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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
- Part IV From Soldier to Statesman: 1783–1788
- To the Mayor and Commonalty of Alexandria, December 31, 1783
- To Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., Governor of Connecticut, January 5, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To Jean de Neufville, January 6, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia, January 18, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To Chevalier Jean de Heintz, January 21, 1784
- To Philip Schuyler, January 21, 1784
- To Marquis de Lafayette, February 1, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To Comte de Rochambeau, February 1, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To the Citizens of Fredericksburg, February 14, 1784
- To Henry Knox, February 20, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand von Steuben, March 15, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To James Craik, March 25, 1784
- To Thomas Jefferson, March 29, 1784 (Excerpts)
- To Antoine-Jean-Louis Le Bègue de Presle Duportail, April 4, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To William Gordon, May 8, 1784
- To the State Societies of the Cincinnati, May 15, 1784
- To Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., Governor of Connecticut, May 15, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Knox, June 2, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To Edward Newenham, June 10, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To James Madison, June 12, 1784
- To the Virginia Legislature, July 15, 1784
- To Jacob Read, August 11, 1784 (Excerpt)
- Diary Entry, October 4, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia, October 10, 1784
- To Jacob Read, November 3, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To Officials of the City of Richmond, November 15, 1784
- To George Clinton, Governor of New York, November 25, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Knox, December 5, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To George Chapman, December 15, 1784
- To Samuel Chase, January 5, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To Benjamin Harrison, January 22, 1785
- To Richard Henry Lee, President of the Confederation Congress, February 8, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia, February 27, 1785
- To Hugh Williamson, March 15, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To James Duane, April 10, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To William Carmichael, June 10, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To William Goddard, June 11, 1785
- To George William Fairfax, June 30, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To David Humphreys, July 25, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To Marquis de Lafayette, July 25, 1785 (Excerpts)
- To Edmund Randolph, July 30, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To William Grayson, August 22, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To Richard Henry Lee, President of the Confederation Congress, August 22, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To James McHenry, August 22, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To François-Jean de Beauvoir Chastellux, September 5, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To Richard Varick, September 26, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To George Mason, October 3, 1785
- To James Warren, October 7, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia, October 29, 1785
- To David Humphreys, October 30, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To Edward Newenham, November 25, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To James Madison, November 30, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To David Stuart, November 30, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Lee, Jr., April 5, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To Robert Morris, April 12, 1786
- To Marquis de Lafayette, May 10, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To John Jay, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, May 18, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To William Grayson, July 26, 1786 (Excerpts)
- To Comte de Rochambeau, July 31, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To Thomas Jefferson, August 1, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To Anne-César, Chevalier de La Luzerne, August 1, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To John Jay, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, August 15, 1786
- To Marquis de Lafayette, August 15, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To John Francis Mercer, September 9, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To Bushrod Washington, September 30, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Lee, Jr., October 31, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To James Madison, November 5, 1786
- To Bushrod Washington, November 15, 1786
- To Edmund Randolph, November 19, 1786
- To David Stuart, November 19, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To James Madison, December 16, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To Edmund Randolph, Governor of Virginia, December 21, 1786
- To David Humphreys, December 26, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Knox, December 26, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To Thomas Johnson, December 28, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To Jabez Bowen, January 9, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Knox, February 3, 1787
- To Thomas Stone, February 16, 1787
- To Benjamin Lincoln, Jr., February 24, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Knox, February 25, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Knox, March 8, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To John Jay, March 10, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Benjamin Lincoln, March 23, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Edmund Randolph, Governor of Virginia, March 28, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To James Madison, March 31, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Knox, April 2, 1787
- To Edmund Randolph, Governor of Virginia, April 9, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Thomas Jefferson, Minister to France, May 30, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To David Stuart, July 1, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Alexander Hamilton, July 10, 1787
- To Marquis de Lafayette, August 15, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Knox, August 19, 1787 (Excerpt)
- Diary Entry, September 17, 1787
- To the President of Congress, September 17, 1787
- To Marquis de Lafayette, September 18, 1787
- To Benjamin Harrison, September 24, 1787
- To David Humphreys, October 10, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To James Madison, October 10, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Knox, October 15, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To David Stuart, November 5, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Bushrod Washington, November 9, 1787
- To Alexander Hamilton, November 10, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Catherine Sawbridge Macaulay Graham, November 16, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To David Stuart, November 30, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To James Madison, December 7, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Edward Newenham, December 25, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Thomas Jefferson, Minister to France, January 1, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Edmund Randolph, Governor of Virginia, January 8, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Comte de Rochambeau, January 8, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Nicholas Simon van Winter and Lucretia Wilhelmina van Winter, January 8, 1788
- To Richard Butler, January 10, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Marquis de Lafayette, January 10, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Marquis de Lafayette, February 7, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Eléanor-François-Elie Moustier, February 7, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Benjamin Lincoln, February 11, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To James Madison, March 2, 1788
- To Eléanor-François-Elie Moustier, March 26, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Knox, March 30, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To John Armstrong, April 25, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To François-Jean de Beauvoir Chastellux, April 25, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Marquis de Lafayette, April 28, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Samuel Griffin, April 30, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Marquis de Lafayette, May 28, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Francis van der Kemp, May 28, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To James Madison, June 8, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To David Stuart, June 8, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Marquis de Lafayette, June 18, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Richard Henderson, June 19, 1788
- To John Lathrop, June 22, 1788
- To Mathew Carey, June 25, 1788
- To Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, June 28, 1788
- To Benjamin Lincoln, June 29, 1788
- To John Jay, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, July 18, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To John Langdon, President of New Hampshire, July 20, 1788
- To Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., July 20, 1788
- To James McHenry, July 31, 1788
- To James Madison, August 3, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Thomas Nelson, Jr., August 3, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Charles Pettit, August 16, 1788
- To William Tudor, August 18, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Alexander Hamilton, August 28, 1788
- To Benjamin Lincoln, August 28, 1788
- To George Richards Minot, August 28, 1788
- To Joseph Mandrillon, August 29, 1788
- To Edward Newenham, August 29, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Thomas Jefferson, Minister to France, August 31, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Annis Boudinot Stockton, August 31, 1788
- To William Barton, September 7, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Lee, Jr., September 22, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To James Madison, September 23, 1788 (Excerpt)
- Index
To James Madison, August 3, 1788 (Excerpt)
from Part IV - From Soldier to Statesman: 1783–1788
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
- Part IV From Soldier to Statesman: 1783–1788
- To the Mayor and Commonalty of Alexandria, December 31, 1783
- To Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., Governor of Connecticut, January 5, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To Jean de Neufville, January 6, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia, January 18, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To Chevalier Jean de Heintz, January 21, 1784
- To Philip Schuyler, January 21, 1784
- To Marquis de Lafayette, February 1, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To Comte de Rochambeau, February 1, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To the Citizens of Fredericksburg, February 14, 1784
- To Henry Knox, February 20, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand von Steuben, March 15, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To James Craik, March 25, 1784
- To Thomas Jefferson, March 29, 1784 (Excerpts)
- To Antoine-Jean-Louis Le Bègue de Presle Duportail, April 4, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To William Gordon, May 8, 1784
- To the State Societies of the Cincinnati, May 15, 1784
- To Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., Governor of Connecticut, May 15, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Knox, June 2, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To Edward Newenham, June 10, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To James Madison, June 12, 1784
- To the Virginia Legislature, July 15, 1784
- To Jacob Read, August 11, 1784 (Excerpt)
- Diary Entry, October 4, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia, October 10, 1784
- To Jacob Read, November 3, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To Officials of the City of Richmond, November 15, 1784
- To George Clinton, Governor of New York, November 25, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Knox, December 5, 1784 (Excerpt)
- To George Chapman, December 15, 1784
- To Samuel Chase, January 5, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To Benjamin Harrison, January 22, 1785
- To Richard Henry Lee, President of the Confederation Congress, February 8, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia, February 27, 1785
- To Hugh Williamson, March 15, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To James Duane, April 10, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To William Carmichael, June 10, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To William Goddard, June 11, 1785
- To George William Fairfax, June 30, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To David Humphreys, July 25, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To Marquis de Lafayette, July 25, 1785 (Excerpts)
- To Edmund Randolph, July 30, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To William Grayson, August 22, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To Richard Henry Lee, President of the Confederation Congress, August 22, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To James McHenry, August 22, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To François-Jean de Beauvoir Chastellux, September 5, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To Richard Varick, September 26, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To George Mason, October 3, 1785
- To James Warren, October 7, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia, October 29, 1785
- To David Humphreys, October 30, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To Edward Newenham, November 25, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To James Madison, November 30, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To David Stuart, November 30, 1785 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Lee, Jr., April 5, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To Robert Morris, April 12, 1786
- To Marquis de Lafayette, May 10, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To John Jay, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, May 18, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To William Grayson, July 26, 1786 (Excerpts)
- To Comte de Rochambeau, July 31, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To Thomas Jefferson, August 1, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To Anne-César, Chevalier de La Luzerne, August 1, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To John Jay, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, August 15, 1786
- To Marquis de Lafayette, August 15, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To John Francis Mercer, September 9, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To Bushrod Washington, September 30, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Lee, Jr., October 31, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To James Madison, November 5, 1786
- To Bushrod Washington, November 15, 1786
- To Edmund Randolph, November 19, 1786
- To David Stuart, November 19, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To James Madison, December 16, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To Edmund Randolph, Governor of Virginia, December 21, 1786
- To David Humphreys, December 26, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Knox, December 26, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To Thomas Johnson, December 28, 1786 (Excerpt)
- To Jabez Bowen, January 9, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Knox, February 3, 1787
- To Thomas Stone, February 16, 1787
- To Benjamin Lincoln, Jr., February 24, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Knox, February 25, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Knox, March 8, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To John Jay, March 10, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Benjamin Lincoln, March 23, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Edmund Randolph, Governor of Virginia, March 28, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To James Madison, March 31, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Knox, April 2, 1787
- To Edmund Randolph, Governor of Virginia, April 9, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Thomas Jefferson, Minister to France, May 30, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To David Stuart, July 1, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Alexander Hamilton, July 10, 1787
- To Marquis de Lafayette, August 15, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Knox, August 19, 1787 (Excerpt)
- Diary Entry, September 17, 1787
- To the President of Congress, September 17, 1787
- To Marquis de Lafayette, September 18, 1787
- To Benjamin Harrison, September 24, 1787
- To David Humphreys, October 10, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To James Madison, October 10, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Knox, October 15, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To David Stuart, November 5, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Bushrod Washington, November 9, 1787
- To Alexander Hamilton, November 10, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Catherine Sawbridge Macaulay Graham, November 16, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To David Stuart, November 30, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To James Madison, December 7, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Edward Newenham, December 25, 1787 (Excerpt)
- To Thomas Jefferson, Minister to France, January 1, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Edmund Randolph, Governor of Virginia, January 8, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Comte de Rochambeau, January 8, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Nicholas Simon van Winter and Lucretia Wilhelmina van Winter, January 8, 1788
- To Richard Butler, January 10, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Marquis de Lafayette, January 10, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Marquis de Lafayette, February 7, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Eléanor-François-Elie Moustier, February 7, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Benjamin Lincoln, February 11, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To James Madison, March 2, 1788
- To Eléanor-François-Elie Moustier, March 26, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Knox, March 30, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To John Armstrong, April 25, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To François-Jean de Beauvoir Chastellux, April 25, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Marquis de Lafayette, April 28, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Samuel Griffin, April 30, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Marquis de Lafayette, May 28, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Francis van der Kemp, May 28, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To James Madison, June 8, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To David Stuart, June 8, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Marquis de Lafayette, June 18, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Richard Henderson, June 19, 1788
- To John Lathrop, June 22, 1788
- To Mathew Carey, June 25, 1788
- To Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, June 28, 1788
- To Benjamin Lincoln, June 29, 1788
- To John Jay, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, July 18, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To John Langdon, President of New Hampshire, July 20, 1788
- To Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., July 20, 1788
- To James McHenry, July 31, 1788
- To James Madison, August 3, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Thomas Nelson, Jr., August 3, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Charles Pettit, August 16, 1788
- To William Tudor, August 18, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Alexander Hamilton, August 28, 1788
- To Benjamin Lincoln, August 28, 1788
- To George Richards Minot, August 28, 1788
- To Joseph Mandrillon, August 29, 1788
- To Edward Newenham, August 29, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Thomas Jefferson, Minister to France, August 31, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Annis Boudinot Stockton, August 31, 1788
- To William Barton, September 7, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To Henry Lee, Jr., September 22, 1788 (Excerpt)
- To James Madison, September 23, 1788 (Excerpt)
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- The Political Writings of George WashingtonVolume I: 1754–1788, pp. 647Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023