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27
Stephenson,
Patriot Battles,
250.
28
Golway,
Washington’s General,
105.
29
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
125.
30
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:157.
31
McCullough,
1776,
247.
32
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:171.
33
Grizzard,
George!,
267.
34
PWR,
7:238.
35
Ibid., 7:237.
36
Ibid., 7:237. Letter to Colonel Joseph Reed, November 30, 1776.
37
Ibid., 8:542. Letter from Joseph Reed, March 8, 1777.
38
Ibid., 10:4. Letter to Joseph Reed, June 11, 1777.
39
Ibid., 7:235. Letter from Charles Lee, November 30, 1776.
40
Ibid., 7:256. Letter to John Hancock, December 3, 1776.
41
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:167.
42
PWR,
7:371. Letter to Samuel Washington, December 18, 1776.
43
Ibid., 7:365. Letter to James Bowdoin, December 18, 1776.
 
 
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: THE CROSSING
1
PWR,
7:321. Letter to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., December 12, 1776.
2
WWF,
19:408. Letter to the President of Congress, August 20, 1780.
3
WWR,
257. Letter to John Hancock, December 5, 1776.
4
McCullough,
1776,
262.
5
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
133.
6
McCullough,
1776,
272.
7
PWR,
7:370. Letter to Samuel Washington, December 18, 1776.
8
Ibid., 7:415. Letter from Colonel Joseph Reed, December 22, 1776.
9
Irving,
Life of George Washington,
283.
10
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
196.
11
Nelson,
Thomas Paine,
113.
12
Ibid., 114.
13
PWR,
7:423. Letter to Colonel Joseph Reed, December 23, 1776.
14
McCullough,
1776,
168.
15
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
220.
16
Ibid.
,
203.
17
PWR,
7:436. “General Orders,” December 25, 1776.
18
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
218.
19
McCullough,
1776,
271.
20
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
212.
21
Ibid., 218.
22
McCullough,
1776,
276.
23
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
228.
24
McCullough,
1776,
277.
25
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
231.
26
Ibid., 232.
27
Ibid., 190.
28
Ibid., 204.
29
WWR,
264. Letter to John Hancock, December 27, 1776.
30
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
248.
31
Ibid., 249.
32
Irving,
Life of George Washington,
287.
33
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:188.
34
PWR,
7:448. “General Orders,” December 27, 1776.
35
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
266.
36
Ibid., 266.
37
Ibid., 144.
38
Ibid.
39
WWR,
265. Letter to Robert Morris, George Clymer, and George Walton, January 1, 1777.
40
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
272.
41
PWR,
8:123. Letter to John Parke Custis, January 22, 1777.
42
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
272-73.
43
Callahan,
Henry Knox,
91.
44
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
300-301.
45
Ibid., 307.
46
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:183.
47
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
314.
48
Ibid., 315.
49
Ibid., 318.
50
Ibid., 324.
51
McCullough,
1776,
288.
52
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
333.
53
PWR,
7:528.
54
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:185.
55
Irving,
Life of George Washington,
293.
56
McCullough,
1776,
289.
57
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:187.
58
Lengel,
General George Washington,
204.
59
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
379.
60
PWR,
8:37. Letter to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., January 10, 1777.
61
Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
259.
62
Ibid., 289.
63
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:189.
64
Callahan,
Henry Knox,
98.
65
McCullough,
1776,
291.
66
PWR,
7:529.
 
 
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: THE BUSY SCENES OF A CAMP
1
PWR,
8:123. Letter to John Parke Custis, January 22, 1777.
2
Palmer,
George Washington and Benedict Arnold,
203.
3
WWF,
19:408. Letter to the President of Congress, August 20, 1780.
4
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:191.
5
PWR,
8:61. Letter to Robert Morris, January 13, 1777.
6
Brady,
Martha Washington,
114.
7
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:198.
8
Ibid., 2:533.
9
WWF,
13:139. “General Orders,” October 23, 1778.
10
Longmore,
Invention of George Washington,
193.
11
WWR,
269. “Proclamation Concerning Loyalists,” January 25, 1777.
12
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:193. Fischer,
Washington’s Crossing,
353.
13
Golway,
Washington’s General,
120.
14
Palmer,
George Washington and Benedict Arnold,
202.
15
WWF,
16:58. Letter to Major General Robert Howe, August 6, 1779.
16
WWR,
344. Letter to Elias Boudinot, May 3, 1779.
17
WWF,
14:277. Letter to Major Benjamin Tallmadge, March 21, 1779.
18
Ibid.
19
PWR,
7:489. Letter to Robert Morris, December 30, 1776.
20
Weintraub,
General Washington’s Christmas Farewell,
120.
21
PWR,
9:9. Letter to Elisha Boudinot, March 29, 1777.
22
Ibid., 79. Letter to Joseph Reed, April 7, 1777.
23
Ibid.
24
WWF,
14:291. Letter to Major General Alexander McDougall, March 25, 1779.
25
PWR,
4:112-13. Letter to John Hancock, April 23, 1776.
26
Ibid., 8:584. Letter to Samuel Washington, March 15, 1777.
27
Ibid., 5:462. Letter to John Hancock, July 25, 1776.
28
Jefferson,
Writings,
1319.
29
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:401.
30
Lee,
Experiencing Mount Vernon,
30.
31
Golway,
Washington’s General,
118.
32
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:302.
33
Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
89.
PWR,
2:407. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, November 20, 1775.
34
PWRT,
3:41. Letter to John Adams, September 25, 1798.
35
Massachusetts Historical Society. Timothy Pickering Papers, P-31, Reel 52, p. 27.
36
Ibid., P-31, Reel 51, p. 106.
37
WWR,
200. Letter to Joseph Reed, January 14, 1776.
38
WWF,
20:293. Letter to the President of Congress, November 5, 1780.
39
Freeman,
George Washington,
4:210.
40
WWR,
190. Letter to William Woodford, November 10, 1775.
41
WWF,
18:45. Letter to the Board of War, February 23, 1780.
42
Ibid., 14:400. “General Orders,” April 17, 1779.
43
Ibid., 24:261. “General Orders,” May 16, 1782.
44
PWR,
15:82. “General Orders,” May 9, 1778.
45
WWF,
16:13. “General Orders,” July 29, 1779.
46
WWR,
228. “General Orders,” July 9, 1779.
47
PWR,
2:74. Letter to Samuel Washington, September 30, 1775.
48
WWF,
24:432. Letter to James McHenry, July 18, 1782.
49
Thompson,
Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance,
12.
50
Thompson, “‘As If I had Been a Very Great Somebody.’”
51
PWR,
9:322.
52
Ibid.
53
Ibid., 9:321-22.
54
Ibid., 9:321.
55
WWR,
413. Letter to Sarah Bache, January 15, 1781.
56
Stephenson,
Patriot Battles,
177.
57
Ibid.
58
PWCF,
2:412. Letter to William Gordon, March 8, 1785.
59
Gaines,
For Liberty and Glory,
15.
60
Grant,
John Adams,
304.
61
WWF,
22:353. Letter to Joseph Jones, July 10, 1781.
62
Unger,
Lafayette,
4.
63
Ibid., 7.
64
Gaines,
For Liberty and Glory,
36.
65
Ibid., 37.
66
Unger,
Lafayette,
30.
67
Gaines,
For Liberty and Glory,
63.
68
Ibid., 67.
69
PWR,
10:602.
70
Gaines,
For Liberty and Glory,
6.
71
Ibid., 93.
72
Ibid., 70.
73
Ibid.
74
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:215.
75
Ibid.
76
Schiff,
Great Improvisation,
55.
77
PWR,
8:382. Letter to John Hancock, February 20, 1777.
78
Isaacson,
Benjamin Franklin,
341.
 
 
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: DARKNESS VISIBLE
1
Palmer,
George Washington and Benedict Arnold,
223.
2
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:211.
3
PWR,
10:290. Letter to Major General Philip Schuyler, July 15, 1777.
4
Ibid., 10:410. Letter to John Hancock, July 25, 1777.
5
Ibid., 10:506. Letter to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., August 4, 1777.
6
Palmer,
George Washington and Benedict Arnold,
231.
7
Ibid., 232.
8
PWR,
11:52. Letter to John Hancock, August 23, 1777.
9
Ibid., 11:53.
10
Ibid., 11:51. “General Orders,” August 23, 1777.
11
Gaines,
For Liberty and Glory,
71-72.
12
PWR,
11:148. “General Orders,” September 7, 1777.
13
Ibid., 11:157. “General Orders,” September 6, 1777.
14
Lengel,
General George Washington,
232.
15
PWR,
11:190.
16
Gaines,
For Liberty and Glory,
74.
17
PWR,
11:199. Letter to John Hancock, September 11, 1777.
18
Freeman,
George Washington,
4:485.
19
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:224.
20
Unger,
Lafayette,
50.
21
Lengel,
General George Washington,
241.
22
PWR,
11:200. Letter to John Hancock, September 11, 1777.
23
Ibid.
24
PWR,
11:332. Letter to Brigadier General Thomas Nelson, Jr., September 27, 1777.
25
Gaines,
For Liberty and Glory,
75.
26
Jefferson,
Writings,
1318.
27
Rosenfeld,
American Aurora,
336.
28
Flexner,
George Washington,
2:229.
29
Ibid., 2:226.
30
Gaines,
For Liberty and Glory,
75.
31
Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
99.
32
Rosenfeld,
American Aurora,
335.

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