41 Ibid., 1:343. Letter to John Augustine Washington, July 18, 1755. First draft.

42 Longmore, Invention of George Washington, 30.

43 Irving,Life of George Washington, 83.

44 Longmore, Invention of George Washington, 29.

CHAPTER SIX: THE SOUL OF AN ARMY

1 . PWC,1:359. Letter to Mary Ball Washington, August 14, 1755.

2 . Ibid., 3:416. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, September 23, 1756.

3 . Ibid., 2:208. Letter to Richard Washington, December 6, 1755.

4 . WWR,61. “General Orders,” October 6, 1755.

5 . Wiencek, Imperfect God, 64.

6 . WWR,64. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, October 14, 1755.

7 . PWC,2:176. Letter to Denis McCarty, November 22, 1755.

8 . Ibid., 2:102. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, October 11, 1755.

9 Morgan, Genius of George Washington, 29.

10 PWC,3:171. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, May 23, 1756.

11 Ibid., 4:406. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, September 17, 1757.

12 Fischer, Washington’s Crossing, 15.

13 PWC,3:417. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, September 23, 1756.

14 Ibid., 5:130. Letter to John Blair, April 17, 1758.

15 PWR,8:124. Letter to John Parke Custis, January 22, 1777.

16 Flexner, George Washington, 1:159.

17 Marshall, “National Treasure,” New Yorker, May 23, 2005.

18 PWCF, 5:523. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”

19 PWC,2:226. Letter from Adam Stephen, December 23, 1755.

20 Ibid., 6:439. Letter from Andrew Burnaby, June 23, 1760.

21 Irving, Life of George Washington, 91.

22 Longmore, Invention of George Washington, 37.

23 Flexner, George Washington, 1:148.

24 PWC,2:333. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, April 7, 1756.

25 Ibid., 2:345. Letter to Robert Hunter Morris, April 9, 1756.

26 Ibid., 3:33-34. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, April 22, 1756.

27 Flexner, George Washington, 1:154.

28 WWR,73. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, April 18, 1756.

29 Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 28.

30 PWC,3:57. Letter from William Fairfax, April 27, 1756.

31 Ibid., 3:354. “Proclamation.”

32 Ibid., 3:294. Letter to John Campbell, Earl of Loudoun, July 25, 1756.

33 Ibid., 4:86. Letter to the Earl of Loudoun, January 10, 1757.

34 Longmore, Invention of George Washington, 42.

35 Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 11.

36 PWC,4:89. Letter to the Earl of Loudoun, January 10, 1757.

37 Higginbotham, George Washington Reconsidered, 59.

38 PWC,4:89. Letter to the Earl of Loudoun, January 10, 1757.

39 Ibid., 4:90.

40 WWR,86. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, March 10, 1757.

41 PWC,4:132. Letter to Richard Washington, April 15, 1757.

42 Ibid., 4:163. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, May 24, 1757.

43 Anderson, “Hinge of the Revolution.”

44 PWC,4:306. Letter to John Stanwix, July 15, 1757.

45 Ibid., 4:360. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, August 3, 1757.

46 Ibid., 4:199. Letter to John Robinson, June 10, 1757.

47 Ibid., 4:422. Letter from Robert Dinwiddie, September 24, 1757.

48 Ibid., 5:3 Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, October 5, 1757.

49 Ibid., 5:25. Letter to Robert Dinwiddie, October 24, 1757.

50 Ibid., 5:63.

51 Ibid., 5:64. Letter from James Craik, November 25, 1757.

52 Ibid., 5:56. Letter to Sarah Cary Fairfax, November 15, 1757.

53 Ibid., 5:92. Letter from Robert Carter Nicholas, February 6, 1758.

54 Ibid., 5:102. Letter to John Stanwix, March 4, 1758.

55 Ibid.

CHAPTER SEVEN: A VOTARY TO LOVE

1 . Cadou, George Washington Collection, 29.

2 . Ibid.

3 . Ibid.

4 . PWC,5:447. Letter from Humphrey Knight, September 2, 1758.

5 . Brady, Martha Washington, 55.

6 . PWC,5:112. Letter to Richard Washington, April 5, 1758.

7 . Freeman, Washington, 2:302.

8 . Cadou, George Washington Collection, 254.

9 . Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 88.

10 MTV. “Early Descriptions Ante 1800.” Nicholas Crosswell journal, 1774-77.

11 Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 101.

12 PWRT, 2:239.

13 Wiencek, Imperfect God, 84.

14 Bryan, First Lady of Liberty, 239; Wiencek, ibid., 85.

15 Custis, Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington, 509.

16 Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 90.

17 Brady, Martha Washington, 30.

18 Wiencek, Imperfect God, 75.

19 Ibid., 73.

20 Ibid.

21 Ibid., 76.

22 PWC,6:10. Letter to Sarah Cary Fairfax, September 12, 1758.

23 Ibid., 6:11.

24 Ibid.

25 Ibid., 6:41. Letter to Sarah Cary Fairfax, September 25, 1758.

26 WWR,901-2.

CHAPTER EIGHT: DARLING OF A GRATEFUL COUNTRY

1 . Higginbotham, George Washington Reconsidered, 54.

2 PWC,5:117.

3 . Lengel, General George Washington, 70.

4 . PWC,5:258. Letter to Henry Bouquet, July 3, 1758. PWC, 5:282. Letter to Henry Bouquet, July 13, 1758.

5 . Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 33.

6 . PWC,5:271. Letter from James Wood, July 7, 1758.

7 . Ibid., 5:305-6. Letter from Robert Rutherford, July 20, 1758.

8 . Flexner, George Washington, 1:211.

9 . PWC,5:330. Letter from Robert Rutherford, July 26, 1758.

10 Ibid., 5:349. Letter to James Wood, ca. July 28, 1758.

11 Ibid.

12 WWR,96. Letter to Francis Halkett, August 2, 1758.

13 Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 13.

14 Lengel, General George Washington, 71.

15 PWC,5:424. Letter to Henry Bouquet, August 28, 1758.

16 Ibid., 5:433. Letter to John Robinson, September 1, 1758.

17 Flexner, George Washington, 1:215.

18 PWC,7:205. Letter to Robert Stewart, April 27, 1763.

19 Flexner, George Washington, 1:220.

20 PWCF,5:525. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”

21 PWC,6:177. Letter from Robert Stewart, December 31, 1758.

22 Ibid.

23 Ibid., 6:179. “Address from the Officers of the Virginia Regiment,” December 31, 1758.

24 PWCF, 5:525. “Comments on David Humphreys’ Biography of George Washington.”

25 PWC,6:186. “To the Officers of the Virginia Regiment,” January 10, 1759.

26 Ibid., 6:187.

CHAPTER NINE: THE MAN OF MODE

1 . Cadou, George Washington Collection, 244.

2 PWC,6:283ff.

3 . Brady, Martha Washington, 70.

4 . DiariesA, 65. Diary entry for January 16, 1760.

5 Ibid., 58.

6 . Burns and Dunn, George Washington, 12.

7 . PWC,6:359. Letter to Richard Washington, September 20, 1759.

8 . Burns and Dunn, George Washington, 13.

9 . Freeman, George Washington, 3:7.

10 Brookhiser, Founding Father, 66.

11 WWR,417. Letter to John Parke Custis, February 28, 1781.

12 PWC, 6:200. Letter to John Alton, April 5, 1759.

13 Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 129.

14 Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 41.

15 Wiencek, Imperfect God, 83.

16 Thompson, Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance, 74.

17 Irving, Life of George Washington, 615.

18 Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 147.