TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ellis,Joseph J.
TI  - Founding brothers: the revolutionary generation 
SN  - 0375405445 (alk. paper)
AV  - E302.5 .E45 2000
U1  - 973.4/092/2 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New York
PB  - Alfred A. Knopf
KW  - Presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Anecdotes
KW  - Statesmen
KW  - History
KW  - 1783-1815
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1783-1809
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-278) and index
N2  - "A study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic - John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington."; "Ellis focuses on six discrete moments that exemplify the most crucial issues facing the fragile new nation: Burr and Hamilton's deadly duel, and what may have really happened; Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison's secret dinner, during which the seat of the permanent capital was determined in exchange for passage of Hamilton's financial plan; Franklin's petition to end the "peculiar institution" of slaves - his last public act - and Madison's efforts to quash it; Washington's precedent-setting Farewell Address, announcing his retirement from public office and offering his country some final advice; Adams's difficult term as Washington's successor and his alleged scheme to pass the presidency on to his son; and finally, Adams and Jefferson's renewed correspondence at the end of their lives, in which they compared their different views of the Revolution and its legacy."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -