Author: United States. Office of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pamphlets
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Public Affairs Pamphlets
Author: United States. Office of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pamphlets
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Public Affairs Pamphlet
Author: Public Affairs CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Public Affairs Pamphlet
Author: Public Affairs Pamphlet
Author: Public Affairs Pamphlet
Author: Public Affairs CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Reynolds Pamphlet
Author: Alexander HamiltonPublisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 1513297112
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
The Reynolds Pamphlet (1797) is an essay by Alexander Hamilton. Written while Hamilton was serving as Secretary of the Treasury, the Pamphlet was intended as a defense against accusations that Hamilton had conspired with James Reynolds to misuse funds meant to cover unpaid wages to Revolutionary War veterans. Admitting to an affair with Maria, Reynolds’ wife, Hamilton claims that the accusation is nothing more than an attempt at blackmail. This revelation not only endangered Hamilton’s career as a public figure, but constituted perhaps the earliest sex scandal in American history. “The bare perusal of the letters from Reynolds and his wife is sufficient to convince my greatest enemy that there is nothing worse in the affair than an irregular and indelicate amour. For this, I bow to the just censure which it merits. I have paid pretty severely for the folly and can never recollect it without disgust and self condemnation. It might seem affectation to say more.” Accused of corruption in his role as Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton was forced to confess his adultery, bringing shame to himself as a married man and supposedly honorable public figure, yet saving his political career in the process. Looking back on his affair with Maria Reynolds from a distance of five years, Hamilton expresses regret for his foolishness, yet wholeheartedly denies her husband’s accusation that he had been involved in his scheme to misuse government funds. Perhaps the first sex scandal in American history, the Reynolds affair sent shockwaves throughout the burgeoning republic, leaving many to question the motives and character of their leaders for the first time, though certainly not the last. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Alexander Hamilton’s Reynolds Pamphlet is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
Congressional Pictorial Directory
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Public Affairs Pamphlet
Author: Summary of VA Benefits for Disabled Veterans
Author: Pamphlets of Protest
Author: Richard NewmanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136687254
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Between the Revolution and the Civil War, African-American writing became a prominent feature of both black protest culture and American public life. Although denied a political voice in national affairs, black authors produced a wide range of literature to project their views into the public sphere. Autobiographies and personal narratives told of slavery's horrors, newspapers railed against racism in its various forms, and poetry, novellas, reprinted sermons and speeches told tales of racial uplift and redemption. The editors examine the important and previously overlooked pamphleteering tradition and offer new insights into how and why the printed word became so important to black activists during this critical period. An introduction by the editors situates the pamphlets in their various social, economic and political contexts. This is the first book to capture the depth of black print culture before the Civil War by examining perhaps its most important form, the pamphlet.