52651Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
After GW in December 1769 secured from Governor Botetourt and the Virginia council authorization...
52652Errata (Washington Papers)
Volume 1—p. xxiv, line 33: 1949–57 is 1948–57; p. 55, n.3: Thomas Nelson (1716–1782) is Thomas...
52653Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
In preparation for the writing of this letter, GW composed a list of topics which he wished to be...
52654Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
The committee of conference that Congress appointed on 30 Sept. arrived at Cambridge on 15 Oct....
52655Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
The following opinions concerning the defense of Philadelphia and the Delaware River apparently...
52656Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
The American dispositions on the east side of Brandywine Creek probably were complete by the...
52657Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
The network of spies and couriers that has come to be known as the Culper ring, on account of the...
52658Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
Following his receipt of Congress’s official notification that Vice Admiral d’Estaing had arrived...
52659Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
The effectiveness of an army rests in large measure on the quality of its officers. GW recognized...
52660Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
Since 1778, GW had relied on the Culper spy network for intelligence from inside New York City....