Washington [570]
10. Adams, Life and Writings of Jared Sparks, 1:558.
11. Thompson, Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance, 88.
12. PWC,7:257. Letter to Richard Washington, September 27, 1763.
13. Brookhiser, Founding Father, 127.
14. WWR,483. Letter to Bushrod Washington, January 15, 1783.
15. Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 87-88.
16. Lengel, General George Washington, 8.
17. Jefferson, Writings, 1319.
18. Flexner, George Washington, 2:401.
19. Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 71.
20. PWP, 2:415. Letter to John Campbell, May 31, 1789.
21. DiariesA,105. Diary entry for March 2, 1768.
22. Hervey, Memory of Washington, 93.
23. Irving, Life of George Washington, 124.
24. WWF,35:341. Letter to George Washington Parke Custis, December 19, 1796.
25. Cadou, George Washington Collection, 33.
26. PWC,7:260. Letter to George William Fairfax, September 29, 1763.
CHAPTER TWELVE: PROVIDENCE
1 . Meade, “Gov. Fauquier.”
2 . Wiencek, Imperfect God, 140.
3. DiariesA,110.
4 . Freeman, George Washington, 3:49.
5 . Schutz and Adair, Spur of Fame, 207.
6 . PWC,7:43. Letter to Van Swearingen, May 15, 1761.
7 . Flexner, George Washington, 1:256. PWC, 7:13. Letter
from Robert Stewart, February 15, 1761.
8 . PWC,7:43. Letter to Van Swearingen, May 15, 1761.
9 . Wiencek, Imperfect God, 152.
10. PWC,7:59. Letter to Andrew Burnaby, July 27, 1761.
11. Ibid., 7:68. Letter to Charles Green, August 26, 1761.
12. Ibid., 7:80. Letter to Richard Washington, October 20, 1761.
13. Ibid., 6:415. Letter from Augustine Washington, ca. April 1760.
14. Thompson, “In the Hands of a Good Providence,” 1.
15. Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 183.
16. Ibid., 246.
17. Thompson, “In the Hands of a Good Providence,” 20.
18. PWRT, 1:407. Letter to William Gordon, October 15, 1797.
19. Marshall, Life of George Washington, 466.
20. Thompson, “In the Hands of a Good Providence,” 52.
21. Ibid., 94.
22. Ibid., 92.
23. Ibid., 9.
24. PWCF,1:232. Letter to Tench Tilghman, March 24, 1784.
25. Decatur, Private Affairs of George Washington, 231.
26. WWR,834. Letter to the Members of the New Church in Baltimore, January 27, 1793.
27. PWP, 10:493. Letter to Edward Newenham, June 22, 1792.
28. WWR,590. Letter to George Mason, October 3, 1785.
29. Ibid., 971. “Farewell Address,” September 19, 1796.
30. PWP,2:420. Letter to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, ca. May 1789.
31. Thompson, “In the Hands of a Good Providence,” 124.
32. Freeman, George Washington, 3:211.
33. Ibid.
34. PWRT, 2:37. Letter to David Stuart, January 22, 1798.
35. PWC,7:297.
36. Wiencek, Imperfect God, 144.
37. WWR,483. Letter to Bushrod Washington, January 15, 1783.
38. Wiencek, Imperfect God, 144.
39. Chinard, George Washington as the French Knew Him, 88.
40. Smith, “Surprising George Washington.”
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: A WORLD OF HIS OWN
1 . Flexner, George Washington, 1:310.
2 . Ellis, His Excellency, 55. 3 . Freeman, George Washington, 3:123.
4. Ibid., 3:132.
5. Ibid., 3:136.
6 . Ibid.
7. Ibid., 3:142.
8 . PWC,7:401. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., September 20, 1765.
9 . Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin, 230.
10. PWC,7:457. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., July 21, 1766.
11. Ibid., 7:206. Letter to Robert Stewart, April 27, 1763.
12. Ibid., 7:323. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., August 10, 1764.
13. Ibid., 7:324.
14. Ibid., 7:191. Invoice from Robert Cary & Co., April 13, 1763.
15. Ibid., 8:93. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., June 6, 1768.
16. Ibid., 8:92.
17. Ibid., 8:370. Letter to Robert Cary & Co., August 20, 1770.
18. Wiencek, Imperfect God, 8.
19. Custis, Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington, 153.
20. MTV. “Early Descriptions Ante 1800.” Chevalier de Chastellux, 1780-82.
21. Diaries,2:146. Diary entry for April 11, 1769.
22. Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 83.
23. Ibid., 33.
24. PWP, 9:438 and 8:401.
25. PWC,10:135.
26. Ibid., 7:495. Letter from Martha Washington, March 30, 1767.
27. Longmore, Invention of George Washington, 88.
28. PWC,8:179. Letter to George Mason, April 5, 1769.
29.