George Washington and the New Nation: 1783-1793

Little, Brown and Company, 1970-10-30. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Light wearto jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Describes Washington's part in the Constitutional Convention and his work in organizing the new government. <br> Contents: I. 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.