George Washington. George Washington
105 TO DAVID HUMPHREYS, JULY 25, 1785
106 TO MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE, JULY 25, 1785
107 TO EDMUND RANDOLPH, JULY 30, 1785
108 TO JAMES McHENRY, AUGUST 22, 1785
109 TO GEORGE MASON, OCTOBER 3, 1785
110 TO JAMES WARREN, OCTOBER 7, 1785
111 TO JAMES MADISON, NOVEMBER 30, 1785
112 TO HENRY LEE, APRIL 5, 1786
113 TO ROBERT MORRIS, APRIL 12, 1786
114 TO MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE, MAY 10, 1786
115 TO THE SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MAY 18, 1786
116 TO MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE, AUGUST 15, 1786
CHAPTER NINE Making a Constitution 1786–1788
117 TO JOHN JAY, AUGUST 15, 1786
118 TO BUSHROD WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 30, 1786
119 TO HENRY LEE, OCTOBER 31, 1786
120 TO JAMES MADISON, NOVEMBER 5, 1786
121 TO BUSHROD WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 15, 1786
122 TO JAMES MADISON, NOVEMBER 18, 1786
123 TO JAMES MADISON, DECEMBER 16, 1786
124 TO GOVERNOR EDMUND RANDOLPH, DECEMBER 21, 1786
125 TO HENRY KNOX, DECEMBER 26, 1786
126 TO DAVID HUMPHREYS, DECEMBER 26, 1786
127 TO HENRY KNOX, FEBRUARY 3, 1787
128 TO HENRY KNOX, MARCH 8, 1787
129 TO THE SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MARCH 10, 1787
130 TO GOVERNOR EDMUND RANDOLPH, MARCH 28, 1787
131 TO JAMES MADISON, MARCH 31, 1787
132 TO HENRY KNOX, APRIL 2, 1787
133 SUMMARY OF LETTERS FROM JAY, KNOX, AND MADISON, SPRING 1787
134 TO ALEXANDER HAMILTON, JULY 10, 1787
135 TO PATRICK HENRY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1787
136 TO ALEXANDER HAMILTON, NOVEMBER 10, 1787
137 TO BUSHROD WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 10, 1787
138 TO DAVID STUART, NOVEMBER 30, 1787
139 TO JAMES MADISON, DECEMBER 7, 1787
140 TO GOVERNOR EDMUND RANDOLPH, JANUARY 8, 1788
141 TO JAMES MADISON, JANUARY 10, 1788
142 TO JAMES MADISON, FEBRUARY 5, 1788
143 TO MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE, FEBRUARY 7, 1788
144 TO JAMES MADISON, MARCH 2, 1788
145 TO JOHN ARMSTRONG, APRIL 25, 1788
146 TO MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE, APRIL 28, 1788
147 TO MARQUIS DE CHASTELLUX, APRIL 25 [– MAY 1], 1788
148 TO REVEREND FRANCIS ADRIAN VANDERKEMP, MAY 28, 1788
149 TO MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE, MAY 28, 1788
150 TO HENRY KNOX, JUNE 17, 1788
151 TO MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE, JUNE 19, 1788
152 TO BENJAMIN LINCOLN, JUNE 29, 1788
CHAPTER TEN The Drama of Founding 1788–1789
153 TO THE SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, JULY 18, 1788
154 TO JONATHAN TRUMBULL, JULY 20, 1788
155 TO NOAH WEBSTER, ESQ., JULY 31, 1788
156 TO BENJAMIN LINCOLN, AUGUST 28, 1788
157 TO ALEXANDER HAMILTON, AUGUST 28, 1788
158 TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, AUGUST 31, 1788
159 TO ALEXANDER HAMILTON, OCTOBER 3, 1788
160 TO BENJAMIN LINCOLN, OCTOBER 26, 1788
161 TO MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE, JANUARY 29, 1789
162 TO BENJAMIN LINCOLN, JANUARY 31, 1789
163 TO FRANCIS HOPKINSON, FEBRUARY 5, 1789
164 TO GEORGE STEPTOE WASHINGTON, MARCH 23, 1789
165 TO JAMES MADISON, MARCH 30, 1789
166 TO THE MAYOR, CORPORATION, AND CITIZENS OF ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 16, 1789
CHAPTER ELEVEN Presidential Addresses 1789–1796
167 FRAGMENTS OF THE DISCARDED FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS, APRIL 1789
168 THE FIRST INAUGURAL SPEECH, APRIL 30, 1789
169 FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE, JANUARY 8, 1790
170 SECOND ANNUAL MESSAGE, DECEMBER 8, 1790
171 THIRD ANNUAL MESSAGE, OCTOBER 25, 1791
172 FOURTH ANNUAL MESSAGE, NOVEMBER 6, 1792
173 THE SECOND INAUGURAL SPEECH, MARCH 4, 1793
174 FIFTH ANNUAL MESSAGE, DECEMBER 3, 1793
175 SIXTH ANNUAL MESSAGE, NOVEMBER 19, 1794
176 SEVENTH ANNUAL MESSAGE, DECEMBER 8, 1795
177 EIGHTH ANNUAL MESSAGE, DECEMBER 7, 1796
178 FAREWELL ADDRESS, SEPTEMBER 19, 1796
CHAPTER TWELVE Washington the President 1789–1791
179 TO JAMES MADISON, MAY 5, 1789
180 TO THE UNITED BAPTIST CHURCHES IN VIRGINIA, MAY 10, 1789
181 TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES, MAY 1789
182 TO THE ANNUAL MEETING OF QUAKERS, SEPTEMBER 1789
183 THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION, OCTOBER 3, 1789
184 SKETCH OF A PLAN OF AMERICAN FINANCE, OCTOBER 1789
185 TO CATHERINE MACAULAY GRAHAM, JANUARY 9, 1790
186 TO DAVID STUART, MARCH 28, 1790
187 TO DAVID STUART, JUNE 15, 1790
188 TO THE HEBREW CONGREGATIONS, JANUARY 1790
189 TO THE ROMAN CATHOLICS, MARCH 1790
190 TO THE HEBREW CONGREGATION IN NEWPORT, AUGUST 7, 1790
191 TO THE HEBREW CONGREGATIONS OF THE CITY OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA (undated)
192 TO THE CHIEFS AND COUNSELORS OF THE SENECA NATION, DECEMBER 29, 1790
193 TO MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE, JULY 28, 1791
194 TO GOUVERNEUR MORRIS, JULY 28, 1791
195 TO ARTHUR YOUNG, DECEMBER 5, 1791
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Trials of Division 1792–1796
196 TO JAMES MADISON, MAY 20, 1792