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“refresh” the army: GW to John Hancock, January 7, 1777, PGW.
of the army: GW to John Hancock, January 5, 1777, PGW.
“try men’s souls”: [Paine], The American Crisis (No. 1), [Boston, 1776], broadside, ATC.
“needle or awl”: Sellers, “Peale, Artist-Soldier,” 283.
“Most Obedient servant”: GW to Robert Morris, January 5, 1777, PGW.
“on domestic matters”: GW to Robert Morris, January 13, 1777, PGW.
“to distinguished Acts”: GW to JPC, January 22, 1777, PGW.
“in good time”: Bartholomew Dandridge to GW, January 16, 1777, PGW.
“army lay there”: Fitzpatrick, George Washington’s Accounts, 97–98.
“in that City”: GW to the Commanding Officer in Philadelphia, March 6, 1776, PGW.
“of a Camp”: GW to SW, March 15, 1777, PGW.
“on his Acc’t”: GW to John Hancock, March 29, 1777, PGW.
“an army assembled”: GW to SW, April 5, 1777, PGW.
15: MORRISTOWN AND BRANDYWINE, 1777
“every dry day!”: John Armstrong to GW, December 30, 1777, PGW.
“in each other”: Showman et al., eds., Greene Papers, 2:54.
name Martha Dandridge: Moore, Diary, 1:192.
“being left alone”: GW to MW, June 18, 1775, PGW.
“as she calls him”: Martha Dangerfield Bland to Frances Bland Randolph, May 12, 1777, Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society (Newark, July 1933), 152, cited in Thompson, “ ‘As if I had Been a Very Great Somebody,’ ” 42–43 and 43 n.76, MVLA.
“her husband madly”: Idzerda et al., eds., Lafayette in the American Revolution, 1:225.
“damp upon ours?”: GW to Robert Morris, March 2, 1777, PGW.
“in to Philadelphia”: GW to John Hancock, February 5, 1777, PGW.
“of this Month”: GW to John Hancock, March 14, 1777, PGW.
“keeping it out”: GW to Patrick Henry, April 13, 1777, PGW.
“of our Youth”: GW to Landon Carter, April 15, 1777, PGW.
“in their Transports”: GW to John Hancock, April 9, 1777, PGW.
“to the Visitors”: Martha Dangerfield Bland to Frances Bland Randolph, May 12, 1777, Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society (Newark, July 1933), 152, cited in Thompson, “ ‘As If I had Been a Very Great Somebody,’ ” 42–43 and 43 n.76, MVLA.
“Mrs Washington bought”: Caleb Gibbs and Mary Smith, 1776–80, Revolutionary War Household Expenses, entry for April 11, March 1777, GWP.
on May 1: Ibid., entry for May 7, 1777, GWP; GW to Caleb Gibbs, May 1, 1777, and nn. 3 and 5, PGW.
“the American States”: Thomas Mifflin to GW, June 11, 1777, n.2, PGW.
of the city: Virginia Gazette, August 8, 1777; Moore, Diary, 1:477.
“superiority over another”: General Orders, July 6, 1777, PGW.
“of my reasoning”: GW to Philip Schuyler, July 15, 1777, PGW.
“succours can arrive”: GW to John Hancock, July 25, 1777, PGW.
“the fore noon”: GW to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., July 31, 1777, PGW.
“in the Carolinas”: Du Motier, Memoirs of Lafayette, 1:19.
“soon as possible”: GW to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., August 4, 1777, PGW.
a family gathering: Bartholomew Dandridge to GW, August 22, 1777, PGW.
throughout the state: JPC to GW, August 8, 1777, PGW.
“of my abilities”: JPC to GW, September 11, 1777, PGW.
“W[eigh]t 113 oz”: JPC to GW, Postscript, MW to GW, September 11, 1777, PGW.
“in the field”: GW to John Hancock, September 11, 1777, PGW.
and pursuit “impracticable”: GW to Thomas Nelson, September 27, 1777, PGW.
“in our favour”: GW to SW, October 27, 1777, PGW.
“and retreated precipitately”: GW to Benjamin Harrison, October 5, 1777, PGW.
“stroke of providence”: GW to JAW, October 18, 1777, PGW.
“agreeable to her”: JPC to GW, October 26, 1777, PGW.
in due course: GW to JPC, November 14, 1777, PGW.
other business there: JPC to GW, October 26, 1777, PGW.
“much as possible”: GW to SW, October 27, 1777, PGW.
“fat as a pig”: MW to AMB, November 18, 1777, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 174–75.
“as I live”: MW to BB, December 22, 1777, ibid., 175–76.
“full of horses”: LW to GW, December 24, 1777, PGW.
“some time ago”: JPC to GW, January 14, 1778, PGW.
“and uncomfortably provided”: GW to JPC, February 1, 1778, PGW.
16: VALLEY FORGE, 1777–1778
“perhaps of Militia?”: GW to Henry Laurens, December 23, 1777, PGW.
“without a murmur”: GW to John Banister, April 21, 1778, PGW.
“none at all”: GW to Henry Laurens, December 23, 1777, PGW.
“of the troops”: General Orders, December 20, 1777, n.1, and December 18, 1777, PGW.
“days provisions beforehand”: GW to Continental Congress Camp Committee, January 29, 1778, PGW.
“objects of importance”: Nathanael Greene to GW, [January 1778], PGW.
and “injurious” insinuations: GW to Henry Laurens, January 31, 1778, PGW.
“only a man”: Henry Laurens to GW, January 27, 1778, n.1, PGW.
“work among us”: Henkles, ed., Robert Morris Correspondence, 165–67.
“Necessary to Conquer”: Lafayette to GW, December 30, 1777, PGW.
“imputation of error”: GW to Henry Laurens, January 31, 1778, PGW.
batteries too soon: Sparks, ed., Writings of Washington, 5:508.
“to insult him”: Henkles, ed., Robert Morris Correspondence, 17–19.
of other states: GW to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., February 6, 1778, PGW.
He dreaded mutiny: GW to William Buchanan, February 7, 1777, PGW.
“them at nights”: GW to Thomas Wharton, April 10, 1778, n.2, PGW.
“of the camp”: Committee at Camp to Henry Laurens, February 12, 1778, LDC.
“one day’s allowance”: General Orders, February 15, 1778, source note, PGW.
went the cry: Duponceau, “Autobiographical Letters,” 180.
“expected in general”: MW to Mercy Otis Warren, March 7, 1778, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 177–78.
cheese, and oysters: Caleb Gibbs and Mary Smith, 1776–80, Revolutionary War Household Expenses, entries for February, March 1778, Series 5, GWP.
“for a song”: Duponceau, “Authobiographical Letters,” 179, 181.
“kind of woman”: GW to Thomas Wharton, April 6, 1778, n.1, PGW.
“a female companion”: Boudinot, Life of Boudinot, 1:106, 115.
“altogether with them”: MW to Mercy Otis Warren, March 7, 1778, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 177–78.
“been a boy”: JPC to MW, April 3, 1778, ibid., 178–79.
of His Excellency: Miller et al., eds., Peale Papers, 1:266, 271.
“certainly wants animation”: GW to JPC, February 1, 1778, n.1, PGW.
“during these troubles”: GW to LW, February 28, 1778, PGW.
scaffolding must remain: LW to GW, April 22, 1778, PGW.
“our own people”: LW to GW, April 8, 1778, PGW.
“not be neglected” : Simms, ed., Laurens Army Correspondence, 114–18, 124–25.
of lesser value: Nicholas Cooke to GW, February 23, 1778, PGW.
“quit of Negroes”: GW to LW, August 15, 1778, PGW.
“hanged than separated”: LW to GW, February 18, 1778, and LW to GW, March 4, 1778, both in PGW.
“stowed in it”: Baker, “Exchange of Major-General Charles Lee,” 31–32.
“allurements of peace”: GW to John Banister, April 21, 1778, PGW.
Congress at York: GW to Henry Laurens, April 20, 1778, PGW.
“huzzaed several times”: Baker, Itinerary, 128.
17: PHILADELPHIA AND MIDDLEBROOK, NEW JERSEY, 1778–1779
in the afternoon: GW to Henry Laurens, June 18, 1778, PGW.
“whole advanced body”: GW to Charles Lee, June 26, 1778, PGW.
“their best Troops”: GW to JAW, July 4, 1778, PGW.
“over the Enemy”: Benedict Arnold to GW, June 30, 1778, PGW.
open for shipping: JPC to GW, May 11, 1778, PGW.
“capable of improvement”: GW to JPC, May 26, 1778, PGW.
“one to me”: GW to JPC, August 3, 1778, PGW.
“America better known”: GW to JPC, May 26, 1778, PGW.
by a single manager: JPC to GW, July 15, 1778, PGW.
“at a distance”: GW to JPC, August 3, 1778, PGW.
“honour of France”: John Sullivan to GW, August 23, 1778, n.2, PGW.
“soon be familiarized”: Thomas Nelson to GW, August 11, 1778, PGW.
“Time will show”: GW to Thomas Nelson, August 20, 1778, PGW.
“for an uncertainty”: GW to JPC, October 12, 1778, PGW.
“about the Plantn”: GW to James Hill, October 27, 1778, PGW.
“unfold their views”: GW to Burwell Bassett, October 30, 1778, PGW.
“at this time”: GW to JAW, October 26, 1778, PGW.
“sent her one”: MW to Bartholomew Dandridge, November 2, 1778, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 180–81.
“into these prices”: John Mitchell to GW, October 16, 1778; and John Mitchell to GW, October 20, 1778, both in PGW.
“a private family”: GW to John Mitchell, November 11, 1778, PGW.
of other rooms: GW to Nathanael Greene, December 4, 1778, and n.2, PGW.
on December 20: Showman et al., Papers of Greene, 3:121.
reunited with Martha: GW to Alexander Stirling, December 21, 1778, n.1, PGW.
the State House: GW to Continental Congress Committee of Conference, January 8, 1779, PGW.
“in that country”: Simms, ed., Laurens Army Correspondence, 230–31.
boasted 160 dishes: Greene, Life of Greene, 2:168.
while in Philadelphia: GW to Philip Schuyler, February 11, 1779, PGW.
eldest granddaughter, Bet: MW to JPC and ECPC, March 19, 1779 [wrongly dated by MW 1778], in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 181.
“years that night”: Sarah Bache to Benjamin Franklin, January 17, 1779, PBF 28:1778–79.
trust in “Providence”: GW to Benjamin Harrison, December 18–30, 1778, PGW.
“good a man”: GW to the Magistrates of Philadelphia, December 25, 1778, n., citing text of address made to him, December 29, 1778, PGW.
city had occasioned: GW to John Jay, January 29, 1779, PGW.
“of a medal”: Morgan and Fielding, Washington Life Portraits, 57–58.
“of his Estate”: GW to LW, December 17, 1778, PGW.
loss he was: GW to LW, February 24, 1779, PGW.
“waggon-load of provisions”: GW to John Jay, April 23, 1779, PGW.
“strength and substance”: GW to Gouverneur Morris, May 8, 1779, PGW.
“in that quarter”: MW to JPC and ECPC, March 19, 1778[1779], in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 181.
designed to engender: Thacher, Military Journal, 157.
“in the State”: Henry Knox to William Knox, February 28, 1779, Henry Knox Papers, GLC.
at Mount Vernon: GW to John Mitchell, February 17, 1779, PGW.
“pretty little frisk”: Showman et al., eds., Greene Papers, 3:354.
“cannon and musketry”: Thacher, Military Journal, 159.
being June 3: GW to LW, May 29, 1779, n.7, PGW.
18: THE HARD WINTER: MORRISTOWN, 1779–1780
“not hurt us”: GW to Nicholas Rogers, May 28, 1779 and n., WGW.
against British attack: GW to JAW, June 20, 1779, WGW.
“in the state”: Harbin, “Letters from John Parke Custis,” 279–80.
“experience many inconveniences”: GW to Philip Schuyler, June 9, 1779, PGW.
“in the night”: GW to Anthony Wayne, July 9, 1779, PGW.
“was taken…£10.10”: Caleb Gibbs and Mary Smith, 1776–80, Revolutionary War Household Expenses, entry for December 25, 1779, Series 5, GWP.
“to our independence”: John Jay to GW, July 20, 1779, LDC.
“of no value”: GW to Edmund Randolph, August 1, 1779, WGW.
fruit for meat: GW to John Cochran, August 16, 1779, WGW.
they expected news: MW to JPC and ECPC, March 19, 1778[1779], in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 181.
“men and provisions”: Henry Laurens to John Laurens, September 27, 1779, LDC.
“Fairfax this winter”: Harbin, “Letters from John Parke Custis,” 278–79.
“Valley Forge scene?”: Henry Laurens to GW, October 7, 1779, LDC.
“free and independent”: August 14, 1779, JCC.
“in her estimation”: GW to Juan de Miralles, October 16, 1779, WGW.
“house in Philadelphia”: GW to John Mitchell, October 17, 1779, Series 4, GWP.
“rooms for servants”: John Mitchell to GW, October 30, 1779, Series 4, GWP.
for the north: GW to Alexander Spotswood, November 10, 1779, Series 4, GWP.
“convenient and agreeable”: John Mitchell to GW, October 30, 1779, Series 4, GWP.
£60 a hundredweight: Harbin, “Letters from John Parke Custis,” 279.
at Mrs. Ford’s: GW to Nathanael Greene, November 30, 1779, Series 4, GWP.
“snow all day”: Parker, “Journal of Lieutenant Robert Parker (concluded),” 23.
“two feet deep”: Thacher, Military Journal, 180.
“the itch [scabies]”: Freeman, Washington, 5:141 and n.79.
“within a fortnight”: Circular to Governors of the Middle States, December 16, 1779, WGW.
did not disband: GW to Philip Schuyler, January 30, 1780, WGW.
was “nearly completed”: General Orders, December 29, 1779, WGW.
on Christmas Day: Caleb Gibbs and Mary Smith, 1776–80, Revolutionary War Household Expenses, entry for December 25, 1779, Series 5, GWP.
wrote Dr. Thacher: Thacher, Military Journal, 221.
succeeded the storm: Showman et al., eds., Greene Papers, 5:252.
“days without either”: GW to Philip Schuyler, January 30, 1780, WGW.
“save his blanket”: Smith, ed., Record of Service, 135.
“hard a winter”: GW to Lafayette, March 18, 1780, PGW/EA.
“they have caught”: GW to Nathanael Greene, January 22, 1780, WGW.
“greater,” he conceded: GW to JPC, January 20, 1780, WGW.
“distressed me exceedingly”: MPC to BB, July 18, 1780, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 183.
“of the other”: GW to Robert Morris, February 4, 1780, WGW.
“on the stage”: John Fell to Robert Morris, March 5, 1780, LDC.
“for this purpose”: GW to John Mitchell, March 30, 1780, PGW/EA.
Lund Washington arrived: GW to John Mitchell, April 8, 1780, PGW/EA.
was much obliged: MPC to Elizabeth Schuyler, [Morristown, 1780], in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 182.
“support the expresses”: Showman et al., eds., Greene Papers, 5:426.
“of the troops”: Chevalier de La Luzerne to GW, April 29, 1780, PGW/EA.
its commander-in-chief: Freeman, Washington, 5:158 and n.113.
to prevent looting: Thacher, Military Journal, 230.
remained at Morristown: GW to John Laurens, April 26, 1780, PGW/EA.
“of gold plate”: Idzerda et al., eds., Lafayette in the American Revolution, 3:3–6.
“we deserve it”: GW to LW, May 19, 1780, PGW/EA.
“such an extremity”: Reed, ed., Life of Reed, 2:207.
19: HOME AND HEADQUARTERS, 1780–1781
“of our allies”: GW to Henry Lee, July 11, 1780, PGW/EA.
“the honour, etc.”: GW to Comte de Rochambeau, July 16, 1780, PGW/EA.
“been without meat”: GW to SW, August 31, 1780, PGW/EA.
“join the army”: GW to JPC, August 6, 1780, PGW/EA.
“to domestic life”: GW to John Cadwalader, October 5, 1780, PGW/EA.
“stay with me”: MW to BB, July 18, 1780, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 183.
“until he had”: Hoyt, “Self-Portrait: Eliza Custis,” 93–94.
“wishing her return”: Ibid., 94.
“for her grandchildren”: Cadou, George Washington Collection, 90.
“soldier more pleasant”: Pennsylvania Gazette, June 21, 1780.
currency—to $300, 634: Esther Reed to GW, July 4, 1780, PGW/EA.
sobriety, he got: GW to Esther Reed, August 10, 1780, PGW/EA.
“forth the scheme”: Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson to Eleanor Conway Madison, August 8, 1780, PTJ/EA.
“to the Soldiers”: Thompson, “As if I had been a Very Great Somebody,” 9–10, MVLA.
“piece of china”: MW to Arthur Lee, September 15, 1780, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 184.
compliments to “Mr Powel”: MW to Elizabeth Willing Powel, September 20, 1780, ibid., 184.
“of domestic life”: Nathanael Greene to GW, November 13, 1780, PGW/EA.
“of the age”: Chinard, ed., Washington as the French Knew Him, 19.
“an agreeable face”: Chastellux, Travels in North America, 1:134.
“handle a Musket”: GW to Catharine Littlefield Greene, December 15, 1780, PGW/EA.
daughter still lived: MW to Charles Willson Peale, December 26, 1780, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 185.
“through the winter”: GW to Henry Knox, January 7, 1781, PGW/EA.
“their grievances from Congress”: GW to Philip Schuyler, January 10, 1781, PGW/EA.
“Arnold commands”: GW to Nathanael Greene, January 2, 1781, PGW/EA.
“Plantation in ruins”: GW to Lund Washington, April 30, 1781, PGW/EA.
“her to do?”: MW to LW[?], May 31, 1781, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 186.
“make her a visit”: GW to JPC, May 31, 1781, PGW/EA.
enemy, however kind: Martha Mortier to MW, June 15, 1781, and nn.1–4, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 186–87.
“loss of time”: Diaries, entry for September 5, 1781, PGW.
“Hd. of Elk”: Diaries, entry for September 9, 1781, PGW.
20: VICTORY ON THE YORK AND PRIVATE GRIEF, 1781
“and princely entertainment”: Trumbull, “Minutes of Occurrences,” 333.
“lives to encounter”: GW to Benjamin Lincoln, September 15, 1781, PGW/EA.
