Major General Thomas Mifflin - Hubbard, Robert Ernest

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Résumé :
Alongside the Founding Fathers who are household names, numerous lesser known founders were also instrumental in the establishment of the United States of America. This book presents the comprehensive biography of one such neglected man, Pennsylvania's Thomas Mifflin. With the sole exception of George Washington, Thomas Mifflin was the only founder to rise to both the highest military rank in the American army--major general--as well as the highest position in the new nation's civilian government--President of the Continental Congress. George Washington's first military aide and the first Quartermaster General of the Continental Army, Mifflin signed both the U.S. constitution and the peace treaty with Great Britain, which ended the Revolutionary War. He was elected the first governor of Pennsylvania and re-elected twice by landslide margins. Drawing on all available primary sources and a wealth of secondary sources, this exhaustively researched biography presents the life, accomplishments and legacy of an influential, Founding Father too often overlooked in recent times....

Biographie:
Robert Ernest Hubbard is a retired professor from Albertus Magnus College and an adjunct faculty member in the college's Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program. Webmaster of websites on General Israel Putnam and on entertainer Phil Silvers, he lives in Connecticut....

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
One.?Founding Fathers
Two.?Early Years
Three.?Before the War
Four.?National Politics
Five.?The War Begins
Six.?Quartermaster General of the Continental Army
Seven.?The Siege of Boston
Eight.?The Battle of Long Island
Nine.?After New York
Ten.?New Jersey Command
Eleven.?British Occupation of Philadelphia
Twelve.?Valley Forge
Thirteen.?Conway Cabal
Fourteen.?Mifflin's Properties
Fifteen.?The Continental Congress
Sixteen.?The Constitutional Convention
Seventeen.?President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania
Eighteen.?Governor of Pennsylvania
Nineteen.?Mifflin's Last Years
Twenty.?Mifflin's Legacy
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

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