Abraham Baldwin: Patriot, Educator, and Founding Father
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0918339065
ISBN 13
9780918339065
Category
Unknown
[ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
1987
Publisher
Pages
304
Subject
Baldwin, Abraham, 1754-1807. United States. Constitutional Convention (1787) Statesmen --United States --Biography. United States --Politics and government --1789-1809.
Abstract
Abraham Baldwin: Patriot, Educator, and Founding Father is the definitive biography of Abraham Baldwin, a highly significant early-American leader who helped assemble the framework of American democracy and who may be the least known signer of the Constitution. Baldwin served as a Georgia State Legislator, as a State Representative to the Confederation Congress, the Constitutional Convention, first president of the University of Georgia, a Representative in the First U.S. Congress, and later as a U.S. Senator. It is must reading for laymen and historians alike. The book presents a graphic portrait of a man whose amazingly broad scope and vision left a lasting mark on his country and his adopted state of Georgia. - from Amazon
Description
In the Beginning -- To Georgia and Another Career -- The First Charter for a State University -- Founding the University of Georgia -- The Confederation Congress and the Federal Convention -- The Crisis in the Constitutional Convention and Further Service in the Confederation Congress -- Organizing the New Government -- Fiscal Matters -- Political Parties and Politics -- War, Peace, and Admiration for France -- Downfall of the Federalists and Arrival of the Jeffersonian Republicans -- Public Lands and the Western Frontier -- Spreading Information -- Senator Baldwin -- The Man and the Statesman.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-297) and index.
Number of Copies
1
