Volume Three of the Confederation Series of The Papers of George Washington spans the year between May 1785 and April 1786, described by Washington's biographer Douglas Southall Freeman as a year of "
Washington Irving’s Life of George Washington (published in five volumes in 1856?59) was the product of his last years and remains his most personal work. Christened with the name of the great general
The highly praised one-volume biography of Thomas Jefferson that provides illuminating new insights into his public and private life--by the award-winning author of A Little Revenge: Benjamin Franklin
In the two-year span covered by Volume 9 of the Colonial Series, Washington continues to be concerned with personal and local matters, including the expansion of his Mount Vernon Acreage and the devel
Volume 4 of the Presidential Series covers the fall and early winter of 1789-90 and focuses on the problems facing the new administration. Many documents deal with the difficulties Washington encoun
A history of the Federalist period combines biographical insights with analysis and reflection to capture the sweeping issues, remarkable personalities, and intricate controversies of the time in a sw
Thomas Jefferson was, by any reckoning, one of the most remarkable men ever to have crossed America's political stage. In 1776 he drafted the Declaration of Independence, and throughout the Revolutio
The second volume of the Secretary of State subseries of The Papers o James Madison ) covers developments in Europe that greatly affected the international position of the US and its citizens, partic
The correspondence volumes of The Papers of George Washington, 1748-99 are being published in four series and include not only all of Washington's own correspondence and other documents of his but a
This book sets the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution in general in the context of a revolution in rhetorical theory and practice that sought to discover (or theorize into existen
An abridged version of the classic biography of the U.S. president discusses Jefferson's childhood years, his law career, his role in the Revolutionary War and the early years of the Union, and his co
Volume 2 documents Washington's emergence as the extraordinarily active leader of the move to open the upper reaches of the Potomac to navigation and to use it to tie the fast-settling West to the sea
This is the first volume of an eight-volume edition of Washington's papers in the Confederation period. Unlike the series devoted to Washington's Revolutionary War and presidential papers, the Confede
Describes the country's first President through a biography and a compilation of quotes that cover such topics as John Adams, the American Revolution, liberty, taxation, and foreign relations.
