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Pastel on paper laid down on board. 24.2 x 18.8 cm • 9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. Independence National Historical Park, Portrait Collection (Second Bank of the United States), Philadelphia, PA.
Pastel on paper laid down on board. 24.2 x 18.8 cm • 9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. Independence National Historical Park, Portrait Collection (Second Bank of the United States), Philadelphia, PA.
During the war ... Washington thought his way to federalism, long before a Federalist Party existed. He believed in a strong central government, supreme over the states; a strong financial system on the British model, with taxes to fund its debt; a flourishing commerce to create prosperity (and to train seamen for a powerful navy, which would in turn protect shipping); and a strong military. And most officers came out of the experience of the Revolution with the same views.