by Flora Fraser
“York and Gloucester”: GW to Thomas McKean, September 23, 1781, PGW/EA.
“during the night”: Diaries, entry for September 28, 1781, PGW.
“began to play”: Diaries, entry for October 9, 1781, PGW.
“act of destruction”: Thacher, Military Journal, 340.
“scarce any annoyance”: Harrison, ed., Memoir of Tilghman, 105.
“bring down both”: JPC to MW, October 12, 1781, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 187–88.
“and illustrious father”: Henry Knox to Clement Biddle, November 11, 1781, Henry Knox Papers, GLC.
“change in lodgings”: JPC to MW, October 12, 1781, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 187–88.
on October 8: Lucy Flucker Knox to Henry Knox, October 8, 1781, Henry Knox Papers, GLC.
“of the trenches”: Lucy Flucker Knox to Henry Knox, October 16, 1781, Henry Knox Papers, GLC.
“camp very shortly”: Lucy Flucker Knox to Henry Knox, October 16, 1781, Henry Knox Papers, GLC.
“a true Virginian”: Lucy Flucker Knox to Henry Knox, October 23, 1781, Henry Knox Papers, GLC.
“terminate it [the siege]”: Henry Knox to Lucy Flucker Knox, October 16, 1781, Henry Knox Papers, GLC.
York and Gloucester: Diaries, entry for October 17, 1781, PGW.
“most sanguine Hopes”: GW to Thomas McKean, October 19, 1781, PGW/EA.
“to his children?”: Henry Knox to Lucy Flucker Knox, October 31, 1781, Henry Knox Papers, GLC.
“ ‘It is all over!’ ”: Wraxall, Historical Memoirs, 2:435.
“to be present’ ”: Lucy Flucker Knox to Henry Knox, October 23, 1781, Henry Knox Papers, GLC.
“siege of York”: GW to George William Fairfax, July 10, 1783, PGW/EA.
that disease was: Henry Knox to Clement Biddle, November 11, 1781, Henry Knox Papers, GLC.
“Bassett’s till noon”: Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., “Journal of Occurrences,” entries for November 5 and 6, 1781, Charles Allen Munn Collection, FUL.
“very Hble Ser.”: GW to Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., November 6, 1781, PGW/EA.
in “deep distress”: GW to Marquis de Lafayette, November 15, 1781, PGW/EA.
“neglected by it”: GW to John Hanson, November 6, 1781, PGW/EA.
“amiable Mr Custis”: Henry Knox to Clement Biddle, November 11, 1781, Henry Knox Papers, GLC.
“goes with me”: GW to Bartholomew Dandridge, November 19, 1781, PGW/EA.
“better be forgotten”: Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy, 9 vols. (London, 1761), 3:142, quoted in GW to Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., October 1, 1785, PGW.
“Inhabitants of Alexandria”: GW to William Ramsay, November 19, 1781, PGW/EA.
21: UNCERTAINTY AND DISAFFECTION, 1781–1783
victory at Yorktown: GW to Nathanael Greene, November 16, 1781, PGW/EA.
the next day: Comte de Rochambeau to GW, February 10, 1782, PGW/EA.
“most nobly struggling”: GW to William Ramsay, November 19, 1781, PGW/EA.
“place a camp-bed”: Chastellux, Travels in North America, 2:513–14.
“his own Family”: Cadou, George Washington Collection, 78.
“prepared for War”: GW to Robert Hanson Harrison, November 18, 1781, PGW/EA.
“for the Field”: GW to John Hancock, May 4, 1782, PGW/EA.
the West Indies: Sir Guy Carleton to GW, May 7, 1782, PGW/EA.
with Lucy Knox: Thacher, Military Journal, 371–72.
“in all respects”: Balch, ed., Blanchard Journal, 32.
“Yrs Go: Washington”: GW to MW, October 1, 1782, PGW/EA.
“her annual visit”: GW to Nathanael Greene, October 17, 1782, PGW/EA.
“upon the road”: Ferguson et al., eds., Robert Morris Papers, 6:661.
half-pay for officers: GW to William Heath, February 5, 1783, PGW/EA.
“of the war”: GW to Joseph Jones, December 14, 1782, PGW/EA.
half yards wide: GW to Daniel Parker, January 22, 1783, PGW/EA.
“obtained till yesterday”: MW to Henry Knox, [March 6, 1783], in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 189.
“myself growing blind”: Freeman, Washington, 3:433–54 and nn. 33–39.
“permitted to return”: GW to Marquis de Lafayette, April 5, 1783, PGW/EA.
“occasioned by it”: GW to Alexander Hamilton, March 31, 1783, PGW/EA.
22: PEACE ON THE HUDSON, 1783
“States of America”: Proclamation for the Cessation of Hostilities, April 18, 1783, PGW/EA.
enlisted—grew ugly: GW to Elias Boudinot, April 22, 1783, PGW/EA.
to their duty: GW to Alexander Hamilton, April 22, 1783, PGW/EA.
“have gained admittance”: GW to Tench Tilghman, April 24, 1783, PGW/EA.
“one of them”: GW to George William Fairfax, July 10, 1783, PGW/EA.
£1,064 1s 0d: Fitzpatrick, George Washington’s Accounts, 97–98.
“my public life”: GW to JAW, June 15, 1783, PGW/EA.
sent to him: GW to William Stephens Smith, May 21, 1783, PGW/EA.
“encumbered with debt”: GW to LW, June 11, 1783, PGW/EA.
“with good Locks”: GW to Daniel Parker, June 18, 1783, PGW/EA.
“painter, was delicious”: Dunlap, Rise and Progress of Arts of Design, 1:253–54.
“Philadelphia is large”: GW to Bushrod Washington, September 22, 1783, PGW/EA.
“come from there”: GW to Tench Tilghman, October 2, 1783, PGW/EA.
of different materials: GW to Clement Biddle, October 2, 1783, PGW/EA.
stood with them: GW to Wakelin Welch, October 30, 1783, PGW/EA.
to her children: GW to LW, September 20, 1783, PGW/EA.
American—government: Washington’s Farewell Address to the Army, November 2, 1783, PGW/EA.
unknown to him: Freeman, Washington, 2:465–68.
“touch of him”: Ibid., 2:474 n.33.
“of public life”: GW to United States Congress, December 23, 1783, PGW/EA.
“be contemplatively disposed”: GW to Charles Thomson, January 22, 1784, PGW.
former commander-in-chief: Charles Thomson to GW, February 7, 1784, PGW.
“our paths, peace”: MW to Hannah Stockton Boudinot, January 15, 1784, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 193–94.
23: MOUNT VERNON, 1784–1786
“with public transactions”: GW to Henry Knox, February 20, 1784, PGW.
“retiring within myself”: GW to Marquis de Lafayette, February 1, 1784, PGW.
never been away: Baker, Washington After the Revolution, 7.
“gratify this wish”: GW to Marquis de Lafayette, February 1, 1784, PGW.
“of rural life”: GW to Marquise de Lafayette, April 4, 1784, PGW.
“about me again”: MW to Hannah Stockton Boudinot, January 15, 1784, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 193–94.
“to see him”: Baker, Washington After the Revolution, 7.
any such subsidy: GW to Thomas Mifflin, January 14, 1784, and n.2, PGW.
“see his friends”: MW to Hannah Bushrod Washington, June 22, 1784, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 194–95.
in the war: “Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati,” May 13, 1783, SC.
from the rubric: Hünemörder, Society of the Cincinnati, 91.
“else is wanting?”: MW to FBW, February 25, 1788, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 205–7.
“about absent friends”: MW to FBW, August 7, 1784, ibid., 195–96.
visit would give: Idzerda et al., eds., Lafayette in the American Revolution, 5:237–38.
even in Europe: Diaries, entry for October 4, 1784, PGW.
“had my day”: GW to Marquis de Lafayette, December 8, 1784, PGW.
house that winter: GW to George William Fairfax, February 27, 1785, PGW.
“from public life”: Diaries, entry for June 30, 1785, PGW.
“of hot tea”: Watson, Men and Times of the Revolution, 244.
the household steward: GW to Samuel Fraunces, September 7, 1785, PGW.
“with my own�
��: GW to Richard Henry Lee, June 22, 1785, PGW.
“and most lasting”: MW to Mercy Otis Warren, June 9, 1785, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 196–97.
summer, is beguiling: Robert Pine, Frances Bassett Washington, [half-length, 1785,] MVLA.
at Mount Vernon: GW to BB, May 23, 1785, PGW.
Nelly, now six: GW to Thomas Montgomerie, June 25, 1785, WGW.
“Great Falls, etc.”: MW to Thomas and Christian Scott Blackburn, October 10, 1785, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 197.
“nostrils,” she recalled: Cadou, George Washington Collection, 120.
Washingtons looked on: Diaries, entry for October 15, 1785, PGW.
“for his pupil”: GW to George William Fairfax, November 10, 1785, PGW.
“and proper attention”: GW to Benjamin Lincoln, February 6, 1786, PGW.
“reading the Law”: Benjamin Lincoln to GW, May 9, 1786, n.1, PGW.
“of 306 pieces”: Henry Lee to GW, July 3, 1786, PGW.
“well resorted tavern”: GW to Mary Ball Washington, February 15, 1787, PGW.
24: CONVENTIONS AND ELECTIONS, 1787–1789
“of public affairs”: GW to Edmund Randolph, March 28, 1787, PGW.
“of one another”: GW to Benjamin Harrison, January 18, 1784, PGW.
“to the contrary”: GW to Edmund Randolph, March 28, 1787, PGW.
“Change of Air, etc.”: Robert Morris to GW, April 23, 1787, PGW.
“to leave home”: GW to Robert Morris, May 5, 1787, PGW.
“him to me”: MW to FBW, February 25, 1788, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 205–6.
“Convention in Philadelphia”: Diaries, entry for May 3, 1787, PGW.
“world of Spirits”: GW to Robert Morris, May 5, 1787, PGW.
“am honored with”: Address to the Continental Congress, [June 16, 1775], PGW.
“inexperience might occasion”: Farrand, Records of the Federal Convention, 1787, 1:3–4.
“School for Scandal”: GW to Elizabeth Willing Powel, July 30, 1787, and n.1, PGW.
“Servt, Eliza. Powel”: Elizabeth Willing Powel to GW, September 8, 1787, PGW.
“which it comes”: Elizabeth Willing Powel to GW, September 8, 1787, and n.1, PGW.
“on the Framers”: GW to Marquis de Lafayette, September 18, 1787, PGW.
“work at each”: Diaries, entry for September 28, 1787, PGW.
“you already stand”: Gouverneur Morris to GW, October 30, 1787, PGW.
“quite as agreeable”: MW to Elizabeth Willing Powel, January 18, 1788, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 200–2.
“at the Shenandoah”: MW to FBW, February 25, 1788, ibid., 205–6.
“its firm establishment”: Alexander Hamilton to GW, August 13, 1788, PGW.
“my own farm”: GW to Alexander Hamilton, August 28, 1788, PGW.
“inconsistency and ambition”: Ibid.
“inspection of it”: GW to James Madison, January 2, 1789, PGW.
“in the evening”: Diaries, entry for January 7, 1789, PGW.
“manage the helm”: GW to Henry Knox, April 1, 1789, PGW.
“to New York”: MW to John Dandridge, April 20, 1789, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 213–14.
“soon follow him”: Ibid.
25: NEW YORK HOUSES, 1789–1790
“the United States”: Article II, Section 1, Constitution of the United States of America…May 29, 1790 (Providence 1790).
“the Executive Department”: First Inaugural Address, Final Version [April 30, 1789], PGW.
“& making worse”: GW to John Adams [May 10, 1789], source note citing Tobias Lear to GAW, May 3, 1789, PGW.
“down to dinner”: GW to David Stuart, June 15, 1790, PGW.
“seeing her here”: GW to John Adams [May 10, 1789], source note citing Tobias Lear to GAW, May 3, 1789, PGW.
“new general Government”: GW to John Adams [May 10, 1789], PGW.
“for Mr Adams”: Beard, ed., Maclay Journal, 29.
“accept no invitations”: Alexander Hamilton to GW, May 5, 1789, PGW.
might be permissible: GW to John Adams [May 10, 1789], PGW.
“at his Levees”: John Adams to GW, May 17, 1789, PGW.
“vortex I moved”: GW to David Stuart, July 26, 1789, PGW.
“Mount-Vernon once more”: William Heth to GW, May 23, 1789, PGW.
“most lamentable situation”: Robert Lewis, “A Journey from Fredericksburg Virginia to New-York,” May 13–20, 1789, ms., MVLA.
“asked to supper”: James McHenry to GW, May 24, 1789, PGW.
“of her foot”: MW to FBW, June 8, 1789, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 215–16.
“and sociable kind”: GW to David Stuart, June 15, 1790, PGW.
“& Ice Creams”: Mitchell, ed., New Letters of Abigail Adams, 19.
“Majesties of Britain”: Ibid., 13–15.
“before his door”: James McHenry to GW, June 28, 1789, n.1, PGW.
“far behind him”: Mitchell, ed., New Letters of Abigail Adams, 19.
“in his Carriage”: GW to David Stuart, July 26, 1789, and n.28, PGW.
“give it me”: Mitchell, ed., New Letters of Abigail Adams, 51.
“and thanked him”: Pierce Butler to GW, August 6, 1789, n.1, PGW.
“necklace for ladies”: Burgess Ball to GW, August 25, 1789, n.3, PGW.
“pepper-and-salt coloured clothes”: Cadou, George Washington Collection, 217.
for the children: MW to FBW, June 8, 1789, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 215–16.
to begin “Musick”: MW to FBW [summer 1789], ibid., 217.
to teach Nelly: Decatur, Private Affairs of Washington, 33, 35.
“in all things”: Custis, Recollections, 408 n.
in “drawing etc.”: Decatur, Private Affairs of Washington, 85–87.
behind Trinity Church: Ibid., 102
and Henry Knox: Tobias Lear to GW, October 28, 1790, n.2, PGW.
offered her grandchildren: MW to Mercy Otis Warren, December 26, 1789, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 223–24.
with young friends: Decatur, Private Affairs of Washington, 89–90, 62–63.
and Mrs. Schuyler: Diaries, entry for November 24, and n., PGW.
“upon public Business”: John Adams to GW, May 17, 1789, PGW.
“a great deal”: MW to FBW, October 23, 1789, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 219–21.
to “the concert”: MW to Abigail Adams [October 1789], ibid., 219.
“others you please”: MW to Abigail Adams [November 4, 1789], ibid., 221.
“safety and happiness”: Thanksgiving Proclamation [October 3, 1789], PGW.
“people at Church”: Diaries, entry for November 26, 1789, PGW.
“upon our disposition”: MW to Mercy Otis Warren, December 26, 1789, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 223–24.
on February 3: Diaries, entry for February 3, 1790, PGW.
her aunt’s “cabinet”: MW to FBW [March 22, 1790], in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 225.
“the other house”: Tobias Lear to GW, September 12, 1790, PGW.
“apples, peaches, nuts”: Beard, ed., Maclay Journal, 136–37.
“ruin the Nation”: LW to GW, April 28, 1790, PGW.
second “Great Father”: Trumbull, Autobiography, 165–66.
“greatly distressed me”: Mitchell, ed., New Letters of Abigail Adams, 49.
“life despaired of”: Beard, ed., Maclay Journal, 269.
“day to me”: Diaries, entry for July 5, 1790, PGW.
“will,” she wrote: MW to FBW [July 1789], in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 217.
26: MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA, 1790–1793
family’s private use: GW to Tobias Lear, September 5, 1790, PGW.
“revert to them”: GW to Tobias Lear, October 27, 1790, PGW.
“Housewifery and taste”: Tobias Lear to GW, October 31, 1790, PGW.
she was timorous: GW to Frances Bassett Washington, July 28[–29], 1793, PGW.
“completed this year”:
Adams, ed., Letters of Mrs. Adams, 2:207–9.
steward’s room opposite: Tobias Lear to GW, October 31, 1790, PGW.
“always will be”: GW to Tobias Lear, September 9, 1790, PGW.
Thursday “Congress dinner”: Custis, Recollections, 423.
“as an assistant”: GW to Tobias Lear, November 22, 1790, PGW.
“profusely at his”: GW to Tobias Lear, September 20, 1790, PGW.
“large a family”: Tobias Lear to GW, September 12, 1790, PGW.
“yield to that”: MW to Janet Livingston Montgomery, January 29, 1791, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 229–30.
“and butter, etc.”: Jeremy, ed., Wansey Journal, 99–100.
“would suit best”: GW to Tobias Lear, June 19, 1791, PGW.
“claim their freedom”: Tobias Lear to GW, April 5, 1791, PGW.
“becoming resident therein”: “An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery” (March 1, 1780), in Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1:492–93.
“in their power”: Tobias Lear to GW, April 5, 1791, PGW.
“on their return”: Tobias Lear to GW, April 24, 1791, PGW.
“out of the State”: Tobias Lear to GW, April 24, 1791, and nn.2–7, PGW.
president came north: Tobias Lear to GW, May 15, 1791, PGW.
“as to Latin”: Tobias Lear to GW, April 24, 1791, PGW.
“under his instruction”: MW to Abigail Adams, January 25, 1791, FO; GW to Betty Washington Lewis and Sarah Carlyle Herbert, April 26, 1792, PGW.
purchased for Nelly: Decatur, Private Affairs of Washington, 200, 207, 220, 240, 253, 292.
Congress to the city: Britt, Nothing More Agreeable, 30–32, 98, 105.
“Indian rubber 1/10”: Decatur, Private Affairs of Washington, 189, 226, 293.
“they are slaves”: Ibid., 315.
“of their Houses”: GW to Tobias Lear, June 26, 1791, n.1, PGW.
“almost past service”: Diaries, entry for February 18, 1786, PGW.
“work for themselves”: MW to FBW, August 29, 1791, in Fields, “Worthy Partner,” 233.
them to do: MW to FBW, August 29, 1791, ibid., 233.
“quite a Woman”: GW to Tobias Lear, October 10, 1790, PGW.
“always in use”: GW to Betty Washington Lewis, October 7, 1792, PGW.
“the Birth night”: Harriot Washington to GW, January 5, [1793], and Harriot Washington to GW, January [7], [1794], both in PGW.