Washington [586]
34. Wood, Revolutionary Characters, 42.
35. Weintraub, General Washington’s Christmas Farewell, 164.
36. Kaminski, Great and Good Man, 28.
37. Evans, Genius of Gilbert Stuart, 141.
38. Burns and Dunn, George Washington, 27.
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: AMERICAN CELEBRITY
1. PWCF,1:88. Letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, February 1, 1784.
2. Ibid., 88.
3. Ibid., 1:138. Letter to Henry Knox, February 20, 1784.
4. Ibid., 1:137-38.
5. WWF, 27:287-88. Letter to Governor George Clinton, December 28, 1783.
6. PWCF,1:87-89. Letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, February 1, 1784.
7. Ibid., 1:121.
8. Ibid., 1:123. “To the Citizens of Fredericksburg,” ca. February 14, 1784.
9. WWR,552. Letter to Benjamin Harrison, January 18, 1784.
10. Ibid.
11. Brady, Martha Washington, 147.
12. Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 155.
13. WWR,578. Letter to Tench Tilghman, June 2, 1785.
14. Thompson, “In the Hands of a Good Providence,” 9.
15. Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 201.
16. PWP, 6:547. Letter to Tobias Lear, October 10, 1790.
17. Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 200.
18. Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 141.
19. Thompson, Memorandum for the Martha Washington Anniversary Committee, 11.
20. Weintraub, General Washington’s Christmas, 172.
21. PWCF,3:296. Letter to Armand, October 7, 1785.
22. Ibid., 1:161. Letter to Fielding Lewis, Jr., February 24, 1784.
23. WWR,555. Letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, February 1, 1784.
24. PWCF, 2:253. Letter to Henry Knox, January 5, 1785.
25.WWF, 27:2. Letter to Lund Washington, June 11, 1783.
26. Diaries,4:255.
27. Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 93.
28. PWRT, 3:112. Letter to Mildred Thornton Washington, October 18, 1798.
29. Chinard, George Washington as the French Knew Him, 83.
30. Diaries,4:157. Diary entry for June 30, 1785.
31. PWCF,3:275. Letter to Benjamin Franklin, September 26, 1785.
32. Schiff, Great Improvisation, 360.
33. DiariesA,300. Diary entry for March 19, 1786.
34. MTV. “Early Descriptions Ante 1800.” Isaac Weld, Jr., ca. 1796.
35. Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 27.
36. Ibid., 28.
37. Ibid.
38. Ibid.
39. Ibid.
40. Ibid., 31.
41. Ibid.
42. Cunliffe, George Washington, 161.
43. Ibid.
44. Chinard, George Washington as the French Knew Him, 86.
45. MTV.“Early Descriptions Ante 1800.”
46. Cadou, George Washington Collection, 240.
47. Hervey, Memory of Washington, 88.
48. PWCF,3:381. Letter to Elizabeth French Dulany, November 23, 1785.
49. Brookhiser, Founding Father, 47.
50. Thompson, “In the Hands of a Good Providence,” 80.
51. PWCF,3:63. Letter to Henry Knox, June 18, 1785.
52. Ibid., 31:71. Letter to Richard Henry Lee, June 22, 1785.
53. DiariesA,280. Diary entry for June 8, 1785.
54. WWR,680. Letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, May 28, 1788.
55. Ibid., 680-81.
56. Ibid., 681.
57. WWF, 27:238. Letter to Lieutenant Bezaleel Howe, November 9, 1783.
58. PWCF,1:235. Letter to James Craik, March 25, 1784.
59. Ibid., 1:178.
60. Ibid., 2:415. Letter to John Witherspoon, March 8, 1785.
61. Ibid.
62. Ibid., 2:332. Letter to Richard Henry Lee, February 8, 1785.
63. Ibid., 2:253. Letter to Henry Knox, January 5, 1785. 6 4 . Ibid.
65. Grizzard, George!, 154.
66. WWR, 580. Letter to David Humphreys, July 25, 1785.
67. Ibid.
68. Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 54.
69. WWR,579-80. Letter to David Humphreys, July 25, 1785.
70. PWCF,3:547. Letter to Benjamin Lincoln, February 6, 1786.
71. Brady, Martha Washington, 151.
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: GENTLEMAN FARMER
1. Diaries,4:184. Diary entry for August 18, 1785.
2. WWF, 27: 305. Letter to Clement Biddle, January 17, 1784.
3. DiariesA,275.
4. Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 34.
5. Ibid., 52.
6. WWF, 27:298. Letter to Samuel Vaughan, January 14, 1784.
7. Freeman, George Washington, 6:44.
8. Ibid.
9. Maclay, Diary of William Maclay, 258.
10. WWF,21:248. Letter to James Duane, February 19, 1781.
11. Weintraub, General Washington’s Christmas Farewell, 115.
12. DiariesA,250. Diary entry for September 12, 1784.