16 Flexner, George Washington, 2:14.

17 Wills, Cincinnatus, 187.

18 PWR,3:386. Letter to Burwell Bassett, February 28, 1776.

19 Ibid., 5:246. “General Orders,” July 9, 1776.

20 Ibid.

21 Fischer, Washington’s Crossing, 29.

22 PWR,5:258. Letter to John Hancock, July 10, 1776.

23 McCullough, 1776, 141.

24 PWR,5:256-57. “General Orders,” July 10, 1776.

25 Ibid., 5:260. Letter to John Hancock, July 10, 1776.

26 Ibid., 6:54. Letter to the New York Convention, August 17, 1776.

27 Freeman, George Washington, 4:136-37.

28 PWR,10:410. Letter to John Hancock, July 25, 1777.

29 Flexner, George Washington, 1:156.

30 McCullough, 1776, 75.

31 Irving, Life of George Washington, 219.

32 PWR,5:296. Letter from Lord Howe, July 13, 1776.

33 Ibid., 4:11. Letter to Joseph Reed, April 1, 1776.

34 Ibid., 5:297.

35 Freeman, George Washington, 4:139.

36 PWR,5:306. Letter to John Hancock, July 14, 1776.

37 Thompson, Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance, 6.

38 Ibid.

39 Ibid., 7.

40 McCullough, 1776, 145.

41 Callahan, Henry Knox, 66.

42 Ibid., 65.

43 Ibid.

44 PWR,5:400-401. “Memorandum of an Interview with Lieutenant Colonel James Paterson,” July 20, 1776.

45 Ibid., 5:401.

46 Ibid., 5:408. Letter to Colonel Adam Stephen, July 20, 1776.

47 Ibid., 5:424. Letter to John Hancock, July 22, 1776.

48 McCullough, 1776, 147.

49 Fischer, Washington’s Crossing, 87.

50 McCullough, 1776, 151.

51 Stephenson, Patriot Battles, 20.

52 Golway, Washington’s General, 90.

53 McCullough, 1776, 153.

54 Ibid., 148.

55 Ibid.

56 WWR,236. Letter to Lund Washington, August 19, 1776.

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: DISASTER

1 PWR,5:610. Letter to Jesse Root, August 7, 1776.

2 Ibid., 5:632. Letter to Brigadier General William Livingston, August 8, 1776.

3 Ibid., 6:18. “General Orders,” August 14, 1776.

4 McCullough, 1776, 155-56.

5 WWR,234. Letter to Lund Washington, August 19, 1776.

6 Fischer, Washington’s Crossing, 90.

7 WWR,239. “General Orders,” August 23, 1776.

8 McCullough, 1776, 161.

9 . PWR,16:490. Letter from Major General Israel Putnam, September 2, 1778.

10 Ibid., 6:129. Letter to John Hancock, August 26, 1776.

11 Ibid., 6:137. Letter to Lund Washington, August 26, 1776.

12 Flexner, George Washington, 2:110.

13 Ibid.

14 PWR, 6:162.

15 Stephenson, Patriot Battles, 239.

16 Fischer, Washington’s Crossing, 98.

17 Freeman, George Washington, 4:178.

18 Palmer, George Washington and Benedict Arnold, 186.

19 McCullough, 1776, 178.

20 Flexner, George Washington, 2:112.

21 Ibid., 2:114.

22 Stephenson, Patriot Battles, 243.

23 McCullough, 1776, 190.

24 Fischer, Washington’s Crossing, 101.

25 Schecter, Battle for New York, 165.

26 PWR,6:495. Letter to Lund Washington, October 6, 1776.

27 Ibid., 6:164.

28 Ibid., 6:364. “General Orders,” September 22, 1776.

29 Flexner, George Washington, 2:121.

30 PWR,6:494. Letter to Lund Washington, October 6, 1776.

31 Ibid., 6:114. Letter to the New York Convention, August 23, 1776.

32 Ibid., 6:207. Letter from John Hancock, September 3, 1776.

33 McCullough, 1776, 204.

34 Flexner, George Washington, 2:119.

35 PWR,6:249. Letter to John Hancock, September 8, 1776.

36 Ibid.

37 Ibid., 6:251.

38 Stephenson, Patriot Battles, 245.

39 McCullough, 1776, 211.

40 Brookhiser, Founding Father, 19.

41 Stephenson, Patriot Battles, 245.

42 PWR,6:313. Letter to John Hancock, September 16, 1776.

43 Thompson, Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance, 8.

44 PWR,6:316.

45 Flexner, George Washington, 2:123.

46 PWR,6:313. Letter to John Hancock, September 16, 1776.

47 Ibid., 6:316.

48 Flexner, George Washington, 2:123.

49 Fischer, Washington’s Crossing, 104.

50 PWR, 6:334.

51 Flexner, George Washington, 2:129.

52 Lengel, General George Washington, 157.

53 PWR,6:320. “General Orders,” September 17, 1776.

54 Ibid., 6:348. “General Orders,” September 20, 1776.

55 Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 81.

56 Golway, Washington’s General, 96.

57 Fischer, Washington’s Crossing, 106.

58 PWR,6:370.

59 Ibid., 6:400. Letter to John Hancock, September 25, 1776.

60 Freeman, George Washington, 4:208.

61 Callahan, Henry Knox, 73.

62 WWR,255. Letter to John Augustine Washington, November 6, 1776.

63 Ibid., 249. Letter to Lund Washington, September 30, 1776.

64 Ibid., 250.

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: AN INDECISIVE MIND

1 McCullough, 1776, 230.

2 PWR,7:57.

3 Flexner, George Washington, 2:136.

4 PWR,7:52.

5 Flexner, George Washington, 2:140.

6 Lengel, General George Washington, 163.

7 Ibid., 228.

8 PWR,7:115-16. Letter to Major General Nathanael Greene, November 8, 1776.

9 Fischer, Washington’s Crossing, 113.

10 Freeman, George Washington, 4:235.

11 Flexner, George Washington, 2:145.

12 Ibid., 2:148.

13 PWR,7:106.

14 Ibid., 7:154. Letter to John Hancock, November 14, 1776.

15 McCullough, 1776, 239.

16 PWR,7:163. Letter to John Hancock, November 16, 1776.

17 McCullough, 1776, 240.

18 Lengel, General George Washington, 167.

19 Irving, Life of George Washington, 274.

20 Stephenson, Patriot Battles, 250.

21 McCullough, 1776, 243.

22 Callahan, Henry Knox, 75.

23 PWR,7:104. Letter to John Augustine Washington, November 19, 1776.

24 Freeman, George Washington, 4:293.

25 Ibid., 4:264.

26 Lengel, General George Washington, 168.

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.