Author: United States. President (1789-1797 : Washington)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Calendar of the Correspondence of George Washington
Author: United States. President (1789-1797 : Washington)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Calendar of the Correspondence of George Washington
Author: United States. President (1789-1797 : Washington)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
Calendar of the Correspondence of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, with the Officers ...
Author: Library of Congress. Manuscript DivisionPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
"This calendar is No. 2 of the Calendars of the Washington Manuscripts. It covers Washington's correspondence with the military and naval officers of every rank of Continental and State troops, the French auxiliaries, foreign ministers and agents, and officers in the British service. It should be used in connection with Calendar No. 1 (The Correspondence of George Washington with the Continental Congress. Washington: 1906), entries from which are occasionally duplicated for convenience of reference"--Prefatory note
Calendar of the Correspondence of George Washington
Author: Library of Congress. Manuscript DivisionPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 741
Book Description
Calendar of the Correspondence of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, with the Officers
Author: John C. FitzpatrickCalendar of the Correspondence of George Washington
Author: United States. President (1789-1797 : Washington)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
The Diaries V. 6; Jan. , 1790-Dec. 1799
Author: George WashingtonPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Washington was rarely isolated from the world during his eventful life. His diary for 1751-52 relates a voyage to Barbados when he was nineteen. The next two accounts concern the early phases of the French and Indian War, in which Washington commanded a Virginia regiment. By the 1760s when Washington's diaries resume, he considered himself retired from public life, but George III was on the British throne and in the American colonies the process of unrest was beginning that would ultimately place Washington in command of a revolutionary army. Even as he traveled to Philadelphia in 1787 to chair the Constitutional Convention, however, and later as president, Washington's first love remained his plantation, Mount Vernon. In his diary, he religiously recorded the changing methods of farming he employed there and the pleasures of riding and hunting. Rich in material from this private sphere, The Diaries of George Washington offer historians and anyone interested in Washington a closer view of the first president in this bicentennial year of his death.
Fatal Sunday
Author: Mark Edward LenderPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806155132
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
Historians have long considered the Battle of Monmouth one of the most complicated engagements of the American Revolution. Fought on Sunday, June 28, 1778, Monmouth was critical to the success of the Revolution. It also marked a decisive turning point in the military career of George Washington. Without the victory at Monmouth Courthouse, Washington's critics might well have marshaled the political strength to replace him as the American commander-in-chief. Authors Mark Edward Lender and Garry Wheeler Stone argue that in political terms, the Battle of Monmouth constituted a pivotal moment in the War for Independence. Viewing the political and military aspects of the campaign as inextricably entwined, this book offers a fresh perspective on Washington’s role in it. Drawing on a wide range of historical sources—many never before used, including archaeological evidence—Lender and Stone disentangle the true story of Monmouth and provide the most complete and accurate account of the battle, including both American and British perspectives. In the course of their account it becomes evident that criticism of Washington’s performance in command was considerably broader and deeper than previously acknowledged. In light of long-standing practical and ideological questions about his vision for the Continental Army and his ability to win the war, the outcome at Monmouth—a hard-fought tactical draw—was politically insufficient for Washington. Lender and Stone show how the general’s partisans, determined that the battle for public opinion would be won in his favor, engineered a propaganda victory for their chief that involved the spectacular court-martial of Major General Charles Lee, the second-ranking officer of the Continental Army. Replete with poignant anecdotes, folkloric incidents, and stories of heroism and combat brutality; filled with behind-the-scenes action and intrigue; and teeming with characters from all walks of life, Fatal Sunday gives us the definitive view of the fateful Battle of Monmouth.
Calendar of the Correspondence of George Washington
Author: Library of Congress. Manuscript DivisionPublisher:
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Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
Guide to the Archives of the Government of the United States in Washington
Author: Claude Halstead Van TynePublisher:
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description