Washington [565]
12. Hervey, Memory of Washington, 45.
13. Felder, Fielding Lewis and Washington Family, 34.
14. Ramsay, Life of George Washington, 3.
15. PWP, 7:32. Letter to George Steptoe Washington, December 5, 1790.
16. Brookhiser, Founding Father, 137.
17. Abbot, “Uncommon Awareness.”
18. WWF,35:341. Letter to George Washington Parke Custis, December 19, 1796.
19. Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 188.
20. WWR, 3. “Rules of Civility,” 1747.
21. Ibid., 10.
22. Ibid., 5.
23. Ibid., 6.
24. Sayen, “George Washington’s ‘Unmannerly’ Behavior.”
25. WWF,35:295. Letter to George Washington Parke Custis, November 28, 1796.
26. PWRT, 1:169. Letter to George Washington Parke Custis, June 4, 1797.
CHAPTER TWO: FORTUNE’S FAVORITE
1. PWRT, 4:507.
2. Freeman, George Washington, 1:76-77.
3. WWF,35:329-30. Letter to Sir John Sinclair, December 11, 1796.
4. Flexner, George Washington, 1:30.
5 . PWC,1:289-90. Letter to John Augustine Washington, May 28, 1755.
6 . Ibid., 4:119. Letter from William Fairfax, March 22, 1757.
7. WWR,720. Letter to George Steptoe Washington, March 23, 1789.
8. Flexner, George Washington, 1:27.
9 . Palmer, George Washington and Benedict Arnold, 43-44.
10. Flexner, George Washington, 1:30.
11. PWCF,5:515. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”
12. Flexner, George Washington, 1:30.
13. Freeman, George Washington, 1:195.
14. Ibid., 1:199.
15. PWCF, 6:423. Letter to James Craik, August 4, 1788.
16. 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,1:44. Letter to Richard [no last name], ca. 1749-50.
21. WWR,14. “A Journal of My Journey over the Mountains,” April 3, 1747/8.
22. Lengel, General George Washington, 14.
23. PWC, 1:39.
24. Ibid., 1:45-46. Memorandum, ca. 1749-50.
25. Irving, Life of George Washington, 16.
26. Felder, Fielding Lewis and Washington Family, 33.
27. PWC, 1:41. Letter to Robin [no last name], ca. 1749-50.
28. Ibid., 1:47. “Poetry,” ca. 1749-50.
29. Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 18.
30. Cunliffe, George Washington, 42.
31. PWC,1:44. Letter to Richard, ca. 1749-50
32. DiariesA, xvi.
33. PWC,1:6. Letter to Lawrence Washington, May 5, 1749.
34. Ibid., 1:38. Letter to Ann Fairfax Washington, ca. September-November 1749.
35. Flexner, George Washington, 1:47.
36. DiariesA, 12. Entry for November 5, 1751.
37. Lengel, General George Washington, 16.
38. Freeman, George Washington, 1:250.
39. 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 Washington, 1:263.
44. Ibid., 1:51.
45. PWC,1:49. Letter to William Fauntleroy, May 20, 1752.
46. Lengel, General George Washington, 16.
47. Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 19.
48. WWR,1113.
49. PWC,1:50. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, June 10, 1752.
50. PWRT, 3:188. Letter to Maryland Masons, November 8, 1798.
51. PWP, 12:76. Letter to the Massachusetts Masons, January 1793.
CHAPTER THREE: WILDERNESS MISSION
1 . Cadou, George Washington Collection, 212.
2 . PWC,1:199. Letter from Allan Macrae, September 3, 1754.
3. Freeman, George Washington, 3:6.
4. Lengel, General George Washington, 8.
5. PWC,1:277. Letter to John Augustine Washington, May 14, 1755.
6. Wiencek, Imperfect God, 65-66.
7. Anderson, George Washington Remembers, 71.
8. Longmore, Invention of George Washington, 18.
9. PWC,1:57.
10. Ibid., 1:352. Letter to Augustine Washington, August 2, 1755.
11. Flexner, George Washington, 1:55.
12. PWC,2:151. Letter from Robert Hunter Morris, October 31, 1755.
13. PWCF, 5:516. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”
14. PWC,1:57.
15. WWR,17. “Journey to the French Commandant,” 1753.
16. Ibid., 18.
17. Ibid.
18. Lengel, General George Washington, 20.
19. PWC,5:117. Letter