With Americans of Past and Present Days

Jean Jules Jusserand

ଜାନୁଆରୀ 1916 · C. Scribner

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A collection of five essays followed by two speeches, with the majority of the text dealing with the period around the birth of the United States. The first, and longest, essay is titled "Rochambeau and the French in America," covers the relationship between Rochambeau and Washington. The second essay, "Major L'Enfant and the Federal City," covers the creation of Washington D.C. The third essay, titled "Washington and the French," covers how Washington's perception of our French allies changed from some initial suspicion to one of respect. The other essays are "Abraham Lincoln," "The Franklin Medal," "Horace Howard Furness." and "From war to peace."