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24
Ibid., 25.
25
Ibid., 26.
26
Ibid., 28.
27
. Flexner,
George Washington,
1:68.
28
Ibid., 69.
29
WWR,
30. “Journey to the French Commandant,” 1753.
30
Ibid., 32.
31
Ibid.
32
Freeman,
George Washington,
1:320.
33
Lengel,
General George Washington,
28.
34
WWR,
33. “Journey to the French Commandant,” 1753.
35
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:76.
36
WWR,
34. “Journey to the French Commandant,” 1753.
37
DiariesA
, 32.
38
PWC,
1:352. Letter to Augustine Washington, August 2, 1755.
39
WWR,
35. Letter to Richard Corbin, January 28, 1754.
 
 
CHAPTER FOUR: BLOODBATH
1
DiariesA,
38.
2
.
PWC,
1:72, Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, March 7, 1754.
3
. Ibid.
4
. Flexner,
George Washington,
1:81.
5
Ibid., 1:82.
6
. Lengel,
General George Washington,
33.
7
. Freeman,
George Washington,
1:354.
8
.
PWC,
1:86. Letter to Governor Horatio Sharpe, April 24, 1754.
9
WWR,
39. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, May 18, 1754.
10
DiariesA,
45.
11
Ibid., 47.
12
Lengel,
General George Washington,
35.
13
DiariesA,
49-50.
14
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:89.
15
DiariesA,
49.
16
WWR,
42. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, May 29, 1754.
17
Ibid., 44.
18
Ibid.,48. Letter to John Augustine Washington, May 31, 1754.
19
Lengel,
General George Washington,
39.
20
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 Washington’s Conduct.’”
24
Henriques,
Realistic Visionary,
6.
25
PWC,
1:129-30. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, June 10, 1754.
26
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:100.
27
Anderson,
George Washington Remembers,
37.
28
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:100.
29
PWCF,
5:517. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”
30
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:101.
31
PWCF,
5:518. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”
32
Ibid.
33
Ibid.
34
PWC,
1:164.
35
Ibid., 1:170.
36
Ibid., 1:168.
37
Ibid., 1:169-70.
38
Ibid., 1:160.
39
Lengel,
General George Washington,
46.
40
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:107.
41
Lengel,
General George Washington,
48.
42
PWC,
1:136. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, June 10, 1754.
43
Callahan,
Henry Knox,
320.
44
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:5.
45
Freeman,
George Washington,
1:416.
46
Lengel,
General George Washington,
49.
47
Freeman,
George Washington,
1:420.
48
Ibid., 1:432.
49
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 Washington Collection,
26.
 
 
CHAPTER FIVE: SHADES OF DEATH
1
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 Washington, 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 Washington, May 14, 1755.
8
.
PWCF,
5:522. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”
9
PWC,
2:11.
10
Ibid., 1:299. Letter to William Fairfax, June 7, 1755.
11
Isaacson,
Benjamin Franklin,
166.
12
PWC,
1:268. Letter to Mary Ball Washington, May 6, 1755.
13
Ibid.
14
Irving,
Life of George Washington,
558.
15
PWC,
1:304. Letter to Mary Ball Washington, 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,
54. Letter to Sarah Cary Fairfax, June 7, 1755.
19
Ibid., 53. Letter to John Augustine Washington, May 28, 1755.
20
PWC,
1:319. Letter to John Augustine Washington, June 28-July 2, 1755.
21
Lengel,
General George Washington,
55.
22
Freeman,
George Washington,
2:51.
23
WWR,
54. Letter to John Augustine Washington, June 28, 1755.
24
Cunliffe,
George Washington,
49.
25
PWCF,
5:520. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”
26
PWC,
1:332.
27
PWCF,
5:520-21. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington. ”
28
Marshall,
Life of George Washington,
10.
29
WWR,
58. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, July 18, 1755.
30
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:129.
31
PWCF,
5:522. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”
32
PWC,
1:340. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, July 18, 1755. First draft.
33
Wiencek,
Imperfect God,
64.
34
Freeman,
George Washington,
2:82.
35
Ibid.
36
PWCF,
5:522. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”
37
PWC,
3:181.
38
Cunliffe,
George Washington,
49.
39
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:134.
40
PWC,
1:346. Letter from Sarah Cary Fairfax, Ann Spearing, and Elizabeth Dent, July 26, 1755.
41
Ibid., 1:343. Letter to John Augustine Washington, July 18, 1755. First draft.
42
Longmore,
Invention of George Washington,
30.
43
Irving,
Life of George Washington,
83.
44
Longmore,
Invention of George Washington,
29.
 
 
CHAPTER SIX: THE SOUL OF AN ARMY
1
.
PWC,
1:359. Letter to Mary Ball Washington, August 14, 1755.
2
. Ibid., 3:416. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, September 23, 1756.
3
. Ibid., 2:208. Letter to Richard Washington, December 6, 1755.
4
.
WWR,
61. “General Orders,” October 6, 1755.
5
. Wiencek,
Imperfect God,
64.
6
.
WWR,
64. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, October 14, 1755.
7
.
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 Washington,
29.
10
PWC,
3:171. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, May 23, 1756.
11
Ibid., 4:406. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, September 17, 1757.
12
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
15.
13
PWC,
3:417. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, September 23, 1756.
14
Ibid., 5:130. Letter to John Blair, April 17, 1758.
15
PWR,
8:124. Letter to John Parke Custis, January 22, 1777.
16
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:159.
17
Marshall, “National Treasure,”
New Yorker
, May 23, 2005.
18
PWCF,
5:523. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”
19
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 Washington,
91.
22
Longmore,
Invention of George Washington,
37.
23
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:148.
24
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 Washington,
1:154.
28
WWR,
73. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, April 18, 1756.
29
Henriques,
Realistic Visionary,
28.
30
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 Washington,
42.
35
Henriques,
Realistic Visionary,
11.
36
PWC,
4:89. Letter to the Earl of Loudoun, January 10, 1757.
37
Higginbotham,
George Washington Reconsidered,
59.
38
PWC,
4:89. Letter to the Earl of Loudoun, January 10, 1757.
39
Ibid., 4:90.
40
WWR,
86. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, March 10, 1757.
41
PWC,
4:132. Letter to Richard Washington, April 15, 1757.
42
Ibid., 4:163. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, May 24, 1757.
43
Anderson, “Hinge of the Revolution.”
44
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 Washington Collection,
29.
2
. Ibid.
3
. Ibid.
4
.
PWC,
5:447. Letter from Humphrey Knight, September 2, 1758.
5
. Brady,
Martha Washington,
55.
6
.
PWC,
5:112. Letter to Richard Washington, April 5, 1758.
7
. Freeman,
Washington,
2:302.
8
. Cadou,
George Washington Collection,
254.
9
. Henriques,
Realistic Visionary,
88.
10
MTV. “Early Descriptions Ante 1800.” Nicholas Crosswell journal, 1774-77.
11
Henriques,
Realistic Visionary,
101.
12
PWRT
, 2:239.
13
Wiencek,
Imperfect God,
84.
14
Bryan,
First Lady of Liberty,
239; Wiencek, ibid., 85.
15
Custis,
Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington,
509.
16
Henriques,
Realistic Visionary,
90.
17
Brady,
Martha Washington,
30.

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