A landmark biography of America's first president draws on the Washington papers from archives at the University of Virginia to follow George Washington.
His Excellency: George Washington is a 2004 biography of the first President of the United States, General George Washington.!
His Excellency: George Washington
His Excellency: George Washington is a 2004 biography of the first President of the United States, General George Washington.
It was written by Joseph Ellis, a professor of History at Mount Holyoke College, who specializes in the Founding Fathers of the United States, the American Revolution, and the Federalist Era.
Content
Events and themes
In the text, Ellis focuses on three main areas of Washington's life:
According to Ellis, Washington was always searching for a means to control his inner passions and his destiny.
He fumed under the control that the British held over him during the Colonial America period.
His Excellency: George Washington.In particular, he was frustrated by the lack of respect offered for his military achievements to granting land claim rights in the west. As a general, he bemoaned the lack of control the fledgling Continental Congress had over the colonies which composed it.
(Later as President, he supported legislation to ensure control by th