7 Palmer, George Washington and Benedict Arnold, 133.

8 Brookhiser, Founding Father, 115.

9 Flexner, George Washington, 2:50.

10 WWF,22:161. Letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, June 4, 1781.

11 WWR,1011. Letter to John Adams, September 25, 1798.

12 Freeman, George Washington, 3:553.

13 Ibid., 3:556.

14 PWR,2:239. Letter to Major General Philip Schuyler, October 26, 1775.

15 McCullough, 1776, 56.

16 Flexner, George Washington, 2:53.

17 PWR,1:399. “Instructions to Captain Nicholas Broughton,” September 2, 1775.

18 Ibid., 2:463. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, November 30, 1775.

19 PWP, 10:74-75. “Memorandum on General Officers,” Philadelphia, March 9, 1792.

20 Fund, “Whiskey Entrepreneur.”

21 PWR,2:300. “General Orders,” November 5, 1775.

22 Ibid., 1:287. “General Orders,” August 11, 1775.

23 Ibid., 1:321. “General Orders,” August 18, 1775.

24 Ibid., 1:346. “General Orders,” August 22, 1775.

25 Ibid., 2:493. Letter to Colonel Benedict Arnold, December 5, 1775.

26 Ibid., 2:498. Letter to Major General Philip Schuyler, December 5, 1775.

27 Ibid., 3:78. Letter from Major General Philip Schuyler, January 13, 1776.

28 Morgan, Genius of George Washington, 10.

29 PWR,1:169. “General Orders,” July 25, 1775.

30 Cunliffe, George Washington, 78.

31 McCullough, 1776, 64.

32 Stephenson, Patriot Battles, 185.

33 McCullough, 1776, 36.

34 Wiencek, Imperfect God, 200.

35 PWR,2:125. “Council of War,” October 8, 1775.

36 Ibid., 2:354. “General Orders,” November 12, 1775.

37 Hochschild, Bury the Chains, 98.

38 PWR,2:436. Letter to Richard Henry Lee, November 27, 1775.

39 Ibid., 2:611. Letter to Richard Henry Lee, December 26, 1775.

40 WWR, 195. Letter to Joseph Reed, December 15, 1775.

41 PWR,2:623. Letter to John Hancock, December 31, 1775.

42 Ellis, American Creation, 35.

43 McCullough, 1776, 65.

44 PWR,2:614. “General Orders,” December 28, 1775.

45 WWR,196. “General Orders,” January 1, 1776.

46 PWR,3:19. Letter to John Hancock, January 4, 1776.

47 WWR,203. Letter to Joseph Reed, January 14, 1776.

48 Ibid.

49 Smith, John Marshall, 51.

50 WWR,206. Letter to Joseph Reed, January 31, 1776.

51 Cunliffe, George Washington, 75.

52 Nelson, Thomas Paine, 88.

53 PWR,3:183. Letter from Major General Charles Lee, January 24, 1776.

54 Ibid., 3:419. Letter from Fielding Lewis, March 6, 1776.

55 WWR,206. Letter to Joseph Reed, January 31, 1776.

56 PWCF, 1:445. Letter to James Madison, June 12, 1784.

57 PWR,2:74. Letter to Samuel Washington, September 30, 1775.

58 Ibid., 2:72.

59 Ibid., 2:162. Letter to John Augustine Washington, October 13, 1775.

60 Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 164.

61 Brady, Martha Washington, 104.

62 Thompson, “ ‘As If I had Been a Very Great Somebody.’”

63 Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 91.

64 PWR,3:172. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, January 23, 1776.

65 Ibid., 2:252. Letter to Richard Henry Lee, October 29, 1775.

66 Ibid., 3:173. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, January 23, 1776.

67 Flexner, George Washington, 2:60.

68 Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 164.

69 Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 94.

70 Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 110.

71 Fischer, Washington’s Crossing, 19.

72 Flexner, George Washington, 2:59.

73 Golway, Washington’s General, 74.

74 Thompson, “‘As If I had Been a Very Great Somebody.’”

75 Brookhiser, Founding Father, 159.

76 WWR,207. Letter to Joseph Reed, January 31, 1776.

77 PWR,2:243. “Poem by Phillis Wheatley.”

78 WWR,216. Letter to Phillis Wheatley, February 28, 1776.

79 Ibid.

80 Thompson, “‘As If I had Been a Very Great Somebody.’ ”

CHAPTER NINETEEN: THE HEIGHTS

1 Flexner, George Washington, 2:427.

2 PWR,3:449. “General Orders,” March 11, 1776.

3 Ibid., 9:315. Letter to Colonels Alexander Spotswood et al., April 30, 1777.

4 Ibid.

5 Custis, Recollections and Private Memoirs, 258.

6 PWR,3:27. “General Orders,” January 5, 1776.

7 WWF,24:110-11. Letter to the Secretary at War, April 10, 1782.

8 Ibid., 254. “General Orders,” May 14, 1782.

9 PWR,3:85. Letter to John Hancock, January 14, 1776.

10 Rosenfeld, American Aurora, 274.

11 PWR,3:287. Letter to Joseph Reed, February 10, 1776.

12 Ibid., 3:336. Letter to John Hancock, February 18, 1776.

13 Ibid., 3:335.

14 Ibid., 3:370. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, February 26, 1776.

15 McCullough, 1776, 87.

16 PWR,3:379. “General Orders,” February 17, 1776.

17 McCullough, 1776, 92.

18 Ibid., 92.

19 Ibid., 93.

20 Ibid., 95.

21 Ibid.

22 Trumbull, Autobiography of Colonel John Trumbull, 24.

23 PWR,3:467. Letter to Major General Charles Lee, March 14, 1776.

24 Flexner, George Washington, 2:77.

25 WWR,221. Letter to John Augustine Washington, March 31, 1776.

26 McCullough, 1776, 105.

27 Freeman, George Washington, 4:55.

28 PWR, 3:494. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed, March 19, 1776.

29 WWR,217. Letter to John Hancock, March 19, 1776.

30 PWR,3:501-2. “Proclamation on the Occupation of Boston,” March 21, 1776.

31 Ibid., 3:514. Letter to John Morgan, March 22, 1776.

32 Ibid., 3:566-69. Letter to John Augustine Washington, March 31, 1776.

33 Stahr, John Jay, 58.

34 Freeman, George Washington, 4:91.

35 PWR,3:508. Letter from Josiah Quincy, March 21, 1776.

36 Ibid., 3:528. Letter to Josiah Quincy, March 24, 1776.

37 Fischer, Washington’s Crossing, 11.

38 WWR,220. Letter to John Augustine Washington, March 31, 1776.

39 Golway, Washington’s General, 80.

40 Stephenson, Patriot Battles, 230.

41 PWR,4:75. “General Orders,” April 17, 1776.

42 McCullough, 1776, 125.

43 Freeman, George Washington, 4:5.

44 WWR,224. Letter to John Augustine Washington, May 31, 1776.

45 Flexner, George Washington, 2:93.

46 PWR,4:485. Letter from John Parke Custis, June 10, 1776.

47 Ibid., 5:74.

48 Ibid., 5:134. Letter to John Hancock, June 28, 1776.

49 Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 75.

50 PWR,5:129. “General Orders,” June 28, 1776.

51 *. Ibid.

CHAPTER TWENTY: ALL LONDON AFLOAT

1 McCullough, 1776, 142.

2 Ibid., 6.

3 Ibid., 19.

4 Ibid., 131.

5 Callahan, Henry Knox, 64.

6 PWR,5:266. Letter to John Hancock, July 11, 1776.

7 McCullough, 1776, 135.

8 Fischer, Washington’s Crossing, 31.

9 PWR,5:180. “General Orders,” July 2, 1776.

10 Ibid., 5:181.

11 Ibid., 5:191-93. Letter to John Hancock, July 3, 1776.

12 PWR, 4:11. Letter to Joseph Reed, April 1, 1776.

13 Darnton, George Washington’s False Teeth, 98.

14 Winik, Great Upheaval, 76.

15 Gaines, For Liberty and Glory, 44.