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13 WGW, vol. 11, 3-28-1778 and vol. 29, 5-2-1788.
14 Stoudt, Ordeal at Valley Forge, p. 61.
15 Ibid. p. 97.
16 Ibid. p. 125.
17 Ibid. p. 139.
18 Ibid. p. 123.
19 Ibid. p. 190.
20 Ibid. p. 62.
21 Ibid. p. 137.
22 Ibid. p. 134.
23 Ibid. p. 97.
24 WGW, vol. 28, 3-8-1785; WGW, vol. 1, 3-31-1754, Journal of March toward the Ohio.
25 Ibid., vol. 23, 10-17-1781. To Philip Schuyler. “Dear Sir: I do myself the pleasure to acknowledge your favr. of the 26th. of Septemr. which I received a few Days since Had Colo Hamilton given me Time, before his Departure, I should have answered it by him. Mrs Fisher may be consoled respecting the Fate of her Son; the sentence of Death against him will not be confirmed, and he will be released from Confinement. [Note: Myndert Fisher, of Detroit, accused of corresponding with the British. John Dodge had interceded for his pardon or a stay of execution in July, 1781. (See Washington’s letter to Brig. Gen. William Irvine, Nov. 1, 1781, post.) ]WGW, vol. 25, 12-3-1782. To Brig. Gen. David Forman. “You must have the Resolve of Congress by which Capt. Asgill was released. All things considered, I question whether the determination of Congress upon the proceedings of Lippencots Court Martial would have been different from what it has been, had not the Court of France interceded warmly in Captain Asgill’s favor: but after a request made by the prime Ministers, in which he expresses the wishes of their Majesties, that Capt. Asgill’s life might be spared, there was scarcely a possibility of refusing,...”
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1 WGW, vol. 26, 3-22-1783.
2 Steiner “The Religious Beliefs Of Our Presidents” (1936).
3 Hughes, George Washington: The Human Being & The Hero, vol. 1, p. 555.
