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42. Ellis, American Creation, 35.
43. McCullough, 1776, 65.
44. PWR,2:614. “General Orders,” December 28, 1775.
45. WWR,196. “General Orders,” January 1, 1776.
46. PWR,3:19. Letter to John Hancock, January 4, 1776.
47. WWR,203. Letter to Joseph Reed, January 14, 1776.
48. Ibid.
49. Smith, John Marshall, 51.
50. WWR,206. Letter to Joseph Reed, January 31, 1776.
51. Cunliffe, George Washington, 75.
52. Nelson, Thomas Paine, 88.
53. PWR,3:183. Letter from Major General Charles Lee, January 24, 1776.
54. Ibid., 3:419. Letter from Fielding Lewis, March 6, 1776.
55. WWR,206. Letter to Joseph Reed, January 31, 1776.
56. PWCF, 1:445. Letter to James Madison, June 12, 1784.
57. PWR,2:74. Letter to Samuel Washington, September 30, 1775.
58. Ibid., 2:72.
59. Ibid., 2:162. Letter to John Augustine Washington, October 13, 1775.
60. Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 164.
61. Brady, Martha Washington, 104.
62. Thompson, “ ‘As If I had Been a Very Great Somebody.’”
63. Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 91.
64. PWR,3:172. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, January 23, 1776.
65. Ibid., 2:252. Letter to Richard Henry Lee, October 29, 1775.
66. Ibid., 3:173. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, January 23, 1776.
67. Flexner, George Washington, 2:60.
68. Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 164.
69. Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 94.
70. Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 110.
71. Fischer, Washington’s Crossing, 19.
72. Flexner, George Washington, 2:59.
73. Golway, Washington’s General, 74.
74. Thompson, “‘As If I had Been a Very Great Somebody.’”
75. Brookhiser, Founding Father, 159.
76. WWR,207. Letter to Joseph Reed, January 31, 1776.
77. PWR,2:243. “Poem by Phillis Wheatley.”
78. WWR,216. Letter to Phillis Wheatley, February 28, 1776.
79. Ibid.
80. Thompson, “‘As If I had Been a Very Great Somebody.’ ”
CHAPTER NINETEEN: THE HEIGHTS
1. Flexner, George Washington, 2:427.
2. PWR,3:449. “General Orders,” March 11, 1776.
3. Ibid., 9:315. Letter to Colonels Alexander Spotswood et al., April 30, 1777.
4. Ibid.
5. Custis, Recollections and Private Memoirs, 258.
6. PWR,3:27. “General Orders,” January 5, 1776.
7. WWF,24:110-11. Letter to the Secretary at War, April 10, 1782.
8. Ibid., 254. “General Orders,” May 14, 1782.
9. PWR,3:85. Letter to John Hancock, January 14, 1776.
10. Rosenfeld, American Aurora, 274.
11. PWR,3:287. Letter to Joseph Reed, February 10, 1776.
12. Ibid., 3:336. Letter to John Hancock, February 18, 1776.
13. Ibid., 3:335.
14. Ibid., 3:370. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, February 26, 1776.
15. McCullough, 1776, 87.
16. PWR,3:379. “General Orders,” February 17, 1776.
17. McCullough, 1776, 92.
18. Ibid., 92.
19. Ibid., 93.
20. Ibid., 95.
21. Ibid.
22. Trumbull, Autobiography of Colonel John Trumbull, 24.
23. PWR,3:467. Letter to Major General Charles Lee, March 14, 1776.
24. Flexner, George Washington, 2:77.
25. WWR,221. Letter to John Augustine Washington, March 31, 1776.
26. McCullough, 1776, 105.
27. Freeman, George Washington, 4:55.
28. PWR, 3:494. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, March 19, 1776.
29. WWR,217. Letter to John Hancock, March 19, 1776.
30. PWR,3:501-2. “Proclamation on the Occupation of Boston,” March 21, 1776.
31. Ibid., 3:514. Letter to John Morgan, March 22, 1776.
32. Ibid., 3:566-69. Letter to John Augustine Washington, March 31, 1776.
33. Stahr, John Jay, 58.
34. Freeman, George Washington, 4:91.
35. PWR,3:508. Letter from Josiah Quincy, March 21, 1776.
36. Ibid., 3:528. Letter to Josiah Quincy, March 24, 1776.
37. Fischer, Washington’s Crossing, 11.
38. WWR,220. Letter to John Augustine Washington, March 31, 1776.
39. Golway, Washington’s General, 80.
40. Stephenson, Patriot Battles, 230.
41. PWR,4:75. “General Orders,” April 17, 1776.
42. McCullough, 1776, 125.
43. Freeman, George Washington, 4:5.
44. WWR,224. Letter to John Augustine Washington, May 31, 1776.
45. Flexner, George Washington, 2:93.
46. PWR,4:485. Letter from John Parke Custis, June 10, 1776.
47. Ibid., 5:74.
48. Ibid., 5:134. Letter to John