35 Ibid., p. 130.
36 Ibid., pp. 133-34.
37 Ibid., pp. 150-51.
38 Ibid., p. 151.
39 Ibid., pp. 172-175.
40 Ibid., pp. 177-79.
41 Ibid., pp. 232-233.
42 Ibid., pp. 312-13.
43 WGW, vol. 30, 6-22-1788. To Reverend John Lathrop.
CHAPTER 36: CONCLUSION
1 WGW, vol. 30, First Inaugural Address.
2 Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774.
3 Weems, Life of Washington, first edition, 1880.
4 Paul Johnson, A History of the American People (Great Britain: Weidenfield & Nicolson, 1997).
5 Author Peter Marshall notes: “But the sad truth, today, is that this lie about the founding fathers all being a bunch of Deists is taught by the secularist professors in our universities and colleges, who don’t do much original research. I think a lot of them don’t want to be disturbed by the reality of this situation to find out they’ve been teaching wrong. They simply repeat each other’s lies, and this has become, sort of, a common sense, “Well, of course,” idea in modern America and it’s flatly untrue.” Peter Marshall in D. James Kennedy, One Nation Under God (Ft. Lauderdale: Coral Ridge Ministries, 2005), a video.
6 John Rhodehamel, ed., George Washington: Writings (New York: The Library of America, 1997), 279.
7 WGW, vol. 5, 7-9-1776, General Orders.
8 Benson J. Lossing, The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution (1886), vol. II, p. 140.
9 Rhodehamel, George Washington: Writings, p. 526
10 Ibid., p. 34.
11 Ibid., p. 33.
12 Johnson, George Washington The Christian, pp. 251-252.
13 WGW vol. 27, 12-1-1783.
14 Johnson, Geroge Washington The Christian, p.255.
15 Sparks, The Writings of George Washington, vol. XII, pp. 405-407. See Eidsmoe, Christianity and the Constitution, p. 140-141. “Did Washington embrace Christianity? His adopted daughter thought so. Nelly Custis was Martha Washington’s granddaughter, and when Nelly’s father died, George and Martha Washington adopted her and she lived in their home for twenty years. In 1833 she wrote to the historian Jared Sparks, expressing indignation that anyone would question Washington’s Christianity.”
16 WGW, vol. 1, 4-2-1747/48. (there is some question as to whether this was written in 1747 or 1748.)
17 Ibid., vol. 26, 6-8-1783. Circular to the States.
18 Ibid., vol. 27, 6-15-1783. To John Augustine Washington.
19 Ibid., vol. 30, 1-8-1790. First Annual Address to Congress.
20 Ibid., vol. 27, 1-22-1784. To Charles Thompson.
21 Ibid., vol. 3, 7-18-1775, To Governor Jonathan Trumbull.
APPENDIX 1
1 Frank E. Grizzard, George Washington: A Biographical Companion (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, Inc. 2002) pp 361-365; For a contemporary take, see :George Washington, Georgeisms (New York: Atheneum Books for young Readers, 2000)
APPENDIX 4
1 Hughes, George Washington The Human Being & The Hero pp. 552-559.
2 As found in:
W. Herbert Burk, B.D., Washington’s Prayers. Norristown: Washington Memorial Chapel, 1907. John Eidsmoe, Christianity and the Constitution;. William J. Federer, America’s God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations. Coppell: FAME Publishing, Inc., 1994, pp. 656-659.
3 Hughes, George Washington The Human Being & The Hero, pp. 555ff.
4 Ibid.
5 Ibid.
