22 See Ibid., vol. 27, 7-10-1783.
23 See Ibid., vol. 27, 6-11-1783; vol. 27, 8-21-1783; vol. 11, 5-2-1778; vol. 21, 4-15-1781.
24 See George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799: Series 2 Letterbooks, Letter book 38, Images 147-148.
25 Mary Thompson interview with Peter Lillback and Jerry Newcombe, 2005.
26 According the Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, a Deist was “One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealed religion, but follows the light of nature and reason, as his only guides in doctrine and practice; a freethinker.” Noah Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary.
27 WGW, vol. 12, 8-20-1778.
28 Ibid., vol. 11, 8-20-1778.
29 Ibid., 31, 8-17-1790; 3, 9-15-1755; 24, 3-21-1782; 3, 7-18-1775; 5, 7-11-1776; 27, 8-21-1783; 27, 11-7-1783; 27, 11-10 1783; 31, 6-4-1790; 30, 5-9-1789; 32, 11-6-1792; 33, 9-23-1793; 35, 2-17-1797.
30 Ibid., 1, 7-18-1755; 2, 7-20-1758; 36, 8-15-1798; 5, 5-13-1776; [see also 21, 4-15-1781; 11, 5-2-1778].
31 Ibid., 37, 1-20-1799; 30, 7-20-1788; 30, 8-31-1788; 2, 9-1-1758; 3, 4-25-1773; 30, 8-18-1788.
32 Ibid., 2, 9-1-1758; 3, 4-25-1773; 7, 2-24-1777; 11, 3-1-1778; 17, 11-18-1779; 7, 2-24-1777; 33, 5-26-1794; 35, 3-30-1796; 35, 3-2-1797; 36, 8-31-1797; 36, 7-4-1798; 37, 12-28-1798; 37, 1-20-1799; 37, 6-24-1799; 5, 5-13-1776.
33 Ibid., 9, 8-10-1777; 35, 3-30-1796.
34 Ibid., 27, 7-10-1783; 27, 12-6-1783; 4, 3-25-1776; 11, 3-1-1778; 12, 9-6-1778; 28, 9-5-1785; 28, 5-10-1786; 35, 3-30-1796 (3); 35, 5-15-1796; 35, 3-2-1797; 36, 2-27-1798; 36, 7-25-1798; 36, 8-15-1798; 33, 5-25-1794.
35 Ibid., 9, 10-27-1777; 10, 11-30-1777; 27, 7-10-1783; 5, 8-13-1776; 28, 8-18-1786.
36 Ibid., 23, 1-27-1793.
37 Ibid., 27, 7-8-1783; 29, 5-28-1788; 21, 4-15-1781.
38 Ibid., 4, 3-28-1776; 5, 5-13-1776; 2, 4-23-1758; 2, 6-20-1762; 4, 3-24-1776; 4, 3-25-1776; 4, 3-31-1776; 27, 12-6-1783; 30, 10-3-1789; 11, 5-30-1778; 14, 4-2-1779; 20, 10-13-1780; 21, 3-9-1781; 17, 11-18-1779; 21, 3-26-1781; 23, 10-20-1781; 27, 11-2-1783; 27, 11-10-1782; 27, 12-13-1783; 27, 12-23-1783; 29, 12-4-1786; 30, 5-9-1789; 32, 6-10-1792; 32, 1-27-1793; 5, 5-13-1776; 20, 9-26-1780; 34, 2-22-1795.
39 Ibid., 11, 3-1-1778; 12, 9-6-1778; 15, 5-29-1779; 28, 5-10-1786; 29, 6-19-1788; 33, 5-26-1794; 36, 7-4-1798; 33, 9-14-1794.
40 Ibid., 9, 10-27-1777; 28, 9-5-1785; 32, 6-10-1792; 33, 3-2-1794; 35, 5-15-1796.
41 Ibid., 26, 6-8-1783; 27, 12-6-1783; 9, 10-18-1777; 13, 10-15-1778; 37, 1-20-1799.
42 Ibid., 14, 5-4-1779; 30, 8-29-1788.
43 Ibid., 11, 3-1-1778.
44 Ibid., 21, 4-15-1781(2).
45 Ibid., 31, 7-28-1791; 36, 8-15-1798.
46 Ibid., 27, 7-10-1783; 12, 9-6-1778; 21, 3-26-1781; 36, 7-25-1798; 36, 8-15-1798.
47 Ibid., 3, 4-25-1773.
48 Ibid., 10, 2-28-1778; 27, 7-10-1783; 28, 5-10-1786; 33, -26-1794; 36, 8-15-1798.
49 Ibid., 26, 6-2-1783; 28, 8-1-1786; 36, 7-13-1798; 36, 7-25-1798.
50 Ibid., 3, 4-25-1773; 11, 3-1-1778; 17, 11-18-1779; 24, 6-30-1782; 33, 8-4-1793; 35, 3-30-1796; 35, 6-8-1796; 35, 3-2-1797; 36, 3-27-1798; 36, 8-15-1798; 37, 6-24-1799; 33, 9-14-1794; 35, 3-30-1796.
51 Ibid., 31, 8-17-1790; 27, 8-2-1783; 5, 6-16-1776; 5, 7-10-1776; 5, 8-8-1776, 5, 8-12-1776; 5, 8-13-1776; 5, 8-14-1776; 5, 8-18-1776; 5, 8-22-1776; 6, 12-14-1776; 6, 12-18-1776; 9, 10-3-1777; 9, 9-10, 1777; 9, 10-10-1777; 10, 11-20-1777; 26, 4-18-1783; 27, 8-4-1783; 27, 12-13-1783.
52 Ibid., 37, 11-22-1799.
53 Ibid., 11, 8-20-1778; 2, 9-28-1758; 21, 3-26-1781; 21, 5-15-1781; 35, 10-12-1796; 9, 10-15-1777.
54 Ibid., 30, 7-20-1788; 4, 1-14-1776; 29, 5-28-1788.
55 Ibid., 9, 10-18-1777; 2, 9-10-1757; 5, 5-13-176; 11, 5-2-1778.
56 Ibid., 9, 10-27-1777; 9, 10-18-1777.
57 Ibid., 30, 10-3-1789; 4, 11-28-1775; 4, 11-13-1775; 4, 2-17-1776; 5, 7-11-1776; 23, 11-23-1781.
58 Ibid., 27, 12-6-1783; 5, 6-13-1776; 5, 6-24-1776; 11, 3-1-1778; 14, 4-2-1779; 27, 7-10-1783; 27, 8-21-1783; 27, 11-10-1783; 30, 4-16-1789; 30, 1-8-17990; 33, 9-25-1794.
59 Ibid., 30, 7-20-1788; 30, 8-31-1788; 27, 10-12-1783; 17, 11-1-1779; 17, 11-18-1779; 29, 4-28-1788; 31, 7-28-1791; 33, 9-25-1794; 11, 5-2-1778.
60 Ibid., 35, 12-13-1796.
61 Ibid., 1, 8-2-1755; 27, 10-15-1783.
