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Major General Thomas Mifflin : the army's first quartermaster general and the first governor of Pennsylvania / Robert Ernest Hubbard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hubbard, Robert Ernest, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Generals--United States--Biography.
- Generals.
- Quartermasters--United States--Biography.
- Quartermasters.
- Governors--Pennsylvania--Biography.
- Governors.
- Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800.
- Mifflin, Thomas.
- United States. Continental Army--Biography.
- United States.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Biography.
- United States. Continental Congress--Presidents--Biography.
- United States. Constitution--Signers--Biography.
- Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1775-1865.
- Pennsylvania.
- United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Army's first quartermaster general and the first governor of Pennsylvania
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2025]
- Summary:
- "While many of the Founding Fathers are household names, there are lesser known founders who were also instrumental in the establishment of the United States of America. This book presents the comprehensive biography of one such neglected founder, Pennsylvania's Thomas Mifflin. With the sole exception of George Washington, Thomas Mifflin was the only founder to rise to both the highest military rank in the American army-major general--as well as the highest position in the new nation's civilian government--President of the Continental Congress. George Washington's first military aide and the first Quartermaster General of the Continental Army, Mifflin signed both the U.S. constitution and the peace treaty with Great Britain, which ended the Revolutionary War. He was elected the first governor of Pennsylvania, and re-elected twice by landslide margins. Despite these achievements, scholarship on the life of Thomas Mifflin remains scarce, and he remains anything but a household name. Drawing on all available primary sources and a wealth of secondary sources, this exhaustively researched biography endeavors to fill these gaps, presenting the life, milestones and legacy of an influential, oft-neglected Founding Father."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Founding Fathers
- Early Years
- Before the War
- National Politics
- The War Begins
- Quartermaster General of the Continental Army
- The Siege of Boston
- The Battle of Long Island
- After New York
- New Jersey Command
- British Occupation of Philadelphia
- Valley Forge
- Conway Cabal
- Mifflin's Properties
- The Continental Congress
- The Constitutional Convention
- President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania
- Governor of Pennsylvania
- Mifflin's Last Years
- Mifflin's Legacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476692029
- 1476692025
- OCLC:
- 1443717173
- Publisher Number:
- 90101938524
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