Kaminski, The Great Virginia Triumvirate - George Washington, Thomas Jefferson & James Madison In The Eyes Of Their Contemporaries

Abstract

     John Kaminski has dedicated his career to studies of the Founding Fathers. In the process, he has collected a large database that he tentatively calls "The Founders on the Founders," a collection of contemporary descriptions and opinions voiced about the revolutionary elite. Many items come from little known newspaper and manuscript sources. Kaminski 's subjects are three leaders seen through the eyes of contemporaries. His intent is to reawaken public interest in the first Virginia Presidents. Although he calls them a triumvirate, he shows they actually engaged in a shifting series of partnerships during their political careers.