The life of George Washington, commander in chief of the American forces, during the war which established the independence of his country, and first president of the United States. Comp. under the inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from original papers. By John Marshall (Still Image)

The life of George Washington, commander in chief of the American forces, during the war which established the independence of his country, and first president of the United States. Comp. under the inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from original papers. By John Marshall

Marshall, John, 1755-1835, compiler

2 v. (vol.2 missing) front. (port.) 23 cm

John Marshall  (1755 – 1835) was the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1801–1835). His court opinions helped lay the basis for United States constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States a coequal branch of government along with the legislative and executive branches. Previously, Marshall had been a leader of the Federalist Party in Virginia and served in the United States House of Representatives from 1799 to 1800. He was Secretary of State under President John Adams from 1800 to 1801.

The longest-serving Chief Justice and the fourth longest-serving justice in U.S. Supreme Court history, Marshall dominated the Court for over three decades and played a significant role in the development of the American legal system.

Marshall greatly admired George Washington, and between 1804 and 1807 published an influential five-volume biography. Marshall's Life of Washington was based on records and papers provided to him by the late president's family. The first volume was reissued in 1824 separately as A History of the American Colonies. The work reflected Marshall's Federalist principles. His revised and condensed two-volume Life of Washington (this work) was published in 1832. Historians have often praised its accuracy and well-reasoned judgments, while noting his frequent paraphrases of published sources such as William Gordon's 1801 history of the Revolution and the British Annual Register. After completing the revision to his biography of Washington, Marshall prepared an abridgment. In 1833 he wrote, "I have at length completed an abridgment of the Life of Washington for the use of schools. I have endeavored to compress it as much as possible. ... After striking out every thing which in my judgment could be properly excluded the volume will contain at least 400 pages." The Abridgment was not published until 1838, three years after Marshall died.

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2d ed., rev. and cor. by the author

Abridged from the first ediition, Philadelphia, 1804-07

1833

Washington, George, 1732-1799

b29145922

E312 .M355

Philadelphia, J. Crissy,

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