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100 1 _aFlexner, James Thomas,
_d1908-2003.
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245 1 0 _aGeorge Washington and the new nation, 1783-1793.
250 _a[1st ed.].
260 _aBoston,
_bLittle, Brown
_c[1970]
300 _axi, 466 p.
_billus., facsims., fold. map, plan, ports.
_c25 cm.
490 0 _a[His George Washington, v. 3]
500 _av. 1. The forge of experience (1732-1775) -- v. 2. In the American Revolution (1775-1783) -- v. 3. And the New Nation (1783-1793) -- v. 4. Anguish and farewell (1793-1799)
504 _aBibliography: p. 431-437.
505 0 _aI. Philosophic shades. Soldier's return -- Mount Vernon: a well-resorted tavern -- Family matters -- Farmer Washington -- Business worries -- The Cincinnati quandary -- The arts of peace -- II. Thirteen nations or one. The political scene darkens -- Duty's clamorous voice -- Widening political horizons -- Building a new government -- The new constellation of this hemisphere -- On the brink -- III. Experiments in government. A frightening triumph -- The President is inaugurated -- The President as a social leader -- Fleshing out the new government -- Death and doldrums -- Debts, credit, and the national capital -- Nootka, Yazoo, and the Southwest frontier -- Vacation time -- IV. The great schism opens. The bank of the United States -- Journeys and bad news -- The Northern frontier -- Philadelphia high life -- The great Columbian Federal city -- V. The desire to escape. Jefferson begins to doubt Washington -- Determination to retire -- Personal feuds cut deeper -- The shades of the prison house -- VI. Conclusion. The first term surveyed.
520 _aDescribes Washington's part in the Constitutional Convention and his work in organizing the new government.
600 1 0 _aWashington, George,
_d1732-1799.
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600 1 6 _aWashington, George,
_d1732-1799.
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