The Papers of George Washington: The Journal of the Proceedings of the President, 1793-1797
Hardcover
1981 · Charlottesville
by Twohig, Dorothy (editor)
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1981. Hardcover. VG (Slight age to dj, otherwise clean.). Black cloth, some gilt letters on spine, tan & illus. paper dust jacket, 393 pp. Part of the monumental series comprised of all of the papers and correspondence of America's first President, George Washington (1732-1799). This stand-alone volume is "an executive daybook, a day-by-day account of many of the matters that engaged the attention of the executive departments during Washington's administration. The entries cover Washington's decisions on government contracts, appointments of office, and individual departmental problems. They throw considerable light on presidential and cabinet participation in decision-making during Washington's administration. Entries relating to the War Department are of particular value because of the destruction of most of the War Department's records by fire in 1800. ... Kept primariy by Washington's secretaries Tobias Lear and Bartholomew Dandridge, the Journal is written in th first person as if Washington were penning the entries himself." (dj). (Inventory #: 150324)