Strictures and observations upon the three executive departments of the government of the United States : calculated to show the necessity of some change therein, that the public may derive that able and impartial execution of the powers delegated, upon which alone their happiness at home, and their respectability abroad, must materially depend

Strictures and observations upon the three executive departments of the government of the United States : calculated to show the necessity of some change therein, that the public may derive that able and impartial execution of the powers delegated, upon which alone their happiness at home, and their respectability abroad, must materially depend

Printed in the United States of America [s.n.] 1792

32 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

973.41 M414, 1792, MB

(OCoLC)06936992

Authorship attributed to Leonard by Sabin; Erroneously ascribed to Leonard who used the same pseudonym--Cf. Sabin & Ford.
Signatures: [A] p s B-D p s.
Ford, P. L. Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana p. 41
Ms. inscription on t.p.: Wm Perkin(?) 9 July, 1794(?)
On p. 19: "To introduce an order of nobility into the United States?--The order of Cincinnati, as it was first adopted by the army, had its origin in the pride and ambition of the now secretary at war.--"
Illuminating early dissonance within Washington's first cabinet. Author attacks Jefferson, the Secretary of State, for "becoming the willing instrument to raise up one European power, at the expense of another."; Secretary of War Knox's defects are examined in detail; The only praiseworthy cabinet member is Hamilton at Treasury, whose work "has given universal satisfaction."

Sabin 40101
Howes, W. U.S. iana (2d. ed.) L259
Evans 24515

L1996F175

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