
968. “Farewell Address,” September 19, 1796.
22
Ibid., 969.
23
Ibid., 973.
24
Ibid.
25
Ibid.
26
Ibid., 975.
27
Ibid., 977.
28
Thompson,
Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance,
54. Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
507.
29
Ketcham,
James Madison,
366.
30
Ibid.
31
Schutz and Adair,
Spur of Fame,
37.
32
Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
508.
33
Schutz and Adair,
Spur of Fame,
226.
34
Cappon,
Adams-Jefferson Letters,
349.
35
Schutz and Adair,
Spur of Fame,
226.
36
Brookhiser,
Founding Father,
103.
37
WWF,
34:154. Letter to William Pearce, March 22, 1795.
38
Ibid., 34:476. Letter to William Pearce, February 21, 1796.
39
Wilentz,
Rise of American Democracy,
62.
40
Rosenfeld,
American Aurora,
30.
41
Schutz and Adair,
Spur of Fame,
224.
42
Brookhiser,
Founding Father,
177.
43
WWR,
594. Letter to Robert Morris, April 12, 1786.
44
Decatur,
Private Affairs of George Washington,
268.
45
Cadou,
George Washington Collection,
204.
46
Harvey and O’Brien,
George Washington’s South,
202.
47
Ibid.
48
Wiencek,
Imperfect God,
323.
49
Harvey and O’Brien,
George Washington’s South,
202.
50
Fields,
“Worthy Partner,”
287.
51
WWF,
35:201. Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, September 1, 1796.
52
Ibid., 35:202.
53
Ibid.
54
Wiencek,
Imperfect God,
326.
55
Ibid.
56
WWF,
35:297. Letter to Joseph Whipple, November 28, 1796.

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