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George Washington, The Writings of George Washington, edited by John C. Fitzpatrick, Washington, 1931, vol. 4, pp. 464-465.

Morgan, op. cit. (footnote 35), pp. 4, 9, 68; Pennsylvania Packet, June 19, 1779; and Washington, op. cit. (footnote 48), vol. 4, pp. 464-465.

Duncan, op. cit. (footnote 2), p. 135; Morgan, op. cit. (footnote 35), p. 11.

New-York Gazette, May 6 and December 23, 1776.

American Archives, ser. 4, vol. 4, p. 1026.

Ibid., vol. 6, p. 1431.

Morgan misspelled Delaney as "Delancey" in his letter of June 25 to Adams.

Morgan, op. cit. (footnote 35), p. 128.

Ford, op. cit. (footnote 10), vol. 5, p. 570.

American Archives, ser. 4, vol. 6, p. 1069.

Ford, op. cit. (footnote 10), vol. 5, p. 633.

Morgan, op. cit. (footnote 35), p. 12.

Pennsylvania Packet, June 26, 1779.

Washington, op. cit. (footnote 48), vol. 6, pp. 58-59.

Connecticut Courant, January 6, 1777.

Morgan, op. cit. (footnote 35), pp. 13, 136, 146. William Smith was appointed Continental Druggist on August 20; see Ford, op. cit. (footnote 10), vol. 4, pp. 292-293.

Washington, op. cit. (footnote 48), vol. 6, pp. 86, 113.

American Archives, ser. 5, vol. 3, pp. 116, 837.

Pennsylvania Packet, June 24, 1779.

Morgan, op. cit. (footnote 35), p. 129.

Ibid., p. xxv. [For details of the manner in which Shippen moved in on Morgan to replace him eventually as director general, see Flexner, op. cit. (footnote 2), pp. 3-53.]

Ibid., p. xxxv; Owen, op. cit. (footnote 2), p. 55.

Ford, op. cit. (footnote 10), vol. 7, p. 91.

New-York Gazette, September 30, December 16, 23, 1776, January 20, 1777.

Ibid., December 9, 1776, April 28, June 9, 1777.

Plough Court Pharmacy letterbook dated April 7, 1778, through December 8, 1779, in possession of Allen and Hanburys, London. See also Chapman-Huston and Ernest C. Gripps, Through a City Archway: The Story of Allen and Hanburys, 1715-1954, London, 1954.

Duncan, op. cit. (footnote 2), p. 97.

Owen, op. cit. (footnote 2), p. 39.

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