tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post5003089408965673346..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Longmore’s Invention of George WashingtonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-51844110032614693322016-11-21T17:31:49.328-05:002016-11-21T17:31:49.328-05:00I very much appreciate Longmore's book on Wash...I very much appreciate Longmore's book on Washington~! great book. I thought his take on implicit "acts of sovereignty" was very useful in my own research for Revisiting the Flag at Prospect Hill. BTW, John, I may be joining you all in Boston to speak at the flag raising event on News Year's Day again this year.<br /><br />"Historian Paul K. Longmore, in The Invention of George Washington, likens the general’s role during this time as an orchestrator of implicit 'acts of sovereignty':<br /><br />'In October, a congressional committee huddled with him [Washington] at Cambridge to hear his recommendations. The alterations he proposed would move the United Colonies much farther down the road toward independence. Congress adopted every one. The army would be augmented. Courts-martial would have authority to enforce stricter discipline by imposing stricter punishments. Captured British spies would face the death penalty. Mutiny and sedition by officers and soldiers in the Continental Army would now also be tried as capital crimes. These last two acts, voted by Congress in the first week of November, were implicitly acts of sovereignty by an independent nation. They had originated with the commander-in-chief.'"Byron DeLearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-76206222462820239672016-11-21T12:09:42.282-05:002016-11-21T12:09:42.282-05:00Thank you for this intriguing review. I'll add...Thank you for this intriguing review. I'll add it to my Christmas wish list!Independent Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14029092677912354991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-79456138404092751892016-11-21T10:02:17.100-05:002016-11-21T10:02:17.100-05:00Wow. And here I was complaining to myself this mor...Wow. And here I was complaining to myself this morning about having to do four errands. What an amazing man, Longmore. Thank you.Chauceriannoreply@blogger.com