Major General Thomas Mifflin - The Army's First Quartermaster General and the First Governor of Pennsylvania

Alongside the Founding Fathers who are household names, numerous lesser known founders were also instrumental in the establishment of the United States of America. This book presents the comprehensive biography of one such neglected man, Pennsylvania's Thomas Mifflin.
With the sole exception of George Washington, Thomas Mifflin was the only founder to rise to both the highest military rank in the American army--major general--as well as the highest position in the new nation's civilian government--President of the Continental Congress. George Washington's first military aide and the first Quartermaster General of the Continental Army, Mifflin signed both the U.S. constitution and the peace treaty with Great Britain, which ended the Revolutionary War. He was elected the first governor of Pennsylvania and re-elected twice by landslide margins.
Drawing on all available primary sources and a wealth of secondary sources, this exhaustively researched biography presents the life, accomplishments and legacy of an influential, Founding Father too often overlooked in recent times.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

One.¿Founding Fathers

Two.¿Early Years

Three.¿Before the War

Four.¿National Politics

Five.¿The War Begins

Six.¿Quartermaster General of the Continental Army

Seven.¿The Siege of Boston

Eight.¿The Battle of Long Island

Nine.¿After New York

Ten.¿New Jersey Command

Eleven.¿British Occupation of Philadelphia

Twelve.¿Valley Forge

Thirteen.¿Conway Cabal

Fourteen.¿Mifflin's Properties

Fifteen.¿The Continental Congress

Sixteen.¿The Constitutional Convention

Seventeen.¿President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania

Eighteen.¿Governor of Pennsylvania

Nineteen.¿Mifflin's Last Years

Twenty.¿Mifflin's Legacy

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Robert Ernest Hubbard is a retired professor from Albertus Magnus College and an adjunct faculty member in the college's Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program. Webmaster of websites on General Israel Putnam and on entertainer Phil Silvers, he lives in Connecticut.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Ernest Hubbard, Robert Ernest Hubbard
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.04.2025
• EAN: 9781476692029
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-9202-9
• No. of pages: 236
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Biography: historical, political & military, military history, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military, American War of Independence, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), c 1783 to c 1800 (American Federalist era)