49 Ibid., vol. 36, 7-4-1798.
50 Ibid., vol. 21, 3-26-1781; 27, 2-1-1784.
51 Ibid., vol. 2, 7-1-1757; 15, 5-12-1779. In the second, “Ways of life” is paralleled with “the religion of Jesus Christ.”
52 Ibid., vol. 29, 8-15-1787.
53 Ibid., vol. 17, 11-27-1779.
54 Ibid., vol. 17, 11-27-1779; 30, 10-23-1789.
55 Ibid., vol. 3, 1-31-1770-; 8, 7-28-1777; 12, 7-4-1778.
56 Ibid., vol. 4, 4-23-1776; 10-11-1777; 35, 5-15-1796.
57 Ibid., vol. 8, 6-17-1777; 15, 5-12-1779; 27, 7-10-1783; 37, 3-26-1762.
58 Ibid., vol. 1, 4-20-1756; 7, 1-21-1777; 21, 3-2-1781, note.
59 Ibid., vol. 35, 6-4-1797.
60 Ibid., vol. 10, 11-21-1777; 28, 7-25-1785.
61 Ibid., vol. 28, 7-25-1785.
62 Ibid., vol. 12, 9-6-1778; 17, 11-27-1779.
63 Ibid., vol. 29, 4-28-1788.
64 Ibid., vol. 30, 10-23-1789.
65 Ibid., vol. 25, 1-5-1785.
66 Nineteen times in all. Examples: WGW, vol. 3, 7-20-1770; 26, 1-15-1783; 26, 3-31-1783; 35, 11-15-1796.
67 WGW vol. 28, 7-26-1786.
68 Ibid., vol. 35, 11-28-1796.
69 Ibid., vol. 15, 7-4-1779; 37, 3-25-1799.
70 Ibid., vol. 1, “To the Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Burgesses”; 31, 6-15-1791; 35, 3-5-1797.
71 Ibid., vol. 5, 5-31-1776; 27, 2-18-1784.
72 Ibid., vol. 28, 8-22-1785.
73 Ibid., vol. 28, 12-1-1785; 29, 2-5-1788; 31, 4-29-1790.
74 Ibid., vol. 16, 8-10-1779; 17, 11-25-1779; 1-23-1780; 24, 5-14-1782; 34, 2-7-1796.
75 Ibid., vol. 26, 6-8-1783.
76 Ibid., vol. 4, 3-31-1776.
77 Ibid., vol. 29, 4-25 to 5-1-1788.
78 Ibid., vol. 1, 5-28-1755.
79 Ibid., vol. 1, 9-6-1756.
80 Ibid., vol. 3, 8-10-1775; 4, 12-28-1775; 9, 9-4-1777; 23, 12-15-1782; 25, 11-13-1782.
81 Ibid., vol. 6, 9-30-1776.
82 Ibid., vol. 30, 2-5-1789.
83 Ibid., vol. 31, 6-4-1790.
84 Ibid., vol. 7, 2-22-1777.
85 Ibid., vol. 26, 4-18-1783.
86 Ibid., vol. 17, 11-27-1779.
87 Ibid., vol. 23, 9-3-1781, 82-83. Washington refers to heaven over 200 times. One such example is “I will only add that as I am fully persuaded that your Excellency will anticipate the fatal Consequences to the Interest of the States, which must arise from a failure in our Operations; so you will as fully accord with me in Sentiment, that, a Reflection on the Cause of Failure, should it prove to be the one in which I have my strongest Fears, the Article of Supplies, will not fail to fill us with the most mortifying Regret, when we consider that the bountifull hand of Heaven is holding out to us a Plenty of every Article, and the only Cause of Want, must be placed to the Acco. of our Want of Exertion to collect them.”
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