Washington [596]
41 . Ibid., 245. Letter to Pierre-Charles L’Enfant, December 2, 1791.
42 . Berg, Grand Avenues, 175.
43 . PWP,9:469. Letter to Thomas Jefferson, January 18, 1792.
44 . Schutz and Adair, Spur of Fame, 103.
45 . PWP, 10:18. Letter to Thomas Jefferson, March 4, 1792.
46 . Bordewich, Washington, 101.
47 . WWR,745. Letter to Arthur St.Clair, October 6, 1789.
48 . Callahan, Henry Knox, 317.
49 . WWR, 768. Letter to Henry Knox, November 19, 1790.
50 . PWP, 8:275.
51 . Ibid., 360. Letter to David Humphreys, July 20, 1791.
52 . WWR,774. “To the Chiefs of the Seneca Nation,” December 29, 1790.
53 . Callahan, Henry Knox, 319.
54 . WWR,687. Letter to Richard Henderson, June 19, 1788.
55 . Kohn, Eagle and Sword, 115.
56 . Ibid.
57 . Freeman, George Washington, 6:336.
58 . PWP, 9:275.
59 . Ibid., 10:71. “Thomas Jefferson’s Memorandum of a Meeting of the Heads of the Executive Departments,” March 9, 1792.
60. Ibid., 10:156.
61 . Kohn, Eagle and Sword, 116.
62 . PWP, 9:505.
63 . Ibid., 10:169.
64 . Ibid.
65 . Callahan, Henry Knox, 322.
CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE: A TISSUE OF MACHINATIONS
1 . PWP, 5:468. Letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, June 3, 1790.
2 . Ellis, American Creation, 165.
3. Ibid., 173.
4 . PWP, 8:185. Letter from Thomas Jefferson, May 15, 1791.
5 . Wilentz, Rise of American Democracy, 49.
6 . McDonald, Presidency of George Washington, 92.
7 . Diaries,6:12. Diary entry for January 22, 1790.
8 . Decatur, Private Affairs of George Washington, 266.
9 . Burns and Dunn, George Washington, 84.
10. Ibid., 87.
11 . Ibid.
12 . PWP, 8:359. Letter to David Humphreys, July 20, 1791.
13 . Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 357.
14. Ibid., 358.
15 . Ibid., 359.
16 . Ibid.
17. Ibid.
18. Ibid., 380.
19. Ibid., 381.
20 . Ibid.
21. Ibid., 382.
22 . Fleming, “Wall Street’s First Collapse.”
23 . PWP,5:355. Letter from Lund Washington, April 28, 1790.
24 . Berg, Grand Avenues, 188. 25 . PWP, 9:483. Letter from “Anonymous,” ca. January 1792.
26 . Ibid., 10:174. Letter from “Anonymous,” March 1792.
27. Ibid.
28 . PWP, 10:6-7. “Thomas Jefferson’s Memorandum of Conversations with Washington,” March 1, 1792.
29. Ibid., 10:8.
30 . Ellis, American Creation, 192.
31 . PWP, 10:8. “Thomas Jefferson’s Memorandum of
Conversations with Washington,” March 1, 1792.
32 . Ibid.
33 . Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 400.
34 . Decatur, Private Affairs of George Washington, 268.
35 . Wiencek, Imperfect God, 362.
36 . PWP, 10:314. Letter to Elizabeth Willing Powel, April 23, 1792.
37 . Ibid., 10:349. “Madison’s Conversations with Washington,” May 5, 1792.
38. Ibid., 10:350.
39. Ibid., 10:352.
40. Ibid., 10:351.
41 . Ibid., 10:400. Letter to James Madison, May 20, 1792.
42. Ibid., 10:401.
43 . Brookhiser, Founding Father, 84.
44 . PWP, 10:410. Letter from Thomas Jefferson, May 23, 1792.
45. Ibid., 10:412.
46 . Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 401.
47 . PWP, 10:479. Letter from James Madison, June 20, 1792.
48 . Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 402.
49 . PWP, 10:535. “Jefferson’s Conversation with Washington,” July 10, 1792.
50. Ibid., 10:536.
51 . Ibid., 558. Letter from Tobias Lear, July 21, 1792.
52 . Ibid., 10:624. Letter from Tobias Lear, August 5, 1792.
53 . Ibid., 10:631. Letter from Edmund Randolph, August 5, 1792.
54 . Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 403.
55 . WWR,809. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, July 29, 1792.
56. Ibid., 811.
57 . PWP,10:594. Letter from Alexander Hamilton, July 30, 1792.
58 . Ibid., 11:12-13. Letter from Alexander Hamilton, August 18, 1792.
59 . Ibid., 11:45-46. Letter to Edmund Randolph, August 26, 1792.
60 . WWR,819. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, August 26, 1792.
61 . Ibid.
62 . Ibid., 820.
63 . Ibid., 818. Letter to Thomas Jefferson, August 23, 1792.
64 . PWP, 11:92. Letter from Alexander Hamilton, September 9, 1792.
65 . Ibid.
66 . Ibid., 11:104. Letter from Thomas Jefferson, September 9, 1792.
67 . Ibid., 11:182. “Thomas Jefferson’s Conversation with Washington,” October 1, 1792.
68. Ibid., 11:183.
69 . Ibid.
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