Utilizing new primary source material from the Papers of GeorgeWashington, a documentary editing project dedicated to thetranscription and publication of original documents, A Companionto George Washington features a collection of original readingsfrom scholars and popular historians that shed new light on allaspects of the life of George Washington.* Provides readers with new insights into previously neglectedaspects of Washington's life* Features original essays from top scholars and popularhistorians* Based on new research from thousands of previously unpublishedletters to and from Washington

List of Figures viiiNotes on Contributors ixIntroduction xvi1. The Youth of George Washington 1Jessica E. Brunelle2. The Unlikely Success of a Provincial Surveyor: GeorgeWashington Finds Fame in the American Frontier, 1749-175415Jason E. Farr3. Treating American Indians as 'Slaves','Dogs', and Unwanted Allies: George Washington, EdwardBraddock, and the Influence of Ethnocentrism and DiplomaticPragmatism in Ohio Valley Military Relations, 1753-175532John K. Rowland4. A Provincial Goes to War: George Washington and the VirginiaRegiment, August 1755-January 1759 53Peter C. Luebke5. Entrepreneur 70Dennis J. Pogue6. George Washington and His Family 86Patricia Brady7. Washington and Slavery 104L. Scott Philyaw8. "What Manner of Man I Am": The Political Careerof George Washington before the Revolution 121Taylor Stoermer9. George Washington and the Siege of Boston 137Robert J. Allison10. George Washington at New York: The Campaign of 1776153Barnet Schecter11. The Crossing: The Trenton and Princeton Campaign of1776-1777 173Stuart Leibiger12. George Washington and the Philadelphia Campaign 1777190Thomas J. McGuire13. Washington at Valley Forge 209Mary Stockwell14. The Politics of Battle: Washington, the Army, and theMonmouth Campaign 226Mark Edward Lender15. "The most unlimited Confidence in his Wisdom &Judgement": Washington as Commander in Chief in the FirstYears of the French Alliance 245Benjamin L. Huggins16. Washington, Rochambeau, and the Yorktown Campaign of 1781266Robert A. Selig17. "High Time For Peace": George Washington and theClose of the American Revolution 288William M. Fowler, Jr.18. George Washington's Navy 302John B. Hattendorf19. Washington's Irregulars 320John W. Hall20. George Washington Spymaster 344John A. Nagy21. Administrator in Chief 358Cheryl R. Collins22. George Washington: America's First Soldier 378Thomas A. Rider II23. Revolution and Peace 399James M. Mac Donald24. George Washington and the Constitution 413Whit Ridgway25. George Washington and Republican Government: The PoliticalThought of George Washington 430Nicholas P. Cole26. One Cause, One Purpose, One Nation: George Washington, theWhiskey Insurrection, and Executive Authority 447Carol S. Ebel27. Securing the Revolution: The American Economy and theChallenge of Independence 471Dana John Stefanelli28. George Washington and the Emergence of Party Politics in theNew Nation 490Rosemarie Zagarri29. Foreign Policy in the Presidential Era 506Jeffrey J. Malanson30. George Washington in Retirement 524Alexia Jones Helsley31. George Washington's Mind 542William M. Ferraro32. Religion: George Washington, Anglican Gentleman 558Mary V. Thompson33. George Washington, Death and Mourning 576Meredith Eliassen34. The Washington Image in American Culture 592Scott E. CasperBibliography 612Index 640