MICHAEL P. RICCARDS is President of St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

• Book One: The Origins of Executive Authority The Uncertain Heritage The Royal Perogative The Provincial Governors The War Governors Creating the Presidency The Ratification Controversy Book Two: The Washington Administration The Authentic American Cincinnatus Returns The Grand Procession The First Inaugeration The Presidents Before Washington The Bureaucracy Before Washington The Removal Date His Highness, the Presidency The Debt Assumption Deal The Establishment of the Bank Washington as an Administrator The Tribes and the Long Knives Fathering the Parties A Falling Out of Sons The Fires of Factionalism Towards Neutrality The Whiskey Insurrection The Jay Treaty Troubles in the House--1796 French Ire to the End, 1796-97 Washington as Legend Epilogue Bibliographical Essay Notes Index

MICHAEL P. RICCARDS is President of St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

• Book One: The Origins of Executive Authority The Uncertain Heritage The Royal Perogative The Provincial Governors The War Governors Creating the Presidency The Ratification Controversy Book Two: The Washington Administration The Authentic American Cincinnatus Returns The Grand Procession The First Inaugeration The Presidents Before Washington The Bureaucracy Before Washington The Removal Date His Highness, the Presidency The Debt Assumption Deal The Establishment of the Bank Washington as an Administrator The Tribes and the Long Knives Fathering the Parties A Falling Out of Sons The Fires of Factionalism Towards Neutrality The Whiskey Insurrection The Jay Treaty Troubles in the House--1796 French Ire to the End, 1796-97 Washington as Legend Epilogue Bibliographical Essay Notes Index

MICHAEL P. RICCARDS is President of St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

• Book One: The Origins of Executive Authority The Uncertain Heritage The Royal Perogative The Provincial Governors The War Governors Creating the Presidency The Ratification Controversy Book Two: The Washington Administration The Authentic American Cincinnatus Returns The Grand Procession The First Inaugeration The Presidents Before Washington The Bureaucracy Before Washington The Removal Date His Highness, the Presidency The Debt Assumption Deal The Establishment of the Bank Washington as an Administrator The Tribes and the Long Knives Fathering the Parties A Falling Out of Sons The Fires of Factionalism Towards Neutrality The Whiskey Insurrection The Jay Treaty Troubles in the House--1796 French Ire to the End, 1796-97 Washington as Legend Epilogue Bibliographical Essay Notes Index