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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.,