"Weintraub, Stanley." . . . "In late November 1783 when Washington received formal notice of the signing of a peace treaty with England he had little more than a month to accept the transfer of power from British troops in New York; to bid farewell to his troops; and to resign his commission to Congress if he hoped to make it to Mount Vernon for Christmas." . . . . . . "Biography" . . "History"@en . "Biography"@en . "History" . . "General Washington's Christmas farewell : a Mount Vernon homecoming, 1783" . . . . . "Mount Vernon homecoming" . . . . . . . . . "General Washington's Christmas Farewell A Mount Vernon Homecoming, 1783"@en . . "General Washington's Christmas farewell a Mount Vernon homecoming, 1783"@en . . . . . . "Geschichte 1783." . .