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52651 | Editorial Note | After GW in December 1769 secured from Governor Botetourt and the Virginia council authorization... | |||
52652 | Errata | Volume 1—p. xxiv, line 33: 1949–57 is 1948–57; p. 55, n.3: Thomas Nelson (1716–1782) is Thomas... | |||
52653 | Editorial Note | In preparation for the writing of this letter, GW composed a list of topics which he wished to be... | |||
52654 | Editorial Note | The committee of conference that Congress appointed on 30 Sept. arrived at Cambridge on 15 Oct.... | |||
52655 | Editorial Note | The following opinions concerning the defense of Philadelphia and the Delaware River apparently... | |||
52656 | Editorial Note | The American dispositions on the east side of Brandywine Creek probably were complete by the... | |||
52657 | Editorial Note | The network of spies and couriers that has come to be known as the Culper ring, on account of the... | |||
52658 | Editorial Note | Following his receipt of Congress’s official notification that Vice Admiral d’Estaing had arrived... | |||
52659 | Editorial Note | The effectiveness of an army rests in large measure on the quality of its officers. GW recognized... | |||
52660 | Editorial Note | Since 1778, GW had relied on the Culper spy network for intelligence from inside New York City.... | |||
52661 | Editorial Note | German lieutenant general Wilhelm von Knyphausen temporarily commanded at New York while British... | |||
52662 | Editorial Note | GW suspected that British commander in chief Henry Clinton would immediately launch an offensive... | |||
52663 | Editorial Note | Lieutenant General Rochambeau had suggested in August that he and Rear Admiral Ternay meet GW to... | |||
52664 | Editorial Note | Maj. John André’s sterling career as a British army officer ended abruptly because of his role in... | |||
52665 | Editorial Note | Fig. 2. Engraving of Maj. Gen. Benedict Arnold by H. B. Hall from a portrait by John Trumbull.... | |||
52666 | Editorial Note | Maj. Gen. Benedict Arnold recruited Joshua Hett Smith—who came from a family with significant... | |||
52667 | Editorial Note | The unwillingness of the French expeditionary force to leave Rhode Island to combine with the... | |||
52668 | Editorial Note | E ditorial N ote The Society of the Cincinnati was instituted at Fishkill-on-Hudson on 13 May... | |||
52669 | Editorial Note | On 15 May 1784 the Virginia house of delegates agreed “to draw up an address to his excellency... | |||
52670 | Editorial Note | With the aid of Sir James Jay, Lady Huntingdon in 1784 developed a proposal to send out from... | |||
52671 | Editorial Note | In the years immediately preceding the American Revolution, GW devoted considerable time and... | |||
52672 | Editorial Note | General Lincoln did not complete this extended account of Shays’ Rebellion for GW until 4 Mar.... | |||
52673 | Editorial Note | Editorial Note David Humphreys wrote GW from France on 30 Sept. 1784 about the utility of having... | |||
52674 | Editorial Note | [New York, 30 April 1789] By early 1789 GW reluctantly accepted the inevitability of his election... | |||
52675 | Editorial Note | Under the terms of the Residence Act, GW was directed to select the site for the permanent seat... | |||
52676 | Editorial Note | The bill to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States had not yet been... | |||
52677 | Editorial Note | GW began considering the schedule and route of his intended Southern Tour at least as early as... | |||
52678 | Editorial Note | GW’s nomination on 22 Dec. 1791 of Thomas Pinckney, Gouverneur Morris, and William Short as... | |||
52679 | Editorial Note | On 16 Jan. 1792 the U.S. House of Representatives began considering GW’s message of 11 Jan. and... | |||
52680 | Editorial Note | Congress’s presentation of “An Act for an apportionment of Representatives among the several... |