Realistic Visionary: A Portrait of George Washington Book

Preface     ix
Acknowledgments     xiii
His First Proving Ground: George Washington and the French and Indian War     1
Taking Command: George Washington and the Beginning of the War for American Independence     25
"A Kind of Inevitable Necessity": The Presidency of George Washington     45
"A Votary to Love": George Washington's Relationship with Sally Cary Fairfax     67
From an "Agreable Consort" to "My Dear Patsy": The Relationship between George and Martha Washington     85
Reluctant Enemies: The Increasingly Strained Relationship between George Washington and Thomas Jefferson     105
The Great Collaboration: The Increasingly Close Relationship between George Washington and Alexander Hamilton     125
"The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret": George Washington and Slavery     145
A Few Simple Beliefs: George Washington and Religion     167
He Died as He Lived: The Death of George Washington     187
Epilogue: The Measure of the Man     205
Notes on Sources     211
Index     251