Washington [579]
22. Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 102.
23. PWR,12:141. Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton, November 6, 1777.
24. Rosenfeld, American Aurora, 338.
25. Unger, Lafayette, 61.
26. Palmer, George Washington and Benedict Arnold, 276.
27. Freeman, George Washington, 4:597.
28. Ibid., 4:547.
29. Flexner, George Washington, 2:241.
30. WWR,275. Letter to Richard Henry Lee, October 17, 1777.
31. Ibid.
32. Ibid., 276.
33. PWP, 10:75. “Memorandum on General Officers,” March 9, 1792.
34. Flexner, George Washington, 2:248.
35. PWR,13:139.
36. Flexner, George Washington, 2:258.
37. Freeman, George Washington, 4:556.
38. PWR,12:276. Letter from Brigadier General Thomas Conway, November 16, 1777.
39. Flexner, George Washington, 2:258.
40. PWR,12:577. Letter from Major General Horatio Gates, December 8, 1777.
41. Flexner, George Washington, 2:267.
42. Ibid., 2:263.
43. Rosenfeld, American Aurora, 339.
44. Ibid., 340.
45. Ibid., 341.
46. Flexner, George Washington, 2:251.
47. PWR,13:360. Letter from Major General Thomas Conway, January 27, 1778.
48. Grizzard, George!, 57.
49. PWR,13:195-96. Letter from Major General Thomas Conway, January 10, 1778.
50. Flexner, George Washington, 2:265.
51. Palmer, George Washington and Benedict Arnold, 278.
52. PWR,14:329. Letter to Patrick Henry, March 27, 1778.
53. Flexner, George Washington, 2:266.
54. Schutz and Adair, Spur of Fame, 212.
55. WWF,14:385. Letter to John Jay, April 14, 1779.
56. Gaines, For Liberty and Glory, 100.
57. PWR,16:140. Letter from Thomas Conway, July 23, 1778.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: A DREARY KIND OF PLACE
1. Brady, Martha Washington, 120.
2. PWR,12:669. Letter to Henry Laurens, December 22, 1777.
3. Ibid., 13:435. Letter to John Parke Custis, February 1, 1778.
4. WWR,284. Letter to Henry Laurens, December 23, 1777.
5. Grizzard, George!, 319.
6. WWR,281. “General Orders,” December 17, 1777.
7. Callahan, Henry Knox, 127.
8. Nelson, Thomas Paine, 121.
9. Flexner, George Washington, 2:261.
10. Chinard, George Washington as the French Knew Him, 27.
11. Flexner, George Washington, 2:282.
12. Golway, Washington’s General, 165.
13. Chinard, George Washington as the French Knew Him, 13.
14. Flexner, George Washington, 2:277.
15. Ellis, American Creation, 69.
16. Flexner, George Washington, 2:277.
17. Rosenfeld, American Aurora, 341.
18. Stephenson, Patriot Battles, 96.
19. Schutz and Adair, Spur of Fame, 207.
20. Smith, John Marshall, 63.
21. WWR,282. Letter to Henry Laurens, December 23, 1777.
22. PWR,18:448. Letter to Benjamin Harrison, December 18, 1778.
23. Freeman, George Washington, 4:571.
24. WWR,299-300. Letter to John Banister, April 21, 1778.
25. PWR,13:323. Letter to Brigadier General John Lacey, Jr., January 23, 1778.
26. WWR,292. Letter to George Clinton, February 16, 1778.
27. Ibid., 342. Letter to James Warren, March 31, 1779.
28. Ibid., 340. Letter to George Mason, March 27, 1779.
29. Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 175-76.
30. Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 122.
31. Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 107.
32. Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 122.
33. Flexner, George Washington, 2:283.
34. Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 177.
35. Zinoman, “Leadership and Honor, Noble and Not So,” New York Times, October 24, 2008.
36. Addison, Cato, 14.
37. Ibid., 31, 87.
38. Ibid., 87, 84.
39. Unger, Lafayette, 55.
40. Ibid.
41. Schiff, Great Improvisation, 227-28.
42. Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 110.
43. Stephenson, Patriot Battles, 148.
44. PWR,12:567. Letter from Baron von Steuben, December 6, 1777.
45. Gaines, For Liberty and Glory, 104.
46. Flexner, George Washington, 2:288.
47. PWR,14:287. Letter to Lieutenant Colonels Francis Barber and John Brooks, March 24, 1778.
48. Ibid., 16:152. Letter to Henry Laurens, July 24, 1778.
49. PWP, 10:74. “Memorandum on General Officers,” March 9, 1792.
50. Wiencek, Imperfect God, 128.
51. Ibid., 218.
52. Ibid., 244.
53. PWR,14:429. Letter from Lund Washington, April 8, 1778.
54. Ibid.,