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Now in book format, mid-19th century author John Milton Mackie’s Whig analysis of George Washington’s presidency, which appeared in the American Review, a Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art, and Science—published in New York City by Wiley and Putnam. Previously known only to a handful of scholars, this remarkable writing explores Washington’s presidential administration, his political and leadership abilities and the precedents he set that affect us all to this day.
An early look at the original “dream team” of American politics, Jefferson, Hamilton, Randolph, Madison and Knox. First time in print since its original publication in the American Review in 1849, with introduction and notes.
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Frank E. Grizzard, Jr. is Director of the Lee Family Digital Archive,
an ambitious effort to create an online edition of the papers of the historic
Lee Family of Virginia, and former Senior Associate Editor at the Papers of
George Washington editorial project at the University of Virginia. A frequent lecturer on George Washington and other historical topics, Mr. Grizzard's other books include George! A Guide to All Things Washington; Jamestown Colony: A Political, Cultural, and Social History (with D. Boyd Smith); The Ways of Providence: Religion and George Washington; and The Hobby of My Old Age: Thomas Jefferson and the Construction of the University of Virginia.
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