Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and how They Changed America, 1789-1989Thorndike Press, 2007 - 804 pages From the author Newsweek called the nations leading presidential historian comes an inspiring narrative chronicling the crucial moments when a courageous president has dramatically changed the future of the United States. of full-color photos. |
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... treaty in the Senate . The President did so , and by a bare two- thirds vote along party lines , the Senate sent Jay's Treaty to the President's House for Washington to sign . To Washington's exasperation , the treaty's contents were no ...
... treaty in the Senate . The President did so , and by a bare two- thirds vote along party lines , the Senate sent Jay's Treaty to the President's House for Washington to sign . To Washington's exasperation , the treaty's contents were no ...
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... treaty , then reinstate it . Ran- dolph gave him no answer . When the Secretary of State reported the conversation , Washington sharply told him that he should have told Hammond that the President would " never " sign the treaty un ...
... treaty , then reinstate it . Ran- dolph gave him no answer . When the Secretary of State reported the conversation , Washington sharply told him that he should have told Hammond that the President would " never " sign the treaty un ...
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... Treaty " bad fatally bad . " But a " treaty is the promise of a nation . . . . Shall we break our faith ? " If the British kept conspiring with the In- dians , American frontiersmen would stay vulnerable . Addressing those settlers ...
... Treaty " bad fatally bad . " But a " treaty is the promise of a nation . . . . Shall we break our faith ? " If the British kept conspiring with the In- dians , American frontiersmen would stay vulnerable . Addressing those settlers ...
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