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James McHenry, forgotten federalist /
A Scots-Irish immigrant, James McHenry determined to make something of his life. Trained as a physician, he joined the American Revolution when war broke out. He then switched to a more military role, serving on the staffs of George Washington and Lafayette. He entered government after the war and s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens :
The University of Georgia Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Studies in the legal history of the South.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: BECOMING AN AMERICAN; ONE: "Of a Persevering Temper"; TWO: "The Commencement of Our Independence"; THREE: "The Events of War Are Uncontroulable"; FOUR: "I Gave Up Soft Beds"; FIVE: "Sorcery and Majic"; PART TWO: POLITICS, STATE AND NATIONAL; SIX: "Transition from the Military to the Civil Line"; SEVEN: "A Delicate Task"; EIGHT: "For the General Good"; NINE: "A Friendship Independent of Brotherhood"; TEN: "Not Wholly Lost to Ambition"; ELEVEN: "I Am Scarce Mistress of My Conduct"; PART THREE: SECRETARY OF WAR.
- TWELVE: "A Prudent, Firm, Frugal Officer"THIRTEEN: "Are We Forever to Be Overawed and Directed by Party Passions?"; FOURTEEN: "Mitigated Hostilities"; FIFTEEN: "I Must Be Allowed to Chuse"; SIXTEEN: "Referred to the General Officers"; SEVENTEEN: "A Paltry Insurrection"; EIGHTEEN: "I Have Always ... Considered You as a Man of Understanding and of the Strictest Integrity"; PART FOUR: RETIREMENT; NINETEEN: "To Retire to the Shades of Tranquility"; TWENTY: "At the Twilight's Last Gleaming"; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y.