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- The Political Writings of George Washington
- The Political Writings of American Statesmen
- Frontispiece
- The Political Writings of George Washington
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I From Colonist to Patriot: 1754–1775
- Part II Commander-in-Chief: 1775–1778
- Part III The Road to Victory: 1778–1783
- To Major General Alexander McDougall, May 5, 1778 (Excerpt)
- To Major General Lafayette, May 17, 1778
- To Brigadier General William Smallwood, May 19, 1778 (Excerpt)
- To Richard Henry Lee, May 25, 1778 (Excerpt)
- To Gouverneur Morris, May 29, 1778 (Excerpt)
- To Landon Carter, May 30, 1778 (Excerpt)
- To John Augustine Washington, May 1778
- To Brigadier General Thomas Nelson, Jr., August 20, 1778 (Excerpt)
- General Orders, August 21, 1778 (Excerpt)
- To Vice Admiral Charles-Hector Théodat Estaing, September 11, 1778 (Excerpt)
- To Major General Lafayette, October 4, 1778 (Excerpt)
- General Orders, October 21, 1778 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Laurens, President of the Continental Congress, November 11, 1778 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Laurens, President of the Continental Congress, November 14, 1778
- To Joseph Reed, President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, December 12, 1778 (Excerpt)
- To Benjamin Harrison, Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, December 18–30, 1778 (Excerpts)
- To Major General Israel Putnam, January 18, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To the Continental Congress Committee of Conference, January 20, 1779
- To John Jay, President of the Continental Congress, March 15, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To Brigadier General Thomas Nelson, Jr., March 15, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Laurens, March 20, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To George Mason, March 27, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To James Warren, March 31, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To John Jay, President of the Continental Congress, April 14, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To Brigadier General William Maxwell, May 7, 1779
- To Gouverneur Morris, May 8, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To John Jay, President of the Continental Congress, May 10, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To the Delaware Nation, May 12, 1779
- To John Armstrong, May 18, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To Colonel Daniel Brodhead, May 21, 1779 (Excerpts)
- Circular to the States, May 22, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To Bryan Fairfax, June 30, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To Major Henry Lee, July 9, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To Joseph Reed, President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, July 29, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To John Jay, President of the Continental Congress, September 7, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To Edmund Pendleton, November 1, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To Major General Robert Howe, November 20, 1779 (Excerpt)
- General Orders, January 28, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Joseph Reed, President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, February 15, 1780
- To Samuel Huntington, President of the Continental Congress, April 3, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Joseph Jones, May 14, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Samuel Huntington, President of the Continental Congress, May 27–28, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Joseph Reed, President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, May 28, 1780
- To Joseph Jones, May 31, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Anne-César, Chevalier de La Luzerne, June 5, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To John Augustine Washington, June 6–July 6, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of Connecticut, June 27, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Joseph Reed, President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, July 4, 1780
- To Fielding Lewis, July 6, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Mrs. Esther de Berdt Reed, July 14, 1780
- General Orders, July 20, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Joseph Jones, August 13, 1780
- To Samuel Huntington, President of the Continental Congress, August 20, 1780 (Excerpt)
- Circular to the States, August 27, 1780
- To Samuel Huntington, President of the Continental Congress, September 15, 1780 (Excerpt)
- General Orders, September 26, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To James Duane, October 4, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Brigadier General John Cadwalader, October 5, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens, October 13, 1780 (Excerpt)
- Circular to the States, October 18, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To George Mason, October 22, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To James Duane, December 26, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To John Hancock, Governor of Massachusetts, January 5, 1781
- To Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens, January 15, 1781
- General Orders, January 30, 1781 (Excerpt)
- To Robert R. Livingston, January 31, 1781
- To Samuel Huntington, President of the Continental Congress, February 3, 1781 (Excerpt)
- To John Sullivan, February 4, 1781
- General Orders, February 18, 1781 (Excerpt)
- To Philip Schuyler, February 20, 1781 (Excerpt)
- To John Parke Custis, February 28, 1781 (Excerpt)
- To Reverend Joseph Willard, March 22, 1781
- To Major General John Armstrong, March 26, 1781 (Excerpt)
- To John Mathews, June 7, 1781 (Excerpt)
- To the Magistrates of the City of Philadelphia, December 17, 1781
- To Thomas Chittenden, January 1, 1782 (Excerpt)
- Circular to the States, January 31, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To Philip Schuyler, February 6, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To Major General Alexander McDougall, March 2, 1782
- To Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia, March 10, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To James McHenry, March 12, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To Colonel Lewis Nicola, May 22, 1782
- To Archibald Cary, June 15, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To John Laurens, July 10, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To Elkanah Watson, August 10, 1782
- To James McHenry, September 12, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To Thomas Paine, September 18, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To Major General Nathanael Greene, September 23, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To Benjamin Lincoln, Secretary at War, October 2, 1782
- To James McHenry, October 17, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To Reverend William Gordon, October 23, 1782
- To Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of Connecticut, November 13, 1782
- To Major Benjamin Tallmadge, December 10, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To Major General Nathanael Greene, February 6, 1783 (Excerpt)
- General Orders, February 15, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia, March 4, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Alexander Hamilton, March 4, 1783
- To Robert Morris, Superintendent of Finance, March 8, 1783
- To Alexander Hamilton, March 12, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To the Officers of the Army, March 15, 1783
- To Elias Boudinot, President of the Confederation Congress, March 18, 1783
- To Joseph Jones, March 18, 1783
- To Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia, March 19, 1783
- To Lund Washington, March 19, 1783
- To Arthur Lee, March 29, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Robert R. Livingston, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, March 29, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Major General Nathanael Greene, March 31, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Alexander Hamilton, March 31, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Theodorick Bland, April 4, 1783
- To Alexander Hamilton, April 4, 1783
- To Theodorick Bland, April 4, 1783
- To Marquis de Lafayette, April 5, 1783 (Excerpts)
- To Alexander Hamilton, April 16, 1783
- General Orders, April 18, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Alexander Hamilton, April 22, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Lieutenant Colonel Tench Tilghman, April 24, 1783
- To Jean de Neufville, April 25, 1783
- To Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia, April 30, 1783
- To Elisha Boudinot, President of the Confederation Congress, May 10, 1783 (Excerpt)
- Circular to the States, June 8, 1783
- To John Augustine Washington, June 15, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Elias Boudinot, President of the Confederation Congress, June 17, 1783
- To Reverend William Gordon, July 8, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Major John Joiner Ellis, July 10, 1783
- To George William Fairfax, July 10, 1783 (Excerpts)
- To Robert Stewart, August 10, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To George Martin, August 10, 1783
- Address to the Confederation Congress, August 26, 1783
- To James Duane, September 7, 1783
- To Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau, October 15, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Armand-Louis de Gontaut Biron, Duc de Lauzun, October 15, 1783 (Excerpt)
- Farewell Orders to the Army of the United States, November 2, 1783
- To the Ministers, Elders, Deacons of the Reformed German Congregation of New York, November 27, 1783
- To the Marine Society of the City of New York, November 29, 1783
- To the Members of the Volunteer Association and Other Inhabitants of the Kingdom of Ireland Who Have Lately Arrived in the City of New York, December 2, 1783
- To the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, December 9, 1783
- To the Merchants of Philadelphia, December 9, 1783
- To the Militia Officers of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, December 12, 1783
- To the Trustees and Faculty of the University of the State of Pennsylvania, December 13, 1783
- To the Learned Professions of Philadelphia, December 13, 1783
- To the American Philosophical Society, December 13, 1783
- Address to the Confederation Congress on Resigning His Commission, December 23, 1783
- Part IV From Soldier to Statesman: 1783–1788
- Index
To the Members of the Volunteer Association and Other Inhabitants of the Kingdom of Ireland Who Have Lately Arrived in the City of New York, December 2, 1783
from Part III - The Road to Victory: 1778–1783
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 August 2023
- The Political Writings of George Washington
- The Political Writings of American Statesmen
- Frontispiece
- The Political Writings of George Washington
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I From Colonist to Patriot: 1754–1775
- Part II Commander-in-Chief: 1775–1778
- Part III The Road to Victory: 1778–1783
- To Major General Alexander McDougall, May 5, 1778 (Excerpt)
- To Major General Lafayette, May 17, 1778
- To Brigadier General William Smallwood, May 19, 1778 (Excerpt)
- To Richard Henry Lee, May 25, 1778 (Excerpt)
- To Gouverneur Morris, May 29, 1778 (Excerpt)
- To Landon Carter, May 30, 1778 (Excerpt)
- To John Augustine Washington, May 1778
- To Brigadier General Thomas Nelson, Jr., August 20, 1778 (Excerpt)
- General Orders, August 21, 1778 (Excerpt)
- To Vice Admiral Charles-Hector Théodat Estaing, September 11, 1778 (Excerpt)
- To Major General Lafayette, October 4, 1778 (Excerpt)
- General Orders, October 21, 1778 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Laurens, President of the Continental Congress, November 11, 1778 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Laurens, President of the Continental Congress, November 14, 1778
- To Joseph Reed, President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, December 12, 1778 (Excerpt)
- To Benjamin Harrison, Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, December 18–30, 1778 (Excerpts)
- To Major General Israel Putnam, January 18, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To the Continental Congress Committee of Conference, January 20, 1779
- To John Jay, President of the Continental Congress, March 15, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To Brigadier General Thomas Nelson, Jr., March 15, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Laurens, March 20, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To George Mason, March 27, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To James Warren, March 31, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To John Jay, President of the Continental Congress, April 14, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To Brigadier General William Maxwell, May 7, 1779
- To Gouverneur Morris, May 8, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To John Jay, President of the Continental Congress, May 10, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To the Delaware Nation, May 12, 1779
- To John Armstrong, May 18, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To Colonel Daniel Brodhead, May 21, 1779 (Excerpts)
- Circular to the States, May 22, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To Bryan Fairfax, June 30, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To Major Henry Lee, July 9, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To Joseph Reed, President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, July 29, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To John Jay, President of the Continental Congress, September 7, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To Edmund Pendleton, November 1, 1779 (Excerpt)
- To Major General Robert Howe, November 20, 1779 (Excerpt)
- General Orders, January 28, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Joseph Reed, President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, February 15, 1780
- To Samuel Huntington, President of the Continental Congress, April 3, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Joseph Jones, May 14, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Samuel Huntington, President of the Continental Congress, May 27–28, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Joseph Reed, President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, May 28, 1780
- To Joseph Jones, May 31, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Anne-César, Chevalier de La Luzerne, June 5, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To John Augustine Washington, June 6–July 6, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of Connecticut, June 27, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Joseph Reed, President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, July 4, 1780
- To Fielding Lewis, July 6, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Mrs. Esther de Berdt Reed, July 14, 1780
- General Orders, July 20, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Joseph Jones, August 13, 1780
- To Samuel Huntington, President of the Continental Congress, August 20, 1780 (Excerpt)
- Circular to the States, August 27, 1780
- To Samuel Huntington, President of the Continental Congress, September 15, 1780 (Excerpt)
- General Orders, September 26, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To James Duane, October 4, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Brigadier General John Cadwalader, October 5, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens, October 13, 1780 (Excerpt)
- Circular to the States, October 18, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To George Mason, October 22, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To James Duane, December 26, 1780 (Excerpt)
- To John Hancock, Governor of Massachusetts, January 5, 1781
- To Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens, January 15, 1781
- General Orders, January 30, 1781 (Excerpt)
- To Robert R. Livingston, January 31, 1781
- To Samuel Huntington, President of the Continental Congress, February 3, 1781 (Excerpt)
- To John Sullivan, February 4, 1781
- General Orders, February 18, 1781 (Excerpt)
- To Philip Schuyler, February 20, 1781 (Excerpt)
- To John Parke Custis, February 28, 1781 (Excerpt)
- To Reverend Joseph Willard, March 22, 1781
- To Major General John Armstrong, March 26, 1781 (Excerpt)
- To John Mathews, June 7, 1781 (Excerpt)
- To the Magistrates of the City of Philadelphia, December 17, 1781
- To Thomas Chittenden, January 1, 1782 (Excerpt)
- Circular to the States, January 31, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To Philip Schuyler, February 6, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To Major General Alexander McDougall, March 2, 1782
- To Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia, March 10, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To James McHenry, March 12, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To Colonel Lewis Nicola, May 22, 1782
- To Archibald Cary, June 15, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To John Laurens, July 10, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To Elkanah Watson, August 10, 1782
- To James McHenry, September 12, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To Thomas Paine, September 18, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To Major General Nathanael Greene, September 23, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To Benjamin Lincoln, Secretary at War, October 2, 1782
- To James McHenry, October 17, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To Reverend William Gordon, October 23, 1782
- To Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of Connecticut, November 13, 1782
- To Major Benjamin Tallmadge, December 10, 1782 (Excerpt)
- To Major General Nathanael Greene, February 6, 1783 (Excerpt)
- General Orders, February 15, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia, March 4, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Alexander Hamilton, March 4, 1783
- To Robert Morris, Superintendent of Finance, March 8, 1783
- To Alexander Hamilton, March 12, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To the Officers of the Army, March 15, 1783
- To Elias Boudinot, President of the Confederation Congress, March 18, 1783
- To Joseph Jones, March 18, 1783
- To Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia, March 19, 1783
- To Lund Washington, March 19, 1783
- To Arthur Lee, March 29, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Robert R. Livingston, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, March 29, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Major General Nathanael Greene, March 31, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Alexander Hamilton, March 31, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Theodorick Bland, April 4, 1783
- To Alexander Hamilton, April 4, 1783
- To Theodorick Bland, April 4, 1783
- To Marquis de Lafayette, April 5, 1783 (Excerpts)
- To Alexander Hamilton, April 16, 1783
- General Orders, April 18, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Alexander Hamilton, April 22, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Lieutenant Colonel Tench Tilghman, April 24, 1783
- To Jean de Neufville, April 25, 1783
- To Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia, April 30, 1783
- To Elisha Boudinot, President of the Confederation Congress, May 10, 1783 (Excerpt)
- Circular to the States, June 8, 1783
- To John Augustine Washington, June 15, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Elias Boudinot, President of the Confederation Congress, June 17, 1783
- To Reverend William Gordon, July 8, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Major John Joiner Ellis, July 10, 1783
- To George William Fairfax, July 10, 1783 (Excerpts)
- To Robert Stewart, August 10, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To George Martin, August 10, 1783
- Address to the Confederation Congress, August 26, 1783
- To James Duane, September 7, 1783
- To Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau, October 15, 1783 (Excerpt)
- To Armand-Louis de Gontaut Biron, Duc de Lauzun, October 15, 1783 (Excerpt)
- Farewell Orders to the Army of the United States, November 2, 1783
- To the Ministers, Elders, Deacons of the Reformed German Congregation of New York, November 27, 1783
- To the Marine Society of the City of New York, November 29, 1783
- To the Members of the Volunteer Association and Other Inhabitants of the Kingdom of Ireland Who Have Lately Arrived in the City of New York, December 2, 1783
- To the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, December 9, 1783
- To the Merchants of Philadelphia, December 9, 1783
- To the Militia Officers of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, December 12, 1783
- To the Trustees and Faculty of the University of the State of Pennsylvania, December 13, 1783
- To the Learned Professions of Philadelphia, December 13, 1783
- To the American Philosophical Society, December 13, 1783
- Address to the Confederation Congress on Resigning His Commission, December 23, 1783
- Part IV From Soldier to Statesman: 1783–1788
- Index
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- The Political Writings of George WashingtonVolume I: 1754–1788, pp. 442Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023