The Saber and Scroll Journal Volume 9, Number 3, Winter 2020 | Page 93

Why Washington Matters : How General George Washington Saved the American Revolution
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Notes
1 George Washington to Governor Thomas Nelson , October 27 , 1781 , FW , 23:271 . 2 George Washington to Nathanial Greene , 1781 . 3 Washington leaving the Congress to join his army at Newburgh . JCC , 22:141
4 “ To George Washington from Lewis Nicola , 22 May 1782 ,” Founders Online , National Archives , https :// founders . archives . gov / documents / Washington / 99-01-02-08500 .
5 “ From George Washington to Lewis Nicola , 22 May 1782 ,” Founders Online , National Archives , https :// founders . archives . gov / documents / Washington / 99-01-02-08501 .
6 George Washington Papers , Series 4 , General Correspondence : James M . Varnum to George Washington . 1782 . Manuscript / Mixed Material . https :// www . loc . gov / item / mgw4 31326 /.
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