A Revolutionary Friendship: Washington, Jefferson, and the American Republic

Francis D. Cogliano

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A Revolutionary Friendship

Washington, Jefferson, and the American Republic

Francis D. Cogliano

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Francis Cogliano revisits the relationship between Washington and Jefferson, arguing that their vaunted differences mask mutual investments in the Revolution itself. Their later divergence demonstrates how wartime unity gave way to competing visions for the new nation, making clear that there was no single founding ideal—only compromise.

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Shows how [Washington and Jefferson] in diﬀerent ways, struggled with moral hypocrisy—the conﬂict between their lofty ideals and the fact that their elevated social positions depended on slave labor. They both sought a republic of liberty in America but disagreed over what it should look like. As we know too well today, friendships become fragile when political diﬀerences are unbridgeable.
-- William Anthony Hay Wall Street Journal

Cogliano considers the relationship between George Washington and Thomas Jefferson in this measured and clarifying account…This deeply researched and accessible narrative sheds new light on a consequential friendship.
-- Publishers Weekly

[This] lively book offers a brilliant introduction to two superstars of the founding of America, to the dramatic events they lived through and to the conflicts that shaped their interactions.
-- Max Edling History Today

Perhaps the most profound feature of Mr. Cogliano’s book is his treatment of how Washington and Jefferson developed their anti-slavery positions without ever, in fact, freeing their slaves while the two men were alive…[his] method is another vindication of Plutarch’s understanding of what is to be gained by juxtaposing one biography against another. The balance Mr. Cogliano maintains between the personalities and politics of Washington and Jefferson is pitch perfect.
-- Carl Rollyson New York Sun

Looks at the evolving nature of the friendship between George Washington and Thomas Jefferson…reminds readers that, unfortunately, bitter partisanship can break even the strongest bonds.
-- William K. Bolt Journal of Southern History

Takes the reader through the early years of Washington and Jefferson’s interactions, their many similarities, their differences, how they eventually met, and how the American Revolution brought them together in a way that never would have happened without the military conflict.
-- Dustin Bass Epoch Times

It is hard to believe no one has written a detailed account of the difficult friendship between the two Virginian revolutionaries George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. We now have Cogliano’s meticulously researched, insightful, and fluidly written account of their history with each other. This book is just what we need as we approach the 250th anniversary of what these two men helped put in motion, the American Revolution.
-- Annette Gordon-Reed, author of The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family

Superb, compelling history. Deftly interweaving the personal and the political, Cogliano shows that Washington and Jefferson had a much closer relationship than is typically acknowledged, first as political allies, then as trusted friends and confidants, but the party strife of the young republic made them bitter opponents.
-- Eliga H. Gould, author of Among the Powers of the Earth: The American Revolution and the Making of a New World Empire

A persuasively argued, well-written biography that illuminates and enlivens its subjects and their relationship. Avoiding the pitfalls of both the celebratory national narrative and its revisionist counterpoint, Cogliano enables readers to make better sense of the complicated circumstances—and complicated people—who revolutionized America, for better and for worse.
-- Peter S. Onuf, author of Jefferson and the Virginians: Democracy, Constitutions, and Empire

A fantastic work of comparative history. Washington and Jefferson’s collaboration endured for three highly productive decades, but then, as now, even the warmest friendships sometimes got pulverized by politics. Cogliano’s poignant reminder that Washington and Jefferson never reconciled inspires me, as it may you, to try to rebuild bridges.
-- Woody Holton, author of Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution

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Frontmatter Öffentlich zugänglich PDF downloaden	i
Contents Öffentlich zugänglich PDF downloaden	vii
Introduction Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	1
1 Never Did Nature and Fortune Combine More Perfectly Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	13
2 My Great Good Fortune Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	37
3 Drivers of Negroes Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	54
4 Americans Will Never Be Tax’d without Their Own Consent Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	72
5 An Immense Misfortune to the Whole Empire Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	90
6 Our Lives, Our Fortunes, Our Sacred Honor Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	103
7 That Service to the Cause of Liberty Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	119
8 Yr. Most Obedt. & Very Hble. Servt. Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	142
9 The Same World Will Scarcely Do for Them and Us Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	162
10 I Like Much the General Idea of Framing a Government Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	184
11 I Will Converse with You on the Subject Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	207
12 The Sincerity of a Friendship Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	233
13 Cruel War against Human Nature Itself Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	255
Epilogue Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	279
Abbreviations Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	297
Notes Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	299
Acknowledgments Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	335
Index Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden	339

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20. Februar 2024

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https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674296602

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federalism; mount vernon; enslavement; congress; house representatives; electoral college; rupture; partisanship; continental army; property; equality; rights; popular rule; citizens; liberty; administration; cabinet; resignation; native; indigenous

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