The Great Divide: The Conflict between Washington and Jefferson that Defined a Nation by Thomas Fleming

The Great Divide: The Conflict between Washington and Jefferson that Defined a Nation

Thomas Fleming
Da Capo Press; 1St Edition edition
Mar 2015
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In the months after her husband's death, Martha Washington told several friends that the two worst days of her life were the day George died—and the day Thomas Jefferson came to Mount Vernon to offer his condolences.What could elicit such a strong reaction from the nation's original first lady? Though history tends to cast the early years of America in a glow of camaraderie, there were, in fact, many conflicts among the Founding Fathers—none more important than the one between George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. The chief disagreement between these former friends centered on the highest, most original public office created by the Constitutional Convention—the presidency. They also argued violently about the nation's foreign policy, the role of merchants and farmers in a republic, and the durability of the union itself.

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