McLean Historical Society, 7:30 PM, Thursday, April 8, 2010

McLean Historical Society
McLean Community Center
1234 Ingleside Avenue
McLean , Virginia

Thursday April 8, 2010, 7:30 pm

The program is free and the public warmly invited. Please contact: 
Jacque-Lynne Schulman,  [log in to unmask] ; 703-442-9370 with 
questions. Reservations not needed.
Jacque-Lynne Schulman

George Washington's Mind, or, A General's Genius

by William M. Ferraro
Assistant Professor, Assistant Editor
University of Virginia
504 Alderman Library
P.O. Box 400117
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4117
http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/

Many of George Washington's contemporaries thought little of his 
intellect. John Adams, for instance, wrote "That Washington was not a 
scholar is certain. That he was too illiterate, unlearned, unread for 
his station and reputation is equally past dispute."

Such flippant dismissals of Washington's mind persist in the 
historical literature. Taking issue with these denigrating 
portrayals, Dr. Ferraro demonstrates the potency of Washington's mind 
and the centrality of Washington's intellect to his achievements 
through an analysis of Washington's immense and impressive 
correspondence, especially his Revolutionary War letters.

William M. Ferraro is an assistant professor and assistant editor 
with the Papers of George Washington at the University of Virginia . 
His talk, draws heavily on recently edited documents and addresses a 
surprisingly minimized topic in the biographical literature of this 
foremost American, Virginian, and Fairfax citizen.

The program is free and the public warmly invited. Please contact: 
Jacque-Lynne Schulman,  [log in to unmask] ; 703-442-9370 with 
questions. Reservations not needed.
Jacque-Lynne Schulman
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George Mason University
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