Leibiger, Stuart Eric.

Founding friendship : George Washington, James Madison, and the creation of the American republic / Stuart Leibiger. - Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, c1999. - x, 284 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-272) and index.

Winning Independence -- Improving Rivers and Friendships -- Framing and Ratifying the Constitution -- Washington's "Prime Minister" -- Friendship Tested -- Founding Washington, D.C. -- Four More Years -- "Neutrality" -- Domestic Order and Disorder -- Estrangement and Farewell.

0813918820 (cloth : alk. paper)

99019854


Washington, George, 1732-1799 --Friends and associates.
Madison, James, 1751-1836 --Friends and associates.


United States--Politics and government--1783-1789.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.

E312.29 / .L45 1999

973.4/1/0922