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Author
Pub. Date
1927
Physical Desc
xix, 429 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The Journal of William Maclay, a diary written by Maclay as a daily private record of Senate proceedings, was intended for personal reference. It was quite common for senators at that time to take notes of the various debates occurring in the Senate Chamber, especially given the importance of the First Congress and its role in selecting the location of the capital, the creation of the federal judicial system, and many other matters crucial in the...
Author
Pub. Date
1993
Physical Desc
xxi, 424 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
With the thoroughness of a newspaper of the era, Smith retells the old familiar stories and legends surrounding our nation's first president during the years preceding and during his terms in office. Patriarch brings George Washington to life as few historical accounts have before-showing our country's most celebrated father occupied with the business of the day, and carrying the weight of a nation.
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
1070L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (64 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map.
Language
English
Description
Examines events in the presidency of George Washington. Includes illustrations, a timeline, fact boxes, a glossary, and further resources.
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A look at America's first president, whose face is as familiar as the dollar bill but whom most of us hardly know. By using high-tech tools and scientific techniques, archaeologists, scientists, and historians are uncovering new clues about who George Washington really was.
Author
Series
Jefferson and his time volume 3
Language
English
Description
Dumas Malones classic six-volume biography Jefferson and His Time was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history and became the standard work on Jeffersons life. Beginning with Jeffersons final year of service as secretary of state in Washingtons cabinet, this volume takes on one of the most significant and controversial years in Jeffersons life and indeed in modern Western history, while also exploring Jeffersons retirement to Monticello, his decision...
Author
Series
Jefferson and his time volume 2
Language
English
Description
Dumas Malone's classic six-volume biography Jefferson and His Time was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history and became the standard work on Jefferson's life. In this second volume, Malone recounts the eventful middle years of Jefferson's life, beginning with the European mission and Jefferson's ministry to France and continuing through his role in the French revolution and his memorable service as secretary of state in the first cabinet of George...
15) Founding finance: how debt, speculation, foreclosures, protests, and crackdowns made us a nation
Author
Series
Discovering America volume 5
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Recent movements such as the Tea Party and anti-tax "constitutional conservatism" lay claim to the finance and taxation ideas of America's founders, but how much do we really know about the dramatic clashes over finance and economics that marked the founding of America? Dissenting from both right-wing claims and certain liberal preconceptions, Founding Finance brings to life the violent conflicts over economics, class, and finance that played directly,...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 536 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A group portrait of America's first President and the men who served with him to create the office shares insights into their personalities and the consequences of Washington's decision to heed or disregard specific advice.
Author
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The US Constitution never established a presidential cabinet-the delegates to the Constitutional Convention explicitly rejected the idea. So how did George Washington create one of the most powerful bodies in the federal government? On November 26, 1791, George Washington convened his department secretaries-Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Knox, and Edmund Randolph-for the first cabinet meeting. Why did he wait two and a half years into...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 396 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The little known story of perhaps the most productive Congress in US history, the First Federal Congress of 1789-1791. The First Congress was the most important in US history, says prizewinning author and historian Fergus Bordewich, because it established how our government would actually function. Had it failed--as many at the time feared it would--it's possible that the United States as we know it would not exist today. The Constitution was a broad...
Author
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
x, 252 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the spring of 1789, within weeks of the establishment of the new federal government based on the U.S. Constitution, the Senate and House of Representatives fell into dispute regarding how to address the president. Congress, the press, and individuals debated more than thirty titles, many of which had royal associations and some of which were clearly monarchical. For Fear of an Elective King is Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon's rich account of the title...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 436 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A spellbinding history of the epic rivalry that shaped our republic: Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and their competing visions for America... The decade of the 1790s has been called the 'age of passion.' Fervor ran high as rival factions battled over the course of the new republic-- each side convinced that the other's goals would betray the legacy of the Revolution so recently fought and so dearly won. All understood as well that what was...
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