Author: Robert Morris
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822933241
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Although Robert Morris (1734-1806), "the Financier of the American Revolution," was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, a powerful committee chairman in the Continental Congress, an important figure in Pennsylvania politics, and perhaps the most prominent businessman of his day, he is today least known of the great national leaders of the Revolutionary era.This oversight is being rectified by this definitive publication project that transcribes and carefully annotates the Office of Finance diary, correspondence, and other official papers written by Morris during his administration as superintendent of finance from 1781 to 1784.
'I am Determined to Live or Die on Board My Ship.’
Author: Jim Tildesley
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 178901767X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 178901767X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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Historical Documentary Editions
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Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Pages : 92
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Index, the Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: Leacraft, W.-Pyttis
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1494
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Pages : 1494
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Index, The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1502
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Index, The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: Quack - Zwolle
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Pages : 1502
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Blurred Nationalities across the North Atlantic
Author: Luca Codignola
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 148750456X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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Long before the mid-nineteenth century, thousands of people were frequently moving between North America - specifically, the United States and British North America - and Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, Rome, Sicily, Piedmont, Lombardy, Venice, and Trieste. Predominantly traders, sailors, transient workers, Catholic priests, and seminarians, this group relied on the exchange of goods across the Atlantic to solidify transatlantic relations; during this period, stories about the New World passed between travellers through word of mouth and letter writing. Blurred Nationalities across the North Atlantic challenges the idea that national origin - for instance, Italianness - constitutes the only significant feature of a group's identity, revealing instead the multifaceted personalities of the people involved in these exchanges.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 148750456X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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Long before the mid-nineteenth century, thousands of people were frequently moving between North America - specifically, the United States and British North America - and Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, Rome, Sicily, Piedmont, Lombardy, Venice, and Trieste. Predominantly traders, sailors, transient workers, Catholic priests, and seminarians, this group relied on the exchange of goods across the Atlantic to solidify transatlantic relations; during this period, stories about the New World passed between travellers through word of mouth and letter writing. Blurred Nationalities across the North Atlantic challenges the idea that national origin - for instance, Italianness - constitutes the only significant feature of a group's identity, revealing instead the multifaceted personalities of the people involved in these exchanges.
George Washington
Author: David O. Stewart
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451488989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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A fascinating and illuminating account of how George Washington became the dominant force in the creation of the United States of America, from award-winning author David O. Stewart “An outstanding biography . . . [George Washington] has a narrative drive such a life deserves.”—The Wall Street Journal Washington's rise constitutes one of the greatest self-reinventions in history. In his mid-twenties, this third son of a modest Virginia planter had ruined his own military career thanks to an outrageous ego. But by his mid-forties, that headstrong, unwise young man had evolved into an unassailable leader chosen as the commander in chief of the fledgling Continental Army. By his mid-fifties, he was unanimously elected the nation's first president. How did Washington emerge from the wilderness to become the central founder of the United States of America? In this remarkable new portrait, award-winning historian David O. Stewart unveils the political education that made Washington a master politician—and America's most essential leader. From Virginia's House of Burgesses, where Washington mastered the craft and timing of a practicing politician, to his management of local government as a justice of the Fairfax County Court to his eventual role in the Second Continental Congress and his grueling generalship in the American Revolution, Washington perfected the art of governing and service, earned trust, and built bridges. The lessons in leadership he absorbed along the way would be invaluable during the early years of the republic as he fought to unify the new nation.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451488989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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A fascinating and illuminating account of how George Washington became the dominant force in the creation of the United States of America, from award-winning author David O. Stewart “An outstanding biography . . . [George Washington] has a narrative drive such a life deserves.”—The Wall Street Journal Washington's rise constitutes one of the greatest self-reinventions in history. In his mid-twenties, this third son of a modest Virginia planter had ruined his own military career thanks to an outrageous ego. But by his mid-forties, that headstrong, unwise young man had evolved into an unassailable leader chosen as the commander in chief of the fledgling Continental Army. By his mid-fifties, he was unanimously elected the nation's first president. How did Washington emerge from the wilderness to become the central founder of the United States of America? In this remarkable new portrait, award-winning historian David O. Stewart unveils the political education that made Washington a master politician—and America's most essential leader. From Virginia's House of Burgesses, where Washington mastered the craft and timing of a practicing politician, to his management of local government as a justice of the Fairfax County Court to his eventual role in the Second Continental Congress and his grueling generalship in the American Revolution, Washington perfected the art of governing and service, earned trust, and built bridges. The lessons in leadership he absorbed along the way would be invaluable during the early years of the republic as he fought to unify the new nation.
Index, The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: East Whiteland - Leacraft, G
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1492
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Subject Guide to Books in Print
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 3054
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 3054
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Index, The Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: Aachen - East Twinsey
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1476
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1476
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