64 Ducere Est Servire: THE LEADERSHIP JOURNAL OF DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY 13 The purpose of this paper does not allow a full account regarding Washington’s acquisition of Mount Vernon. It has become the location most associated with George Washington, and the Mount Vernon Ladies Association continues to maintain the estate as well as to expand knowledge about it and its role in George Washington’s life. A starting place is the website, mountvernon.org but a significant resource for the study of Washington is the beautiful Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington which is also located at Mount Vernon. 14 See Ron Chernow, Washington: A Life (New York, NY: Penguin Books, 2010); Joseph J. Ellis, His Excellency: George Washington (New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004); and Richard Brookhiser, Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington (New York, NY: Free Press Paperbacks, 1996). 15 Frank Donovan, ed., The George Washington Papers (New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1964), 104-105. See Chernow, Washington, 243, 246. 16 Chernow, 243. Emphasis is this author’s. 17 Ibid., 246, 253, 728. 18 Ellis, His Excellency, 191-92.
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