26 WWF, 35:369. Letter to George Dunnington, January 15, 1797.

27 PWRT, 1:247. Letter to Samuel Washington, July 12, 1797.

28 Freeman, George Washington, 7:493.

29 Malone, Jefferson and His Time, 3:267.

30 Ibid., 3:305.

31 Wood, Empire of Liberty, 235-36.

32 Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 123.

33 Malone, Jefferson and His Time, 3:310.

34 Callahan, Henry Knox, 361.

35 PWRT, 1:313. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, August 21, 1797.

36 Ibid., 1:158. Letter to Thomas Pinckney, May 28, 1797.

37 Ibid., 1:384. Letter from Lafayette, October 6, 1797.

38 Ibid., 3:282. Letter to Lafayette, December 25, 1798.

39 Freeman, George Washington, 7:496.

40 PWRT,2:241. Letter to James Lloyd, April 15, 1798.

41 Wood, Empire of Liberty, 245.

42 Brady, George Washington’s Beautiful Nelly, 52.

43 PWRT, 2:280. Letter from Alexander Hamilton, May 19, 1798.

44 Ibid.

45 Ibid.

46 Ibid., 2:298. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, May 27, 1798.

47 Ibid.

48 Ibid.

49 Ibid., 3:284. Letter to Lafayette, December 25, 1798.

50 Ibid., 2:310. Letter from Alexander Hamilton, June 2, 1798.

51 Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 86.

52 Ibid.

53 Ibid., 87.

54 PWRT,2:352. Letter from John Adams, June 22, 1798.

55 Ibid.

56 Ibid., 2:369. Letter to John Adams, July 4, 1798.

57 Ibid., 2:370.

58 Ibid., 2:457. Letter to John Trumbull, July 25, 1798.

59 Ibid., 2:383. Letter to James McHenry, July 5, 1798.

60 Ibid., 2:387. Letter from Timothy Pickering, July 6, 1798.

61 Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 556.

62 Schutz and Adair, Spur of Fame, 93.

63 WWR,1006. Letter to John Adams, July 13, 1798.

64 Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 558.

65 Ibid.

66 PWRT, 2:425. Letter to Henry Knox, July 16, 1798.

67 Callahan, Henry Knox, 363.

68 PWRT,2:469. Letter from Henry Knox, July 29, 1798.

69 Ibid., 2:506. Letter to Henry Knox, August 9, 1798.

70 Callahan, Henry Knox, 368.

71 PWRT, 2:563. Letter from Henry Knox, August 26, 1798.

72 Smith, John Marshall, 240.

73 PWRT,3:59. Letter to James McHenry, September 30, 1798.

74 Ibid.

75 Smith, John Marshall, 241.

76 PWRT,3:21. Letter from James McHenry, September 19, 1798.

77 Ibid., 2:589. Letter from James McHenry, September 7, 1798.

78 Ibid., 2:609. Letter from Timothy Pickering, September 13, 1798.

79 Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 560.

80 PWRT,3:37. Letter to John Adams, September 25, 1798.

81 Ibid., 3:38.

82 Ibid., 3:41-42.

83 Ibid., 3:42.

84 Ibid., 3:43.

85 PWRT, 3:123. Letter to Henry Knox, October 21, 1798.

86 Callahan, Henry Knox, 372.

87 PWRT, 3:241. Letter to Lawrence Lewis, December 2, 1798.

88 Ibid., 3:298. Letter to David Stuart, December 30, 1798.

89 Unger, Unexpected George Washington, 253.

90 PWRT,3:246. Letter from Elizabeth Willing Powel, December 7, 1798.

91 Ibid., 3:247.

92 Bordewich, Washington, 61.

93 Cappon, Adams-Jefferson Letters, 346.

94 Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 593.

CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE: A MIND ON THE STRETCH

1 Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 570.

2 WWR,1016. Letter to Alexander Spotswood, November 22, 1798.

3 PWRT,3:287. Letter to William Vans Murray, December 26, 1798.

4 Ibid., 3:398. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, February 25, 1799.

5 PWRT, 4:51. Letter to Bushrod Washington, May 5, 1799.

6 Bordewich, Washington, 209.

7 PWRT,1:220. Letter to David Humphreys, June 26, 1797.

8 Bordewich, Washington, 211.

9 Ibid., 98.

10 Wiencek, Imperfect God, 346.

11 Thompson, “They Appear to Live Comfortable Together.”

12 PWRT, 2:119. Letter to John McDowell, March 5, 1798.

13 Ibid., 2:448-49. Letter to George Washington Parke Custis, July 24, 1798.

14 Ibid., 3:179. Letter to Henry Lee, Jr., November 4, 1798.

15 Ibid., 3:291. Letter to Richard Raynal Keene, December 28, 1798.

16 Ibid., 3:471. Letter to James Welch, April 7, 1799.

17 Ibid., 4:423. Letter to Alexander Addison, November 24, 1799.

18 Ibid., 4:296. Letter to James McHenry, September 14, 1799.

19 Ibid., 4:297.

20 Ibid., 2:109. Letter to William Augustine Washington, February 27, 1798.

21 Ibid., 4:292. Letter to James Anderson, September 10, 1799.

22 Ibid., 4:144. Letter from Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., June 22, 1799.

23 WWR, 1044. Letter to Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., July 21, 1799.

24 Ibid.

25 Ibid.

26 Ibid., 1045.

27 Ibid.

28 PWRT,4:275-76. Letter to Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., August 30, 1799.

29 Ibid., 4:276.

30 Ibid.

31 Ibid., 4:373. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, October 27, 1799.

32 Ibid., 4:401. Letter from James McHenry, November 10, 1799.

33 Ibid., 4:410. Letter to James McHenry, November 17, 1799.

34 Ibid., 4:453. Letter from Gouverneur Morris, December 9, 1799.

35 Ibid.

CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX: FREEDOM

1 Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 68.

2 Wiencek, Imperfect God, 348.

3 Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 79.

4 Ibid.

5 Wiencek, Imperfect God, 351.

6 Ibid., 352.

7 PWRT,2:613. Letter to Alexander Spotswood, September 14, 1798.

8 Ibid., 4:256. Letter to Robert Lewis, August 17, 1799.

9 Ibid., 4:256-57.

10 Ibid., 2:615.

11 Ibid., 1:404. Letter to William Stoy, October 14, 1797.

12 Harvey and O’Brien, George Washington’s South, 197.

13 Freeman, George Washington, 7:583.

14 PWRT, 4:491. “George Washington’s Last Will and Testament,” July 9, 1799.

15 Ibid., 4:479.

16 Ibid., 4:480.

17 Ibid.

18 Ibid.

19 Ibid.

20 Ibid.

21 Ibid., 4:480-81.

22 Ibid., 4:482.

23 Ibid., 4:489.

24 DiariesA,426.

25 WWR, 1050. Letter to Burges Ball, September 22, 1799.

CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN: .HOMECOMING

1 PWRT, 1:520. Letter from Martha Washington to Elizabeth Willing Powel, December 17, 1797.

2 Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 89.

3 MTV. “Early Descriptions Ante 1800.” Howell Lewis, December 9, 1799.

4 Burns and Dunn, George Washington, 136.

5 WWR,1051. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, December 12, 1799.

6 Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 192.

7 DiariesA,428. Diary entry for December 12, 1799.

8 WWR,1052. Letter to James Anderson, December 13, 1799.

9 PWRT,4:548.

10 DiariesA,428.

11 Ibid., 429.

12 Ibid.

13 Ibid.

14 Henriques, Realistic Visionary, 202.

15 Ibid.

16 DiariesA,430.

17 Ibid., 430.

18 PWRT, 4:545.

19 DiariesA,430.

20 Ibid.

21 Ibid., 431.

22 Ibid.

23 Ibid.

24 PWRT 4:491. “George Washington’s Last Will and Testament,” July 9, 1799.

25 Lee, Experiencing Mount Vernon, 104.

26 Furstenberg,In the Name of the Father, 26.

27 Chernow, Alexander Hamilton, 601.

28 Ibid.

29 Cappon, Adams-Jefferson Letters, 488.

30 DiariesA,423.