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Program

Research Programs: Summer Stipends

Period of Performance

6/1/1977 - 8/31/1977

Funding Totals

$2,500.00 (approved)
$2,500.00 (awarded)

Washington and Gates: The Burden and the Challenge

FAIN: FT-13646-77

Max M. Mintz
Southern Connecticut State University (New Haven, CT 06515-1330)

To study the conflict between Washington, the aloof Virginia aristocrat and critic of over-familiarity between officers and enlisted men, and Gates, the folksy democrat and champion of short-term militia who personified New England expansionist demands. PI will study both the character and motivation of Washington and Gates and thus illuminate the problems of leadership rivalry, civilian-military relationships, and popular tensions both during the Revolution and after.