26   Ibid., vol. 29, 4-5-1788. To Marquis de Chastellux. “...but for the sake of humanity it is devoutly to be wished, that the manly employment of agriculture and the humanizing benefits of commerce, would supersede the waste of war and the rage of conquest; that the swords might be turned into plough-shares, the spears into pruning hooks, and, as the Scripture expresses it, “the nations learn war no more.”

27   Ibid., vol. 3, 5-21-1772. To Reverend Jonathan Boucher.

28   Ibid., vol. 16, 9-30-1779. To Marquis de Lafayette.

29   Ibid., vol. 32, 6-21-1792. To Gouverneur Morris.

30   Ibid., vol. 33, 5-26-1794. To the Earl of Buchan. “But providence, for purposes beyond the reach of mortal scan, has suffered the restless and malignant passions of man, the ambitious and sordid views of those who direct them, to keep the affairs of this world in a continual state of disquietude; and will, it is to be feared, place the prospects of peace too far off, and the promised millenium at an awful distance from our day.” The millennium refers to the biblical text of Revelation 20:6 where a period of one thousand years is mentioned.

31   Ibid., vol. 30, 10-23-1789. To the First Presbytery of the Eastward. “I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political direction.”

32   Ibid., vol. 30, 10-9-1789, note. “On October 9 the Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church in North America sent an address to Washington, the answer to which is undated, but recorded immediately...In the answer he stated: “I readily join with you that ‘while just government protects all in their religious rights, true religion affords to government its surest support.’” WGW, vol. 30, 10-3-1789. Washington’s first Thanksgiving Proclamation declared in part, “And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions, to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually, to render our national government a blessing to all the People, by constantly being a government of wise, just and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed, to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shown kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord. To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue,...” WGW, vol. 24, 6-28-1782. To the Ministers, Elders, and Deacons of the Reformed Dutch Church at Albany. “Your benevolent wishes and fervent prayers for my personal wellfare and felicity, demand all my gratitude. May the preservation of your civil and religious Liberties still be the care of an indulgent Providence; and may the rapid increase and universal extension of knowledge virtue and true Religion be the consequence of a speedy and honorable Peace.”

33   Ibid., vol. 13, 12-17-1778.

34   Ibid., vol. 10, 1-29-1778.

35   Ibid., vol. 25, 12-18-1782.

36   Ibid., vol. 30, April 1789.

37   Ibid., vol. 7, 1-22-1777

38   Ibid., vol. 12, 8-20-1778.

39   Ibid., vol. 27, 12-13-1783.

40   Ibid., vol. 35, 11-18-1796.

41   Ibid., vol. 36, July 25, 1798

42   Ibid., vol. 35, 5-15-1796.

43   Ibid., vol. 35, May 15, 1796

44   Interview with Mary Thompson, with Jerry Newcombe and Peter Lillback, 2005.

45   Ibid., vol. 29, 6-19-1788.

46   Ibid., vol. 31, 8-17-1790.

47   Ibid., vol. 35, 2-21-1796.

48   Ibid., vol. 35, 10-17-1796.

49   Ibid., vol. 35, 2-28-1797.

50   Ibid., vol. 35, 4-7-1797.

51   Ibid., vol. 35, 5-15-1797.

52   Ibid., vol. 35, 5-28-1797.

53   Ibid., vol. 35, 6-24-1797.

54   Ibid., vol. 35, 6-24-1797.

55   Ibid., vol. 35, 6-25-1797.

56   Ibid., vol. 35, 6-25-1797.

57   Ibid., vol. 35, 6-26-1797.

58   Ibid., vol. 35, 7-4-1797.

59   Ibid., vol. 35, 7-8-1797.

60   Ibid., vol. 30, 8-29-1788 to Sir Edward Newenham; vol. 33 5-26-1794 to the Earl of Buchan; vol. 34, 12-24-1795 to Dr. James Anderson.

61   Boller, George Washington And Religion, p. 43, writes, “If Washington ‘diligently searched the Holy volume,’ as has been asserted, he seems to have utilized his findings largely for purposes of whimsy.”

62   WGW, vol. 37, 8-28, 1762.

63   Ibid., vol. 27, 9-2-1783. Her poem and letter, dated Aug. 28, 1783, and signed “Emilia,” are in the Jackson, Twohig, Diaries of George Washington.

64   WGW, vol. 31, 8-14-1790 to Gouveneur Morris, see note.

65   Transcript of a TV interview with Rabbi Daniel Lapin, Coral Ridge Ministries 17 May 2001.

66   WGW, vol. 28, 7-25-1785.

67   Ibid., vol. 27, 9-2-1783.

68   Ibid., vol. 36, 6-13-1798.

69   Ibid., vol. 30, April 1789.

70   Ibid., vol. 28, 1-5-1785.

71   Ibid., vol. 37, 8-30-1799.

72   PGW, 2:179-181.

73   Ibid., vol. 5, 7-20-1776.

74   Ibid., vol. 22 7-8-1781.

75   Ibid., vol. 13, 12-12-1778.