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3
Ibid., 9:315. Letter to Colonels Alexander Spotswood et al., April 30, 1777.
4
Ibid.
5
Custis,
Recollections and Private Memoirs
, 258.
6
PWR,
3:27. “General Orders,” January 5, 1776.
7
WWF,
24:110-11. Letter to the Secretary at War, April 10, 1782.
8
Ibid., 254. “General Orders,” May 14, 1782.
9
PWR,
3:85. Letter to John Hancock, January 14, 1776.
10
Rosenfeld,
American Aurora,
274.
11
PWR,
3:287. Letter to Joseph Reed, February 10, 1776.
12
Ibid., 3:336. Letter to John Hancock, February 18, 1776.
13
Ibid., 3:335.
14
Ibid., 3:370. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, February 26, 1776.
15
McCullough,
1776,
87.
16
PWR,
3:379. “General Orders,” February 17, 1776.
17
McCullough,
1776,
92.
18
Ibid., 92.
19
Ibid., 93.
20
Ibid., 95.
21
Ibid.
22
Trumbull,
Autobiography of Colonel John Trumbull
, 24.
23
PWR,
3:467. Letter to Major General Charles Lee, March 14, 1776.
24
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:77.
25
WWR,
221. Letter to John Augustine Washington, March 31, 1776.
26
McCullough,
1776,
105.
27
Freeman,
George Washington,
4:55.
28
PWR,
3:494. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, March 19, 1776.
29
WWR,
217. Letter to John Hancock, March 19, 1776.
30
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 Washington, March 31, 1776.
33
Stahr,
John Jay,
58.
34
Freeman,
George Washington,
4:91.
35
PWR,
3:508. Letter from Josiah Quincy, March 21, 1776.
36
Ibid., 3:528. Letter to Josiah Quincy, March 24, 1776.
37
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
11.
38
WWR,
220. Letter to John Augustine Washington, March 31, 1776.
39
Golway,
Washington’s General,
80.
40
Stephenson,
Patriot Battles,
230.
41
PWR,
4:75. “General Orders,” April 17, 1776.
42
McCullough,
1776,
125.
43
Freeman,
George Washington,
4:5.
44
WWR,
224. Letter to John Augustine Washington, May 31, 1776.
45
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:93.
46
PWR,
4:485. Letter from John Parke Custis, June 10, 1776.
47
Ibid., 5:74.
48
Ibid., 5:134. Letter to John Hancock, June 28, 1776.
49
Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
75.
50
PWR,
5:129. “General Orders,” June 28, 1776.
51
*. Ibid.
 
 
CHAPTER TWENTY: ALL LONDON AFLOAT
1
McCullough,
1776,
142.
2
Ibid., 6.
3
Ibid., 19.
4
Ibid., 131.
5
Callahan,
Henry Knox,
64.
6
PWR,
5:266. Letter to John Hancock, July 11, 1776.
7
McCullough,
1776,
135.
8
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
31.
9
PWR,
5:180. “General Orders,” July 2, 1776.
10
Ibid., 5:181.
11
Ibid., 5:191-93. Letter to John Hancock, July 3, 1776.
12
PWR,
4:11. Letter to Joseph Reed, April 1, 1776.
13
Darnton,
George Washington’s False Teeth,
98.
14
Winik,
Great Upheaval,
76.
15
Gaines,
For Liberty and Glory,
44.
16
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:14.
17
Wills,
Cincinnatus,
187.
18
PWR,
3:386. Letter to Burwell Bassett
,
February 28, 1776
.
19
Ibid., 5:246. “General Orders,” July 9, 1776.
20
Ibid.
21
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
29.
22
PWR,
5:258. Letter to John Hancock, July 10, 1776.
23
McCullough,
1776,
141.
24
PWR,
5:256-57. “General Orders,” July 10, 1776.
25
Ibid., 5:260. Letter to John Hancock, July 10, 1776.
26
Ibid., 6:54. Letter to the New York Convention, August 17, 1776.
27
Freeman,
George Washington,
4:136-37.
28
PWR,
10:410. Letter to John Hancock, July 25, 1777.
29
Flexner,
George Washington,
1:156.
30
McCullough,
1776,
75.
31
Irving,
Life of George Washington,
219.
32
PWR,
5:296. Letter from Lord Howe, July 13, 1776.
33
Ibid., 4:11. Letter to Joseph Reed, April 1, 1776.
34
Ibid., 5:297.
35
Freeman,
George Washington,
4:139.
36
PWR,
5:306. Letter to John Hancock, July 14, 1776.
37
Thompson,
Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance,
6.
38
Ibid.
39
Ibid., 7.
40
McCullough,
1776,
145.
41
Callahan,
Henry Knox,
66.
42
Ibid., 65.
43
Ibid.
44
PWR,
5:400-401. “Memorandum of an Interview with Lieutenant Colonel James Paterson,” July 20, 1776.
45
Ibid., 5:401.
46
Ibid., 5:408. Letter to Colonel Adam Stephen, July 20, 1776.
47
Ibid., 5:424. Letter to John Hancock, July 22, 1776.
48
McCullough,
1776,
147.
49
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
87.
50
McCullough,
1776,
151.
51
Stephenson,
Patriot Battles,
20.
52
Golway,
Washington’s General,
90.
53
McCullough,
1776,
153.
54
Ibid., 148.
55
Ibid.
56
WWR,
236. Letter to Lund Washington, August 19, 1776.
 
 
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: DISASTER
1
PWR,
5:610. Letter to Jesse Root, August 7, 1776.
2
Ibid., 5:632. Letter to Brigadier General William Livingston, August 8, 1776.
3
Ibid., 6:18. “General Orders,” August 14, 1776.
4
McCullough,
1776,
155-56.
5
WWR,
234. Letter to Lund Washington, August 19, 1776.
6
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
90.
7
WWR,
239. “General Orders,” August 23, 1776.
8
McCullough,
1776,
161.
9
.
PWR,
16:490. Letter from Major General Israel Putnam, September 2, 1778.
10
Ibid., 6:129. Letter to John Hancock, August 26, 1776.
11
Ibid., 6:137. Letter to Lund Washington, August 26, 1776.
12
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:110.
13
Ibid.
14
PWR,
6:162.
15
Stephenson,
Patriot Battles,
239.
16
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
98.
17
Freeman,
George Washington,
4:178.
18
Palmer,
George Washington and Benedict Arnold,
186.
19
McCullough,
1776,
178.
20
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:112.
21
Ibid., 2:114.
22
Stephenson,
Patriot Battles,
243.
23
McCullough,
1776,
190.
24
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
101.
25
Schecter,
Battle for New York,
165.
26
PWR,
6:495. Letter to Lund Washington, October 6, 1776.
27
Ibid., 6:164.
28
Ibid., 6:364. “General Orders,” September 22, 1776.
29
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:121.
30
PWR,
6:494. Letter to Lund Washington, October 6, 1776.
31
Ibid., 6:114. Letter to the New York Convention, August 23, 1776.
32
Ibid., 6:207. Letter from John Hancock, September 3, 1776.
33
McCullough,
1776,
204.
34
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:119.
35
PWR,
6:249. Letter to John Hancock, September 8, 1776.
36
Ibid.
37
Ibid., 6:251.
38
Stephenson,
Patriot Battles,
245.
39
McCullough,
1776,
211.
40
Brookhiser,
Founding Father,
19.
41
Stephenson,
Patriot Battles,
245.
42
PWR,
6:313. Letter to John Hancock, September 16, 1776.
43
Thompson,
Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance,
8.
44
PWR,
6:316.
45
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:123.
46
PWR,
6:313. Letter to John Hancock, September 16, 1776.
47
Ibid., 6:316.
48
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:123.
49
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
104.
50
PWR,
6:334.
51
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:129.
52
Lengel,
General George Washington,
157.
53
PWR,
6:320. “General Orders,” September 17, 1776.
54
Ibid., 6:348. “General Orders,” September 20, 1776.
55
Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
81.
56
Golway,
Washington’s General,
96.
57
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
106.
58
PWR,
6:370.
59
Ibid., 6:400. Letter to John Hancock, September 25, 1776.
60
Freeman,
George Washington,
4:208.
61
Callahan,
Henry Knox,
73.
62
WWR,
255. Letter to John Augustine Washington, November 6, 1776.
63
Ibid., 249. Letter to Lund Washington, September 30, 1776.
64
Ibid., 250.
 
 
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: AN INDECISIVE MIND
1
McCullough,
1776
, 230.
2
PWR,
7:57.
3
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:136.
4
PWR,
7:52.
5
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:140.
6
Lengel,
General George Washington,
163.
7
Ibid., 228.
8
PWR,
7:115-16. Letter to Major General Nathanael Greene, November 8, 1776.
9
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
113.
10
Freeman,
George Washington,
4:235.
11
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:145.
12
Ibid., 2:148.
13
PWR,
7:106.
14
Ibid., 7:154. Letter to John Hancock, November 14, 1776.
15
McCullough,
1776
, 239.
16
PWR,
7:163. Letter to John Hancock, November 16, 1776.
17
McCullough,
1776
, 240.
18
Lengel,
General George Washington,
167.
19
Irving,
Life of George Washington,
274.
20
Stephenson,
Patriot Battles,
250.
21
McCullough,
1776,
243.
22
Callahan,
Henry Knox,
75.
23
PWR,
7:104. Letter to John Augustine Washington, November 19, 1776.
24
Freeman,
George Washington,
4:293.
25
Ibid., 4:264.
26
Lengel,
General George Washington,
168.

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