Volume 5 is the concluding installment of Chief Justice John Marshall’s monumental biography of George Washington, covering Washington’s retirement from the presidency, his final years at Mount Vernon, and his death in December 1799. Marshall reflects on Washington’s legacy as president and as the symbolic embodiment of the new nation, assessing the achievements and controversies of his two terms in office with the perspective of a fellow statesman and admirer.
Completing one of the founding era’s most important biographical projects, this volume closes the account of a life that Marshall knew from personal acquaintance. Download this free EPUB for the final chapter of an indispensable work of early American historical biography.