The Diaries of Gouverneur Morris: European Travels, 1794-1798

by Gouverneur Morris and Gouverneur Morris

Book Overview

In October 1794, Gouverneur Morris, Jefferson's successor as American minister to France, left Paris forever. A friend of George Washington and a major contributor to the American Constitution, Morris had witnessed the igniting of the French Revolution, the fall of the old regime, and the plunge into war and terror--events he predicted shortly after his arrival in 1789. In 1794, the revolutionary regime, worried that Morris was influencing the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813929490
• ISBN13: 9780813929491
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 784 Pages
• Weight: 3.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 7.4" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher