George Washington Remembers Reflections on the French and Indian War

by Anderson, Fred; Chase, Philander D.; Higginbotham, Don; Smith, Christine; West, Martin; Zagarri, Rosemarie

• ISBN13: 9780742533721
• ISBN10: 0742533727
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-09
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This autobiographical account has never been publicly displayed, nor has it been readily accessible to scholars. This book presents for the first time this extraordinary narrative, offering a very personal glimpse of a self-reflective leader seldon seen in any of Washington's other writings.

Table of Contents

Frontispiece: Charles Willson Peale's 1772 Portrait of George Washington	p. ii
Foreword	p. vii
Introduction: The Papers of George Washington	p. xi
Note to the Reader	p. xiii
George Washington's "Remarks"	p. 3
Transcription and Annotation	p. 15
Charles Willson Peale's 1787 Portrait of George Washington	p. 66
Young Washington: Ambition, Accomplishment, and Acclaim	p. 67
Biography and Autobiography: Washington's "Remarks" in Context	p. 89
"Just as They Occurred to the Memory, They Were Committed": Speculations on George Washington's Autobiographical "Remarks" of 1787	p. 109
The Manuscript as Object: Its Materials and Conservation	p. 143
Historic Sites Mentioned in George Washington's "Remarks"	p. 161
Author Biographies	p. 169
Acknowledgments	p. 171
Index	p. 173
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