Footnotes and Further Reading

George Washington

1732-1799
Footnote # 1

George Washington to David Humphreys, October 22, 1786, The George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress.

Footnote # 2

Ibid.

Footnote # 3

George Washington to Henry Lee, Oct. 31st, 1786, Ibid.

Footnote # 4

George Washington to Benjamin Lincoln, November 7, 1786, The George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress; "Benjamin Lincoln to George Washington Regarding his Observations", December 4, 1786, Benjamin Lincoln Papers, Gilder-Lehrman Collection.

Footnote # 5

George Washington to Henry Knox, February 25, 1787, in The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992-97) 5:486.


Further Reading

Ellis, Joseph J. His Excellency: George Washington. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.

_____. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.

Gross, Robert A., ed. In Debt to Shays: The Bicentennial of an Agrarian Rebellion. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1993.

Richards, Leonard. Shays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.

Richards, Leonard. Shays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.

Starkey, Marion L. A Little Rebellion. New York, Knopf, 1955.