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1 online resource |
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Studies in the legal history of the South |
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Studies in the legal history of the South.
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 served in the Maryland Senate and in the Continental Congress. As Maryland's representative at the Constitutional Convention, McHenry helped to add the ex post facto clause to the Constitution and worked to increase free trade among the states. As secretary of war, McHenry remained loyal to Washingto |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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McHenry, James, 1753-1815
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McHenry, James, 1753-1816
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Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Politics and government
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Statesmen
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1816
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United States
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780820346311 |
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0820346314 |
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