Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress
Written during the War between the United Colonies and Great Britain

Volume 2 of this 1795 collection reveals the military and political flair that led to Washington becoming President in 1789.

George Washington (Author)

9781108025911, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 February 2011

392 pages
21.6 x 2.2 x 14 cm, 0.5 kg

Appointed Major General by the Continental Congress in 1775, George Washington, the future President of the United States of America, was one of the most significant and influential witnesses to the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). Published in England in 1795, twelve years after the end of the conflict, this two-volume collection of the letters he wrote to Congress during the war provides unique insights into both the military strategies employed and the evolving values that underpinned them. Taking up the narrative in January 1777, Volume 2 demonstrates a gradual shift in emphasis away from an army in battle, hampered by the weather and the terrain, towards the political negotiations and nation-forging that followed. Ever humble in his tone, Washington displays the diplomacy and vision that was to characterize his presidency.

Official letters from General Washington to Congress, 1777–1778.

Subject Areas: Colonialism & imperialism [HBTQ]