At  Annapolis  he  paused  to  appear  before  Congress  and  resign
his  commission.  He  refused  to  accept  any  pay  for  his  services,
asking  only  that  his  own  expenses  and  the  money  he  had
advanced  to  pay  and  feed  the  troops  be  returned  when  con-
venient. All  through  the  war,  Washington's  one  great  longing
had  been  to  sit  once  more  at  his  fireside,  on  the  banks  of  the
peaceful  Potomac.  From  Annapolis  he  hastened  to  Virginia,
arriving  at  Mount  Vernon  in  time  to  enjoy  the  Christmas
festivities  at  his  home.
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REFERENCES   FOR  TEACHERS

Bassett,  J.  S.,  Short  History  of  the  United  States,  ch.  IX.
Channing,  Edward,  History  of  the  United  States,  III,  chs.  VII- XII.
Hart,  A.  B.,  American  History  Toldby  Contemporaries,  II,  chs.  XXVI-
XXXV.
Howard,  G.  E.,  Preliminaries  of  the  Revolution,  chs.  XVI- XVIII.
Macdonald,  William,  Documentary  Source  Book  of  American  His-
tory :  Declaration  of  Causes  and  Necessity  of  Taking  Up  Arms,
pp.  176-183  ;  Declaration  of  Independence,  pp.  190-194  ;  Treaty
of  Paris,  pp.  204-209.
McLaughlin,  A.  C,  Confederation  and  the  Constitution  (American
Nation  Series),  ch.  II.
Van  Tyne,  C.  H.,  The  American  Revolution  (American  Nation  Series).
SPECIAL   TOPICS  FOR   TEACHERS

1.  Foreign  Affairs  During  the  Revolution.  Foster,  John  W.,
Century  of  American  Diplomacy,  ch.  I.
2.  Campaigns  of  the  Revolution.  Sloane,  W.  M.,  The  French
War  and  the  Revolution,  chs.  XV-XXX.
REFERENCES  FOR  PUPILS

Elson,  H.  W.,  Side  Lights  on  American  History,  ch.  I.
Great  Epochs  in  American  History,  III,  pp.  132-141.
Griffis,  W.  E.,  The  Romance  of  Conquest,  chs.  II-IV.
Hart,  A.  B.,  Formation  of  the   Union  (Epochs  of  American  History),

ch.  IV.
Long,  A.  W.,  American  Patriotic  Prose,  pp.  40-105.
