[745] See infra, chap. IX.
[746] One of the curious popular errors concerning our public men is that which pictures Washington as a calm person. On the contrary, he was hot-tempered and, at times, violent in speech and action. It was with the greatest difficulty that he trained himself to an appearance of calmness and reserve.
[747] Story, in Dillon, iii, 338, 343.
[748] Journal, H.D. (Oct. Sess., 1787), 7.
[749] Ib., 11, 15.
[750] Pennsylvania Packet, Nov. 10, 1787: Pa. Hist. Soc.
[751] Infra, chaps. XI and XII.
[752] Pennsylvania Packet, Nov. 10, 1787; also see in Rowland, ii, 176.
[753] Infra, chaps. IX, XII; and also Washington to Lafayette, Feb. 7, 1788; Writings: Ford, xi, 220.
[754] Pennsylvania Packet, Nov. 10, 1787; Pa. Hist. Soc.