40 Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 226.

41 PWP, 5:396.

42 Ibid, 5:397.

43 Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 323.

44 PWP, 5:527. Letter to David Stuart, June 15, 1790.

45 Ibid.

46 Ibid., 5:469. Letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, June 3, 1790.

47 Decatur, Private Affairs of George Washington, 133.

48 PWP, 8:327.

49 Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 201.

CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO: CAPITAL MATTERS

1 WWR,796-97. Letter to Arthur Young, December 5, 1791.

2 Ketcham, James Madison, 309.

3 WWR,761. Letter to David Stuart, June 15, 1790.

4 Ibid.

5 Bordewich, Washington, 29.

6 Maclay, Diary of William Maclay, 257.

7 Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 319.

8 Ibid., 328.

9 PWP,11:98. Letter from Thomas Jefferson, September 9, 1792.

10 . Maclay, Diary of William Maclay, 21.

11 . PWP, 6:72.

12 . Schutz and Adair, Spur of Fame, 105.

13 . Maclay, Diary of William Maclay, 368.

14 . Thompson, “In the Hands of a Good Providence,” 159.

15 Ibid.

16 . PWP, 6:285. “To the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island,” August 18, 1790.

17 . Ibid., 5:448. Letter to the Savannah, Georgia, Hebrew Congregation, ca. May 1790.

18 Ibid., 6:303.

19 . Freeman, George Washington, 6:279.

20 . PWP, 6:681. Letter from Tobias Lear, November 21, 1790.

21 . Ibid., 6:105. Letter to Clement Biddle, July 20, 1790.

22 . Decatur, Private Affairs of George Washington, 169.

23 . Cadou, George Washington Collection, 154.

24 . WWR,768. “Second Annual Message to Congress,” December 8, 1790.

25 . Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 342.

26 . Maclay, Diary of William Maclay, 377.

27 . Decatur, Private Affairs of George Washington, 136.

28 . PWP, 6:606. Letter from Tobias Lear, October 31, 1790.

29 . Ibid., 6:409. Letter to Tobias Lear, September 9, 1790.

30 . Ibid., 6:682. Letter to Tobias Lear, November 22, 1790.

31 . Ibid., 8:85. Letter to Tobias Lear, April 12, 1791.

32 . Ibid.

33 . Ibid.

34 . Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 230.

35 . PWP, 8:85. Letter to Tobias Lear, April 12, 1791.

36 . Ibid., 8:132. Letter from Tobias Lear, April 24, 1791.

37 Ibid.

38 . Ibid., 8:232. Letter from Tobias Lear, June 5, 1791.

39 . Schwarz, Slavery at the Home of George Washington, 36.

40 . Decatur, Private Affairs of George Washington, 254.

41 . PWP, 11:229. Letter to Anthony Whitting, October 14, 1792.

42 . Ibid., 10:461. Letter to Arthur Young, June 18, 1792.

43 . Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 151.

44 . Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 233.

45 . Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 150.

46 . PWP, 11:229. Letter to Anthony Whitting, October 14, 1792.

47 . Ibid., 11:333. Letter to Anthony Whitting, November 4, 1792.

48 . Ibid., 11:401. Letter to Anthony Whitting, November 18, 1792.

49 . WWF,34:12. Letter to William Pearce, November 2, 1794.

50 . Ibid., 35:34. Letter to William Pearce, May 1, 1796.

51 . Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 149.

52 . PWP, 11:461. Letter to Anthony Whitting, December 2, 1792.

53 . Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 154.

CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE: SOUTHERN EXPOSURE

1 . Diaries,6:9. Diary entry for January 18, 1790.

2 . PWP, 7:355. Letter to John Greenwood, February 16, 1791.

3 . Ibid., 8:515. Letter from John Greenwood, September 10, 1791.

4 . WWR,985. Letter to John Greenwood, January 20, 1797.

5 Ibid., 986.

6 . PWRT,3:245. Letter to John Greenwood, December 7, 1798.

7 . Ibid.

8 . PWRT, 3:289. Letter from John Greenwood, December 28, 1798.

9 . Ketchum, Victory at Yorktown, 166.

10 . Decatur, Private Affairs of George Washington, 195.

11 . Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 362.

12 . Decatur, Private Affairs of George Washington, 179.

13 . Ibid., 177.

14 . Ibid., 200.

15 . Ibid., 173.

16 . Chinard, George Washington as the French Knew Him, 94.

17 . Miles, George and Martha Washington, 20.

18 . PWRT, 3:243. Letter to Elizabeth Willing Powel, December 4, 1798.

19 . Ibid., 3:242. Letter from Elizabeth Willing Powel, December 3, 1798.

20 . Decatur, Private Affairs of George Washington, 311.

21 . PWRT,1:130. Letter to Mary White Morris, May 1, 1797.

22 . WWR,824. Letter to Elizabeth Washington Lewis, October 7, 1792.

23 . Burns and Dunn, George Washington, 81.

24 . Cappon, Adams-Jefferson Letters, 401.

25 . PWRT, 1:392. Letter to Elizabeth Foote Washington, October 8, 1797.

26 . PWP,7:396.

27 . Ibid., 7:357. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, February 16, 1791.

28 . Freeman, George Washington, 6:293.

29 . Cappon, Adams-Jefferson Letters, 363.

30 . PWP,8:359. Letter to David Humphreys, July 20, 1791.

31 . Ibid., 5:236. Letter from David Stuart, March 15, 1790.

32 Ibid., 6:274.

33 . Freeman, George Washington, 6:307.

34 . PWP,8:277. Letter to Tobias Lear, June 19, 1791.

35 Diaries,6:107.

36 . Ibid., 6:112. Diary entry for April 15, 1791.

37 . Ibid., 6:113. Diary entry for April 16, 1791.

38 Ibid., 112.

39 . DiariesA,383. Diary entry for April 20, 1791.

40 . PWP, 8:73-74.

41 Diaries,6:120.

42 . McCammant, George Washington the Mason, 11.

43 Diaries,6:128.

44 . Chinard, George Washington as the French Knew Him, xvi.

45 . DiariesA, 385. Diary entry for May 3, 1791.

46 . Ibid., 385-86. Diary entry for May 5, 1791.

47 Diaries,6:125.

48 . PWP, 8:183. Letter to Tobias Lear, May 14, 1791.

49 DiariesA,387.

50 Diaries,6:142.

51 . DiariesA,387. Diary entry for May 19, 1791.

52 . Diaries,6:154. Diary entry for June 2, 1791.

53 . DiariesA,391. Diary entry for June 4, 1791.

54 . PWP, 8:357-58. Letter to Catharine Sawbridge Macaulay Graham, July 19, 1791.

55 . Ibid., 8:358. Letter to David Humphreys, July 20, 1791.

56 . Ibid., 8:415. Letter to William Moultrie, August 9, 1791.

57 . Ibid., 8:327.

CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR: RUNNING INTO EXTREMES

1 . WWR,589. Letter to James McHenry, August 22, 1785.

2 . Grant, John Adams, 366.

3 . Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 294.

4 . Diaries,6:87-88. Diary entry for July 8, 1790.

5 . DiariesA,377. Diary entry for July 14, 1790.

6 . PWP, 6:83.

7 . Jackman, “Young Englishman Reports.”

8 . PWCF,5:359. Letter from the Marquis de Lafayette, October 9, 1787.

9 . Ketchum, Victory at Yorktown, 49.

10 . WWR,375. Letter to Joseph Reed, May 28, 1780.

11 . PWCF,6:137. Letter to James Madison, March 2, 1788.

12 . WWR,683. Letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, June 19, 1788.

13 . Unger, Lafayette, 234.

14 . Weber, Queen of Fashion, 200.

15 . PWP, 5:241. Letter from the Marquis de Lafayette, March 17, 1790.

16 Ibid., 5:243.

17 . WWR,746. Letter to Gouverneur Morris, October 13, 1789.