Hi everyone,
I'm extremely excited this week, because a book
that I have been working on for many years has finally been published! If you
haven't seen it in the History Department hall display, check it out on
Amazon.com! It's titled James McHenry, Forgotten Federalist and the
University of Georgia Press (a very good academic publishing house) has done a
wonderful job. If you would like to know more about what the book is about,
here is the text from the press. Enjoy!
A long
overdue chapter in the history of America’s Founders
"Karen E. Robbins’s James McHenry,
Forgotten Federalist is a welcome addition to the literature on the
Revolution and early American republic, rescuing a misunderstood patriot from
undeserved obscurity. Her fresh and fair-minded account of McHenry’s career as
John Adams’s secretary of war is a particularly notable contribution to our
understanding of these critically important years."—Peter S. Onuf, author
of Jefferson’s Empire: The Language of American Nationhood
A Scots-Irish immigrant, James McHenry determined
to make something of his life. Trained as a physician, he joined the American
Revolution when war broke out. He then switched to a more military role,
serving on the staffs of George Washington and Lafayette. He entered government
after the war and served in the Maryland Senate and in the Continental
Congress. As Maryland’s representative at the Constitutional Convention,
McHenry helped to add the ex post facto clause to the Constitution and worked
to increase free trade among the states.
