Washington [601]
26. Ibid., 975.
27. Ibid., 977.
28. Thompson, Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance, 54. Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 507.
29. Ketcham, James Madison, 366.
30. Ibid.
31. Schutz and Adair, Spur of Fame, 37.
32. Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 508.
33. Schutz and Adair, Spur of Fame, 226.
34. Cappon, Adams-Jefferson Letters, 349.
35. Schutz and Adair, Spur of Fame, 226.
36. Brookhiser, Founding Father, 103.
37. WWF, 34:154. Letter to William Pearce, March 22, 1795.
38. Ibid., 34:476. Letter to William Pearce, February 21, 1796.
39. Wilentz, Rise of American Democracy, 62.
40. Rosenfeld, American Aurora, 30.
41. Schutz and Adair, Spur of Fame, 224.
42. Brookhiser, Founding Father, 177.
43. WWR,594. Letter to Robert Morris, April 12, 1786.
44. Decatur, Private Affairs of George Washington, 268.
45. Cadou, George Washington Collection, 204.
46. Harvey and O’Brien, George Washington’s South, 202.
47. Ibid.
48. Wiencek, Imperfect God, 323.
49. Harvey and O’Brien, George Washington’s South, 202.
50. Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 287.
51. WWF, 35:201. Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, September 1, 1796.
52. Ibid., 35:202.
53. Ibid.
54. Wiencek, Imperfect God, 326.
55. Ibid.
56. WWF, 35:297. Letter to Joseph Whipple, November 28, 1796.
57. Ibid.
58. Ibid.
59. Ibid., 35:298.
60. Ibid.
61. PWRT,4:237. Letter to Burwell Bassett, Jr., August 11, 1799.
62. Wiencek, Imperfect God, 332.
63. Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 204.
64. PWRT, 2:60. Letter to Frederick Kitt, January 29, 1798.
65. Ibid., 2:16. Letter to Frederick Kitt, January 10, 1798.
66. Harvey and O’Brien, George Washington’s South, 203.
67. PWRT, 1:83.
68. Ibid., 1:422. Letter to Bushrod Washington, October 23, 1797.
69. PWRT,1:469. Letter to George Lewis, November 13, 1797.
CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE: EXITING THE STAGE
1. Freeman, George Washington, 7:420.
2. WWR,985. “Eighth Annual Message to Congress,” December 7, 1796.
3. Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 236.
4. Sullivan, Public Men of the Revolution, 145.
5. Smith, John Marshall, 182.
6. Grant, John Adams, 384.
7. Freeman, George Washington, 7:425.
8. Nelson, Thomas Paine, 304.
9. Jefferson, Writings, 1319.
10. DiariesA,404.
11. Brady, Martha Washington, 211.
12. Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 237.
13. WWF, 35:409. Letter to Henry Knox, March 2, 1797.
14. Ibid., 35:412. Letter to Jonathan Trumbull, March 3, 1797.
15. Ibid.
16. Diaries,6:236. Diary entry for March 4, 1797.
17. Freeman, George Washington, 7:437.
18. Ibid.
19. Custis, Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington, 434.
20. Irving, Life of George Washington, 613.
21. Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 64.
22. Ibid.
23. Malone, Jefferson and His Time, 3:298.
24. Ibid., 3:307.
25. Rosenfeld, American Aurora, 35.
26. Ibid., 31.
27. Ibid., 31-32.
28. Grant, John Adams 387.
29. PWRT,1:130. Letter to Mary White Morris, May 1, 1797.
30. Ibid., 1:28. Letter from Elizabeth Willing Powel, March 11, 1797.
31. Ibid., 1:29.
32. Ibid., 1:52. Letter to Elizabeth Willing Powel, March 26, 1797.
33. Ibid., 1:25. Letter to Tobias Lear, March 9, 1797.
34. Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 241.
35. PWRT,1:71. Letter to James McHenry, April 3, 1797.
36. Wood, Empire of Liberty, 85.
37. Magnet, “Alexander Hamilton,” City Journal, Winter 2009.
38. Schutz and Adair, Spur of Fame, 108.
CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR: SAMSON AND SOLOMON
1. Brady, George Washington’s Beautiful Nelly, 31.
2. Ibid.
3. Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 240-41.
4. PWRT,1:79. Letter to James Anderson, April 7, 1797.
5. Ibid., 1:335. Letter to Lawrence Augustine Washington, September 3, 1797.
6. Freeman, George Washington, 7:453.
7. WWR,1002-3. Letter to Lawrence Lewis, August 4, 1797.
8. Ibid.
9. PWRT,1:53. Letter to Elizabeth Willing Powel, March 26, 1797.
10. WWR,998. Letter to David Humphreys, June 26, 1797.
11. Freeman, George Washington, 7:469.
12. WWR,996. Letter to James McHenry, May 29, 1797
13. Cadou, George Washington Collection, 173.
14. Brady, Martha Washington, 215.
15. WWR,996. Letter to James