The First Inauguration: George Washington and the Invention of the Republic

by Stephen Howard Browne

"Among the vicissitudes incident to life, no event could have filled me with greater anxieties than that of which the notification was transmitted by your order, and received on the fourteenth day of the present month."

With these words to the assembled members of the Senate and House of Representatives on April 30, 1789, George Washington inaugurated the American experiment. It was a momentous occasion and an immensely important moment for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271087277
• ISBN13: 9780271087276
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.8"