Washington [583]
12 . Nelson, Thomas Paine, 157.
13 . WWR,409. Letter to John Laurens, January 15, 1781.
14 . Grant, John Adams, 267.
15 . WWF, 21:181. Letter to John Sullivan, February 4, 1781.
16 . Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 151.
17. Ibid.
18 . Flexner, George Washington, 2:411.
19 . Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 152.
20 . Flexner, George Washington, 2:412.
21 . Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 152.
22 . Flexner, George Washington, 2:412.
23 . Ibid.
24 . Ibid.
25 . WWF,21:491. Letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, April 22, 1781.
26 . Ibid., 22:3. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton, April 27, 1781.
27. Ibid.
28 . Schutz and Adair, Spur of Fame, 34.
29. Ibid., 47.
30 . Flexner, George Washington, 2:494.
31 . Ibid.
32 . WWF, 21:411. Letter to the President of Congress, April 4, 1781.
33. Flexner, George Washington, 2:427.
34 . Higginbotham, George Washington Reconsidered, 280.
35 . Ramsay, Life of George Washington, 2.
36 . Flexner, George Washington, 2:417.
37 . Freeman, George Washington, 5:491.
38 . MTV. “Early Descriptions Ante 1800.” Reminiscence of Ludwig Baron von Closen.
39 . WWF, 21:341. Letter from Benjamin Harrison, February 25, 1781.
40 . Ibid., 21:341-42. Letter to Benjamin Harrison, March 21, 1781.
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: PLUNDERING SCOUNDRELS
1 . Wiencek, Imperfect God, 241.
2 . Golway, Washington’s General, 260.
3 . Middlekauff, Glorious Cause, 494.
4 . WWF,21:470-71. Letter to Nathanael Greene, April 18, 1781.
5 . Flexner, George Washington, 2:421.
6 . Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8 . WWF,21:332. Letter to the Reverend William Gordon, March 9, 1781.
9 . Ibid., 21:386. Letter to Lund Washington, March 28, 1781.
10 . Freeman, George Washington, 5:282-83.
11 . WWR,420. Letter to Lund Washington, April 30, 1781.
12 . Ibid.
13 . Ibid., 421.
14 . WWR,422. “Journal of the Yorktown Campaign,” n.d.
15 . WWF, 21:378. Letter to Major General John Armstrong, March 26, 1781.
16 . Unger, Lafayette, 134.
17 . Flexner, George Washington, 2:429.
18. Ibid., 2:399.
19 . Ibid., 2:429-30.
20 . WWR,402. Letter to Benjamin Franklin, December 20, 1780.
21 . Flexner, George Washington, 2:402.
22 . Ibid.
23. Ibid., 2:399.
24 . Ibid.
25 . Ibid.
26. Ibid., 2:401.
27 . Ibid., 2:431.
28 . WWR,429. “Journal of Yorktown Campaign,” May 31, 1781.
29. DiariesA,214.
30 . WWF,22:171. Letter to Count de Rochambeau, June 7, 1781.
31. Ibid., 22:208. Letter to Count de Rochambeau, June 13, 1781.
32 . PWCF, 6:415. Letter to Noah Webster, July 31, 1788.
33. Ibid., 6:414.
34. Ibid., 6:415.
35 . Flexner, George Washington, 2:434-35.
36 . Ketchum, Victory at Yorktown, 14.
37 . Ibid., 146.
38 . Chinard, George Washington as the French Knew Him, 65.
39 . Flexner, George Washington, 2:435.
40 . WWR,440. “Journal of Yorktown Campaign,” July 18, 1781.
41 . WWF,22:396. “Conference at Dobbs Ferry,” July 19, 1781.
42 . WWR,442. “Journal of the Yorktown Campaign,” July 20, 1781.
43 . WWF,22:401. Letter to the Count de Grasse, July 21, 1781.
44 . Ibid., 22:402.
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
1 . WWF,22:450. Letter to Robert Morris, August 2, 1781.
2 . Ibid., 22:457. Letter to the Count de Barras, August 3, 1781.
3 . Chinard, George Washington as the French Knew Him, 69.
4. Ibid., 68.
5 . WWR,451. “Journal of Yorktown Campaign,” August 14, 1781.
6 . Morgan, Genius of George Washington, 8.
7 . Ketchum, Victory at Yorktown, 159.
8 . Rosenfeld, American Aurora, 415.
9 . Ketchum, Victory at Yorktown, 162.
10 . Gaines, For Liberty and Glory, 157.
11 . Flexner, George Washington, 2:443.
12 . Stephenson, Patriot Battles, 35.
13 . Chinard, George Washington as the French Knew Him, 42.
14 . Ketchum, Victory at Yorktown, 16.
15 . Wiencek, Imperfect God, 250.
16 . Flexner, George Washington, 2:446.
17 . MTV. “Early Descriptions Ante 1800.”
18 . Chinard, George Washington as the French Knew Him, 67.
19 . MTV. “Early Descriptions Ante 1800.”
20 . Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 135.
21. DiariesA,232.
22 . Ibid.
23 . Ketchum,