31 WWR,159. Letter to Robert McKenzie, October 9, 1774.

32 Burns and Dunn, George Washington, 22.

33 Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 95.

34 PWC,10:172. Letter to Robert McKenzie, October 9, 1774.

35 Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 95.

36 Diaries,3:285.

37 DiariesA,ix.

38 Diaries,3:280.

39 WWR,160. Letter to Robert McKenzie, October 9, 1774.

40 Stoll, Samuel Adams, 138.

41 PWC,10:191. Letter to John Tayloe, November 30, 1774.

42 Ibid., 10:269.

43 Longmore, Invention of George Washington, 149.

44 Flexner, George Washington, 1:328.

45 Longmore, Invention of George Washington, 148.

46 Flexner, George Washington, 1:329.

47 Irving, Life of George Washington, 154.

48 Longmore, Invention of George Washington, 149.

49 Freeman, George Washington, 3:404.

50 Ibid., 3:405.

51 Ibid., 3:406.

52 PWC,10:308. Letter to John Augustine Washington, March 25, 1775.

53 Ibid., 10:292. Letter to John Washington, March 6, 1775.

54 Freeman, George Washington, 3:409.

55 PWC,10:320. Letter to Lord Dunmore, April 3, 1775.

56 Freeman, George Washington, 3:409.

57 Flexner, George Washington, 1:330.

58 Ibid., 1:335.

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: THE GLORIOUS CAUSE

1 Stoll, Samuel Adams, 157.

2 PWC,10:368. Letter to George William Fairfax, May 31, 1775.

3 Smith, John Marshall, 44.

4 Diaries,3:327. Diary entry for May 4, 1775.

5 DiariesA,197.

6 Longmore, Invention of George Washington, 162.

7 Ibid., 182.

8 Flexner, George Washington, 1:333.

9 WWR,164. Letter to George William Fairfax, May 31, 1775.

10 Longmore, Invention of George Washington, 162.

11 Flexner, George Washington, 1:334.

12 Schutz and Adair, Spur of Fame, 97.

13 Ibid., 98.

14 Ibid.

15 Ibid., 97.

16 Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 22.

17 Flexner, George Washington, 1:343.

18 PWR,13:322. Letter to William Gordon, January 23, 1778.

19 Longmore, Invention of George Washington, 163.

20 Grant, John Adams, 156.

21 Ibid.

22 DiariesA,198.

23 Flexner, George Washington, 1:338.

24 Ibid., 2:9.

25 Diaries,3:336. Diary entry for June 15, 1775.

26 DiariesA,198.

27 PWR,1:1. “Address to the Continental Congress,” June 16, 1775.

28 Ibid., 1:2-3.

29 Flexner, George Washington, 1:342.

30 Longmore, Invention of George Washington, 177.

31 Freeman, George Washington, 3:439-40.

32 WWR,167-68. Letter to Martha Washington, June 18, 1775.

33 Ibid., 168.

34 PWR,1:15. Letter to John Parke Custis, June 19, 1775.

35 WWR,168. Letter to Martha Washington, June 18, 1775. Ibid., 170. Letter to Burwell Bassett, June 19, 1775.

36 Ibid., 170. Letter to Burwell Bassett, June 19, 1775.

37 Cadou, George Washington Collection, 213.

38 McCullough, 1776, 57.

39 Ibid., 44.

40 PWR, 1:56.

41 WWF,14:385. Letter to John Jay, April 14, 1779.

42 WWR,222. Letter to John Augustine Washington, March 31, 1776.

43 Cunliffe, George Washington, 75.

44 PWR, 1:95.

45 Ibid., 1:16. Letter to the Officers of Five Virginia Independent Companies, June 20, 1775.

46 WWR,173. Letter to Martha Washington, June 23, 1775.

47 PWR, 1:33.

48 Ibid., 1:34.

49 Golway, Washington’s General, 55.

50 PWR,1:135. Letter to Samuel Washington, July 20, 1775.

51 WWR,184-85. Letter to Lund Washington, August 20, 1775.

52 PWR,1:41. “Address to the New York Provincial Congress,” June 26, 1775.

53 Freeman, George Washington, 3:470.

54 Flexner, George Washington, 2:27.

55 Decatur, Private Affairs of George Washington, xxi.

56 Longmore, Invention of George Washington, 182.

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: MAGNIFICENT BLUFF

1 Batchelder, “Col. Henry Vassall.”

2 WWR,178. Letter to Richard Henry Lee, July 10, 1775.

3 PWR,1:54. “General Orders,” July 4, 1775.

4 Cadou, George Washington Collection, 213-14.

5 Anderson, “Hinge of Revolution.”

6 Palmer, George Washington and Benedict Arnold, 111.

7 Ibid.

8 Longmore, Invention of George Washington, 196.

9 Freeman, George Washington, 3:504-5.

10 PWR,1:135. Letter to Samuel Washington, July 20, 1775.

11 Fischer, Washington’s Crossing, 11.

12 Gaines, For Liberty and Glory, 105.

13 PWR,6:482. Letter to Patrick Henry, October 5, 1776.

14 Gaines, For Liberty and Glory, 69.

15 Anderson, “Hinge of Revolution.”

16 Cadou, George Washington Collection, 214.

17 WWF, 20:489. Letter to John Sullivan, December 17, 1780.

18 McCullough, 1776, 31.

19 PWR,1:55. “General Orders,” July 4, 1775.

20 Ibid., 1:93.

21 McCullough, 1776, 32.

22 Flexner, George Washington, 2:36.

23 Thompson, Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance, 4.

24 PWR,1:104. Letter to James Warren, July 10, 1775.

25 Stephenson, Patriot Battles, 136.

26 Palmer, George Washington and Benedict Arnold, 111.

27 Flexner, George Washington, 2:541.

28 Massachusetts Historical Society. Timothy Pickering Papers, P-31, Reel 51, p. 228.

29 PWR,1:140. Letter to John Hancock, July 21, 1775.

30 WWR,195-96. Letter to Joseph Reed, December 15, 1775.

31 McCullough, 1776, 62.

32 Stephenson, Patriot Battles, 175.

33 Flexner, George Washington, 2:36.

34 PWR,1:221. Letter to Nicholas Cooke, August 4, 1775.

35 Ibid., 1:218. “General Orders,” August 4, 1775.

36 WWR,181. Letter to Thomas Gage, August 11, 1775.

37 PWR,1:302. Letter from Thomas Gage, August 13, 1775.

38 WWR,182-83. Letter to Thomas Gage, August 19, 1775.

39 PWR,1:372. Letter to Richard Henry Lee, August 29, 1775.

40 WWR,184. Letter to Lund Washington, August 20, 1775.

41 Flexner, George Washington, 2:37.

42 Ibid., 2:49.

43 Higginbotham, George Washington Reconsidered, 278.

44 McCullough, 1776, 22.

45 Golway, Washington’s General, 45.

46 Ibid., 54.

47 WWF, 20:241. Letter to George Mason, October 22, 1780.

48 Golway, Washington’s General, 67.

49 Massachusetts Historical Society. Timothy Pickering Papers, P-31, Reel 51, p. 139.

50 Chinard, George Washington as the French Knew Him, 53.

51 Callahan, Henry Knox, 20.

52 DiariesA,361.

53 Callahan, Henry Knox, 271.

54 Ibid., 32.

55 Ibid., 227.

56 PWRT, 3:42. Letter to John Adams, September 25, 1798.

57 Stephenson, Patriot Battles, 65.

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: LAND OF FREEDOM

1 Rosenfeld, American Aurora, 276.

2 McCullough, 1776, 51.

3 Ibid., 39.

4 Rosenfeld, American Aurora, 260.

5 PWR,2:29. Letter to John Hancock, September 21, 1775.

6 Stephenson, Patriot Battles, 15.