Washington [569]
33. Ibid., 6:453. Letter to Richard Washington, August 10, 1760.
34. Cadou, George Washington Collection, 212.
35. Ibid.
36. PWC,6:375. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., November 30, 1759.
37. Ibid., 6:459. Undated typescript of a letter to an unidentified tailor.
38. Cadou, George Washington Collection, 238.
39. Hague, William Pitt the Younger, 4.
40. PWC,6:359. Letter to Richard Washington, September 20, 1759.
41. DiariesA,90.
42. PWC,6:449. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., August 10, 1760.
43. Ibid., 6:459-60. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., September 28, 1760.
44. Wood, “The Shopper’s Revolution.”
45. WWR,109. Letter to Robert Stewart, April 27, 1763.
46. Ibid., 111. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., August 10, 1764.
47. Ibid., 113-14. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., September 20, 1765.
48. PWRT, 1:248. Letter to Samuel Washington, July 12, 1797.
CHAPTER TEN: A CERTAIN SPECIES OF PROPERTY
1 . Flexner, George Washington, 1:274.
2 . PWC,7:140. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., June 20, 1762.
3 . Ibid., 7:385. Letter to Burwell Bassett, August 2, 1765.
4 . Wiencek, Imperfect God, 45.
5 . PWC,9:70. Letter to Daniel Jenifer Adams, July 20, 1772.
6 . Ibid., 8:256. Letter to Hector Ross, October 9, 1769.
7 . Ibid., 8:3. Letter to John Posey, June 24, 1767.
8 . WWR,158. Letter to Bryan Fairfax, August 24, 1774. 9 . DiariesA,83. Diary entry for May 7, 1760.
10. PWC,7:148. “Agreement with Nelson Kelly,” September 1, 1762.
11. PWP, 11:229. Letter to Anthony Whitting, October 14, 1792.
12. WWF, 33:242. Letter to William Pearce, January 12, 1794.
13. Thompson, “ ‘They Appear to Live Comfortable Together.’”
14. Higginbotham, George Washington Reconsidered, 117.
15. Thompson, “Lives of Enslaved Workers on Washington’s Outlying Farms.”
16. Adams, Life and Writings of Jared Sparks, 2:28.
17. Thompson, Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance, 56.
18. PWP, 13:225. “Circular to William Stuart, Hiland Crow, and Henry McCoy,” July 14, 1793.
19. Ibid., 12:524. Letter to Anthony Whitting, May 5, 1793.
20. Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 68.
21. Brady, George Washington’s Beautiful Nelly, 134.
22. Decatur, Private Affairs of George Washington, 315.
23. Longmore, Invention of George Washington, 181.
24. Massachusetts Historical Society, Timothy Pickering Papers, Reel 52, p. 54.
25. Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 150.
26. Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 23.
27. PWP, 1:223. Letter to John Fairfax, January 1, 1789.
28. WWF,33:275. Letter to William Pearce, February 22, 1794.
29. PWP, 9:439.
30. DiariesA, 69-70. Diary entry for February 5, 1760.
31. Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 77.
32. PWP, 12:634. Letter to Anthony Whitting, May 26, 1793.
33. Thompson, “ ‘The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret.’”
34. PWC,8:521.
35. Morgan, “ ‘To Get Quit of Negroes.’”
36. Wiencek, Imperfect God, 100.
37. Ibid.
38. WWR,102. “Reward for Runaway Slaves,” August 11, 1761.
39. Ibid., 103.
40. Ibid.
41. Ibid., 102.
42. WWR, 118. Letter to Josiah Thompson, July 2, 1766.
43. Ibid.
44. Wiencek, Imperfect God, 188.
45. PWC,7:179.
46. Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 23.
47. MTV. “Early Descriptions Ante 1800.” Joseph Hatfield, 1787.
48. Wiencek, Imperfect God, 282.
49. PWRT, 4:133. Letter to William Roberts, June 17, 1799.
50. Chinard, George Washington as the French Knew Him, 118.
51. PWRT,1:525. Letter to James Anderson, December 21, 1797.
52. Schwarz, Slavery at the Home of George Washington, 25.
53. WWR,845. Letter to William Pearce, October 6, 1793.
54. WWF,33:390. Letter to James Germain, June 1, 1794.
55. PWCF, 5:526.
56. MTV. “Early Descriptions Ante 1800.” John Hancock, 1799.
CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE PRODIGY
1 . PWC,8:98. Letter to Charles Lawrence, June 20, 1768.
2 . Fischer, Washington’s Crossing, 431.
3 . Unger, Lafayette, 39.
4 . Flexner, George Washington, 1:234.
5 . Burns and Dunn, George Washington, 127.
6 . Marshall, Life of George Washington, 466.
7 . Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 205.
8 . Brookhiser, Founding Father, 116.
9 . Thompson, Statements