36 DiariesA, 12. Entry for November 5, 1751.

37 Lengel, General George Washington, 16.

38 Freeman, George Washington, 1:250.

39 DiariesA, 14. Entry for December 12, 1751.

40 Ibid., 15. Entry for December 22, 1751.

41 Ibid., 14. Entry for November 17, 1751.

42 Ibid.

43 Freeman, George Washington, 1:263.

44 Ibid., 1:51.

45 PWC,1:49. Letter to William Fauntleroy, May 20, 1752.

46 Lengel, General George Washington, 16.

47 Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 19.

48 WWR,1113.

49 PWC,1:50. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, June 10, 1752.

50 PWRT, 3:188. Letter to Maryland Masons, November 8, 1798.

51 PWP, 12:76. Letter to the Massachusetts Masons, January 1793.

CHAPTER THREE: WILDERNESS MISSION

1 . Cadou, George Washington Collection, 212.

2 . PWC,1:199. Letter from Allan Macrae, September 3, 1754.

3 Freeman, George Washington, 3:6.

4 Lengel, General George Washington, 8.

5 PWC,1:277. Letter to John Augustine Washington, May 14, 1755.

6 Wiencek, Imperfect God, 65-66.

7 Anderson, George Washington Remembers, 71.

8 Longmore, Invention of George Washington, 18.

9 PWC,1:57.

10 Ibid., 1:352. Letter to Augustine Washington, August 2, 1755.

11 Flexner, George Washington, 1:55.

12 PWC,2:151. Letter from Robert Hunter Morris, October 31, 1755.

13 PWCF, 5:516. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”

14 PWC,1:57.

15 WWR,17. “Journey to the French Commandant,” 1753.

16 Ibid., 18.

17 Ibid.

18 Lengel, General George Washington, 20.

19 PWC,5:117. Letter to John Stanwix, April 10, 1758.

20 WWR,19. “Journey to the French Commandant,” 1753.

21 Lengel, General George Washington, 23.

22 PWCF, 5:516. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”

23 WWR,22. “Journey to the French Commandant,” 1753.

24 Ibid., 25.

25 Ibid., 26.

26 Ibid., 28.

27 . Flexner, George Washington, 1:68.

28 Ibid., 69.

29 WWR,30. “Journey to the French Commandant,” 1753.

30 Ibid., 32.

31 Ibid.

32 Freeman, George Washington, 1:320.

33 Lengel, General George Washington, 28.

34 WWR,33. “Journey to the French Commandant,” 1753.

35 Flexner, George Washington, 1:76.

36 WWR,34. “Journey to the French Commandant,” 1753.

37 DiariesA, 32.

38 PWC,1:352. Letter to Augustine Washington, August 2, 1755.

39 WWR,35. Letter to Richard Corbin, January 28, 1754.

CHAPTER FOUR: BLOODBATH

1 DiariesA,38.

2 . PWC,1:72, Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, March 7, 1754.

3 . Ibid.

4 . Flexner, George Washington, 1:81.

5 Ibid., 1:82.

6 . Lengel, General George Washington, 33.

7 . Freeman, George Washington, 1:354.

8 . PWC,1:86. Letter to Governor Horatio Sharpe, April 24, 1754.

9 WWR,39. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, May 18, 1754.

10 DiariesA, 45.

11 Ibid., 47.

12 Lengel, General George Washington, 35.

13 DiariesA,49-50.

14 Flexner, George Washington, 1:89.

15 DiariesA,49.

16 WWR,42. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, May 29, 1754.

17 Ibid., 44.

18 Ibid.,48. Letter to John Augustine Washington, May 31, 1754.

19 Lengel, General George Washington, 39.

20 PWC,1:117. Letter to Joshua Fry, May 29, 1754.

21 Ibid., 1:119. Letter from Robert Dinwiddie, June 1, 1754.

22 Ibid., 1:114-15.

23 Leibiger, “ ‘To Judge of Washington’s Conduct.’”

24 Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 6.

25 PWC,1:129-30. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, June 10, 1754.

26 Flexner, George Washington, 1:100.

27 Anderson, George Washington Remembers, 37.

28 Flexner, George Washington, 1:100.

29 PWCF, 5:517. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”

30 Flexner, George Washington, 1:101.

31 PWCF,5:518. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”

32 Ibid.

33 Ibid.

34 PWC, 1:164.

35 Ibid., 1:170.

36 Ibid., 1:168.

37 Ibid., 1:169-70.

38 Ibid., 1:160.

39 Lengel, General George Washington, 46.

40 Flexner, George Washington, 1:107.

41 Lengel, General George Washington, 48.

42 PWC,1:136. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, June 10, 1754.

43 Callahan, Henry Knox, 320.

44 Flexner, George Washington, 1:5.

45 Freeman, George Washington, 1:416.

46 Lengel, General George Washington, 49.

47 Freeman, George Washington, 1:420.

48 Ibid., 1:432.

49 PWC,1:216. Letter from Horatio Sharpe, October 1, 1754.

50 Ibid., 1:226. Letter to William Fitzhugh, November 15, 1754.

51 Ibid.

52 Cadou, George Washington Collection, 26.

CHAPTER FIVE: SHADES OF DEATH

1 PWC,6:381.

2 . Ibid., 1:243. Letter to Robert Orme, March 15, 1755.

3 Ibid., 1:246.

4 . Ibid., 1:278. Letter to John Augustine Washington, May 14, 1755.

5 . Ibid., 1:255. Letter to John Robinson, April 20, 1755.

6 . Ibid., 1:246. Letter to Robert Orme, April 2, 1755.

7 . Ibid., 1:278. Letter to John Augustine Washington, May 14, 1755.

8 . PWCF,5:522. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”

9 PWC,2:11.

10 Ibid., 1:299. Letter to William Fairfax, June 7, 1755.

11 Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin, 166.

12 PWC,1:268. Letter to Mary Ball Washington, May 6, 1755.

13 Ibid.

14 Irving, Life of George Washington, 558.

15 PWC,1:304. Letter to Mary Ball Washington, June 7, 1755.

16 Ibid., 1:261. Letter to Sarah Cary Fairfax, April 30, 1755.

17 Ibid., 1:265. Letter to Thomas, Lord Fairfax, May 6, 1755.

18 WWR,54. Letter to Sarah Cary Fairfax, June 7, 1755.

19 Ibid., 53. Letter to John Augustine Washington, May 28, 1755.

20 PWC,1:319. Letter to John Augustine Washington, June 28-July 2, 1755.

21 Lengel, General George Washington, 55.

22 Freeman, George Washington, 2:51.

23 WWR,54. Letter to John Augustine Washington, June 28, 1755.

24 Cunliffe, George Washington, 49.

25 PWCF, 5:520. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”

26 PWC,1:332.

27 PWCF,5:520-21. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington. ”

28 Marshall, Life of George Washington, 10.

29 WWR, 58. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, July 18, 1755.

30 Flexner, George Washington, 1:129.

31 PWCF,5:522. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”

32 PWC,1:340. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, July 18, 1755. First draft.

33 Wiencek, Imperfect God, 64.

34 Freeman, George Washington, 2:82.

35 Ibid.

36 PWCF,5:522. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”

37 PWC,3:181.

38 Cunliffe, George Washington, 49.

39 Flexner, George Washington, 1:134.

40 PWC, 1:346. Letter from Sarah Cary Fairfax, Ann Spearing, and Elizabeth Dent, July 26, 1755.