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.
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.
33
. Freeman,
George Washington,
6:307.
34
.
PWP,
8:277. Letter to Tobias Lear, June 19, 1791.
36
. Ibid., 6:112. Diary entry for April 15, 1791.
37
. Ibid., 6:113. Diary entry for April 16, 1791.
39
.
DiariesA,
383. Diary entry for April 20, 1791.
42
. McCammant,
George Washington the Mason,
11.
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.
48
.
PWP,
8:183. Letter to Tobias Lear, May 14, 1791.
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.
CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR: RUNNING INTO EXTREMES
1
.
WWR,
589. Letter to James McHenry, August 22, 1785.
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.
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.
14
. Weber,
Queen of Fashion,
200.
15
.
PWP,
5:241. Letter from the Marquis de Lafayette, March 17, 1790.
17
.
WWR,
746. Letter to Gouverneur Morris, October 13, 1789.
18
.
PWP,
4:567. Letter from the Marquis de Lafayette, January 12, 1790.
19
. Ibid., 6:231. Letter to Rochambeau, August 10, 1790.
20
. Ibid., 6:233. Letter to Lafayette, August 11, 1790.
22
.
PWP,
6:317. Letter from Lafayette, August 23, 1790.
23
. Nelson,
Thomas Paine,
210.
24
. Hitchens,
Thomas Jefferson,
84.
25
. Nelson,
Thomas Paine,
217.
28
. Weber,
Queen of Fashion,
239.
29
.
WWR,
780. Letter to Lafayette, July 28, 1791.
31
.
PWP,
8:24. “Agreement of the Proprietors of the Federal District,” March 30, 1791.
32
. Berg,
Grand Avenues,
103.
33
. Bordewich,
Washington,
73.
34
.
PWP,
8:288. Letter from Pierre-Charles L’Enfant, June 22, 1791.
35
. Ibid., 4:15. Letter from Pierre-Charles L’Enfant, September 11, 1789.
36
. Berg,
Grand Avenues,
103.
37
. MTV
. “
Early Descriptions Ante 1800.”
38
.
WWR,
785. Letter to Tobias Lear, October 14, 1791.
39
. Ibid., 787. “Third Annual Message to Congress,” October 25, 1791.
40
.
PWP,
9:239. Letter to Thomas Jefferson, November 30, 1791.
41
. Ibid., 245. Letter to Pierre-Charles L’Enfant, December 2, 1791.
42
. Berg,
Grand Avenues,
175.
43
.
PWP,
9:469. Letter to Thomas Jefferson, January 18, 1792.
44
. Schutz and Adair,
Spur of Fame,
103.
45
.
PWP,
10:18. Letter to Thomas Jefferson, March 4, 1792.
46
. Bordewich,
Washington,
101.
47
.
WWR,
745. Letter to Arthur St.Clair, October 6, 1789.
48
. Callahan,
Henry Knox,
317.
49
.
WWR,
768. Letter to Henry Knox
,
November 19, 1790.
51
. Ibid., 360. Letter to David Humphreys, July 20, 1791.
52
.
WWR,
774. “To the Chiefs of the Seneca Nation,” December 29, 1790.
53
. Callahan,
Henry Knox,
319.
54
.
WWR,
687. Letter to Richard Henderson, June 19, 1788.
55
. Kohn,
Eagle and Sword,
115.
57
. Freeman,
George Washington,
6:336.
59
. Ibid., 10:71. “Thomas Jefferson’s Memorandum of a Meeting of the Heads of the Executive Departments,” March 9, 1792.
61
. Kohn,
Eagle and Sword,
116.
65
. Callahan,
Henry Knox,
322.
CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE: A TISSUE OF MACHINATIONS
1
.
PWP,
5:468. Letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, June 3, 1790.
2
. Ellis,
American Creation,
165.
4
.
PWP,
8:185. Letter from Thomas Jefferson, May 15, 1791.
5
. Wilentz,
Rise of American Democracy,
49.
6
. McDonald,
Presidency of George Washington,
92.
7
.
Diaries,
6:12. Diary entry for January 22, 1790.
8
. Decatur,
Private Affairs of George Washington,
266.
9
. Burns and Dunn,
George Washington,
84.
12
.
PWP,
8:359. Letter to David Humphreys, July 20, 1791.
13
. Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
357.
22
. Fleming, “Wall Street’s First Collapse.”
23
.
PWP,
5:355. Letter from Lund Washington, April 28, 1790.
24
. Berg,
Grand Avenues,
188.
25
.
PWP,
9:483. Letter from “Anonymous,” ca. January 1792.
26
. Ibid., 10:174. Letter from “Anonymous,” March 1792.
28
.
PWP,
10:6-7. “Thomas Jefferson’s Memorandum of Conversations with Washington,” March 1, 1792.
30
. Ellis,
American Creation,
192.
31
.
PWP,
10:8. “Thomas Jefferson’s Memorandum of Conversations with Washington,” March 1, 1792.
33
. Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
400.
34
. Decatur,
Private Affairs of George Washington,
268.
35
. Wiencek,
Imperfect God,
362.
36
.
PWP,
10:314. Letter to Elizabeth Willing Powel, April 23, 1792.
37
. Ibid., 10:349. “Madison’s Conversations with Washington,” May 5, 1792.
41
. Ibid., 10:400. Letter to James Madison, May 20, 1792.
43
. Brookhiser,
Founding Father,
84.
44
.
PWP,
10:410. Letter from Thomas Jefferson, May 23, 1792.
46
. Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
401.
47
.
PWP,
10:479. Letter from James Madison, June 20, 1792.
48
. Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
402.
49
.
PWP,
10:535. “Jefferson’s Conversation with Washington,” July 10, 1792.
51
. Ibid., 558. Letter from Tobias Lear, July 21, 1792.
52
. Ibid., 10:624. Letter from Tobias Lear, August 5, 1792.
53
. Ibid., 10:631. Letter from Edmund Randolph, August 5, 1792.
54
. Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
403.
55
.
WWR,
809. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, July 29, 1792.
57
.
PWP,
10:594. Letter from Alexander Hamilton, July 30, 1792.
58
. Ibid., 11:12-13. Letter from Alexander Hamilton, August 18, 1792.
59
. Ibid., 11:45-46. Letter to Edmund Randolph, August 26, 1792.
60
.
WWR,
819. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, August 26, 1792.
63
. Ibid., 818. Letter to Thomas Jefferson, August 23, 1792.
64
.
PWP,
11:92. Letter from Alexander Hamilton, September 9, 1792.
66
. Ibid., 11:104. Letter from Thomas Jefferson, September 9, 1792.
67
. Ibid., 11:182. “Thomas Jefferson’s Conversation with Washington,” October 1, 1792.
75
. Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
408.
76
.
PWP,
11:396. Letter from Elizabeth Willing Powel, November 17, 1792.
CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX: CITIZEN GENET
1
.
PWP,
12:30. Letter to Henry Lee, January 20, 1793.
2
. Ibid., 11:511. “Thomas Jefferson’s Conversations with Washington,” December 13, 1792.
3
. Ibid., 13:472. Letter from William Gordon, August 17, 1793.
4
. Chernow,
Alexander Hamilton,
424.