A Companion to George Washington

List of Figures viii Notes on Contributors ix Introduction xvi 1. The Youth of George Washington 1 Jessica E. Brunelle 2. The Unlikely Success of a Provincial Surveyor: GeorgeWashington Finds Fame in the American Frontier, 1749-175415 Jason E. Farr 3. Treating American Indians as 'Slaves','Dogs', and Unwanted Allies: George Washington, EdwardBraddock, and the Influence of Ethnocentrism and DiplomaticPragmatism in Ohio Valley Military Relations, 1753-175532 John K. Rowland 4. A Provincial Goes to War: George Washington and the VirginiaRegiment, August 1755-January 1759 53 Peter C. Luebke 5. Entrepreneur 70 Dennis J. Pogue 6. George Washington and His Family 86 Patricia Brady 7. Washington and Slavery 104 L. Scott Philyaw 8. "What Manner of Man I Am": The Political Careerof George Washington before the Revolution 121 Taylor Stoermer 9. George Washington and the Siege of Boston 137 Robert J. Allison 10. George Washington at New York: The Campaign of 1776153 Barnet Schecter 11. The Crossing: The Trenton and Princeton Campaign of1776-1777 173 Stuart Leibiger 12. George Washington and the Philadelphia Campaign 1777190 Thomas J. McGuire 13. Washington at Valley Forge 209 Mary Stockwell 14. The Politics of Battle: Washington, the Army, and theMonmouth Campaign 226 Mark Edward Lender 15. "The most unlimited Confidence in his Wisdom &Judgement": Washington as Commander in Chief in the FirstYears of the French Alliance 245 Benjamin L. Huggins 16. Washington, Rochambeau, and the Yorktown Campaign of 1781266 Robert A. Selig 17. "High Time For Peace": George Washington and theClose of the American Revolution 288 William M. Fowler, Jr. 18. George Washington's Navy 302 John B. Hattendorf 19. Washington's Irregulars 320 John W. Hall 20. George Washington Spymaster 344 John A. Nagy 21. Administrator in Chief 358 Cheryl R. Collins 22. George Washington: America's First Soldier 378 Thomas A. Rider II 23. Revolution and Peace 399 James M. Mac Donald 24. George Washington and the Constitution 413 Whit Ridgway 25. George Washington and Republican Government: The PoliticalThought of George Washington 430 Nicholas P. Cole 26. One Cause, One Purpose, One Nation: George Washington, theWhiskey Insurrection, and Executive Authority 447 Carol S. Ebel 27. Securing the Revolution: The American Economy and theChallenge of Independence 471 Dana John Stefanelli 28. George Washington and the Emergence of Party Politics in theNew Nation 490 Rosemarie Zagarri 29. Foreign Policy in the Presidential Era 506 Jeffrey J. Malanson 30. George Washington in Retirement 524 Alexia Jones Helsley 31. George Washington's Mind 542 William M. Ferraro 32. Religion: George Washington, Anglican Gentleman 558 Mary V. Thompson 33. George Washington, Death and Mourning 576 Meredith Eliassen 34. The Washington Image in American Culture 592 Scott E. Casper Bibliography 612 Index 640