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| Foreword | |
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| "I Can Read Three or Four Pages Sometimes Without Missing a Word" | |
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| George Washington and the Cherry Tree | |
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| "A Charming Field for an Encounter" | |
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| "I Heard the Bullets Whistle... There Is Something Charming in the Sound" | |
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| "I Would Be a Willing Offering to Savage Fury" | |
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| "Enquire...in the Neighborhood, & Get Some Egg's and Chickens" | |
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| "Some Thing Shou'd Be Done to...Maintain...Liberty" | |
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| "I Do Not Think My-Self Equal to the Command I Am Honored With" | |
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| "We Are Determined to Shake Off All Connexions with a State So Unjust" | |
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| Martha Washington | |
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| "Good God! Have I Got Such Troops as These?" | |
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| "I Am Now Convinced...This Army Must...Starve, Dissolve, or Disperse" | |
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| "My Temper Leads Me to Peace and Harmony with All Men" | |
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| "Unless Congress Speaks in a More Decisive Tone...Our Cause Is Lost" | |
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| "A Reduction of the British Army...Is Most Happily Effected" | |
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| Benedict Arnold | |
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| "With a Heart Full of...Gratitude, I Now Take Leave of You" | |
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| "I Am at Length Become a Private Citizen...on the Banks of the Patowmac" | |
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| George Washington on Slavery | |
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| "If Nothing Had Been Agreed On...Anarchy Would Soon Have Ensued" | |
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| "I Entered upon My Administration...with the Best Intentions" | |
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| "Frequent Incursions Have Been Made on Our Frontier" | |
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| "Differences in Political Opinions Are...Unavoidable" | |
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| "We...Cannot Deny...the Right Whereon Our Own Government Is Founded" | |
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| "A Mission Like This...Will Announce...Solicitude for Friendly Adjustment" | |
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| "I Have, with Good Intentions, Contributed Towards the...Government" | |
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| The Virginia Dynasty | |
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| "Everything We Hold Dear and Sacred [Is]...Seriously Threatened" | |
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| "Let Me Go Off Quietly; I Cannot Last Long" | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Acknowledgments and Sources | |