Washington [568]
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.
18. Wiencek, Imperfect God, 75.
19. Ibid., 73.
20. Ibid.
21. Ibid., 76.
22. PWC,6:10. Letter to Sarah Cary Fairfax, September 12, 1758.
23. Ibid., 6:11.
24. Ibid.
25. Ibid., 6:41. Letter to Sarah Cary Fairfax, September 25, 1758.
26. WWR,901-2.
CHAPTER EIGHT: DARLING OF A GRATEFUL COUNTRY
1 . Higginbotham, George Washington Reconsidered, 54.
2. PWC,5:117.
3 . Lengel, General George Washington, 70.
4 . PWC,5:258. Letter to Henry Bouquet, July 3, 1758. PWC, 5:282. Letter to Henry Bouquet, July 13, 1758.
5 . Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 33.
6 . PWC,5:271. Letter from James Wood, July 7, 1758.
7 . Ibid., 5:305-6. Letter from Robert Rutherford, July 20, 1758.
8 . Flexner, George Washington, 1:211.
9 . PWC,5:330. Letter from Robert Rutherford, July 26,
1758.
10. Ibid., 5:349. Letter to James Wood, ca. July 28, 1758.
11. Ibid.
12. WWR,96. Letter to Francis Halkett, August 2, 1758.
13. Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 13.
14. Lengel, General George Washington, 71.
15. PWC,5:424. Letter to Henry Bouquet, August 28, 1758.
16. Ibid., 5:433. Letter to John Robinson, September 1, 1758.
17. Flexner, George Washington, 1:215.
18. PWC,7:205. Letter to Robert Stewart, April 27, 1763.
19. Flexner, George Washington, 1:220.
20. PWCF,5:525. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”
21. PWC,6:177. Letter from Robert Stewart, December 31, 1758.
22. Ibid.
23. Ibid., 6:179. “Address from the Officers of the Virginia Regiment,” December 31, 1758.
24. PWCF, 5:525. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”
25. PWC,6:186. “To the Officers of the Virginia Regiment,” January 10, 1759.
26. Ibid., 6:187.
CHAPTER NINE: THE MAN OF MODE
1 . Cadou, George Washington Collection, 244.
2. PWC,6:283ff.
3 . Brady, Martha Washington, 70.
4 . DiariesA, 65. Diary entry for January 16, 1760.
5. Ibid., 58.
6 . Burns and Dunn, George Washington, 12.
7 . PWC,6:359. Letter to Richard Washington, September 20, 1759.
8 . Burns and Dunn, George Washington, 13.
9 . Freeman, George Washington, 3:7.
10. Brookhiser, Founding Father, 66.
11. WWR,417. Letter to John Parke Custis, February 28, 1781.
12. PWC, 6:200. Letter to John Alton, April 5, 1759.
13. Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 129.
14. Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 41.
15. Wiencek, Imperfect God, 83.
16. Thompson, Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance, 74.
17. Irving, Life of George Washington, 615.
18. Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 147.
19. Thompson, Memorandum for the Martha Washington Anniversary Committee, 24.
20. PWR,1:3-4. Letter to Martha Washington, June 18, 1775.
21. WWR,881. Letter to Elizabeth Parke Custis, September 14, 1794.
22. MTV. “Early Descriptions Ante 1800.” Lieutenant John Enys visit to Mount Vernon, February 12, 1788.
23. Flexner, George Washington, 2:519.
24. Cunliffe, George Washington, 124.
25. WWR,597. Letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, May 10, 1786.
26. Ibid., 599. Letter to William Fitzhugh, May 15, 1786.
27. Ibid., 570. Letter to William Gordon, December 20, 1784.
28. Flexner, George Washington, 1:269.
29. WWR,706. “Draft of First Inaugural,” ca. January 1789.
30. Furstenberg,In the Name of the Father, 75.
31. PWC,6:315. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., May 1, 1759.
32. Ibid., 6:317.