Major General Thomas Mifflin

Alongside the Founding Fathers who are household names, numerous lesser known founders were also instrumental in the establishment of the United States of America. This book presents the comprehensive biography of one such neglected man, Pennsylvania’s Thomas Mifflin.
With the sole exception of George Washington, Thomas Mifflin was the only founder to rise to both the highest military rank in the American army—major general—as well as the highest position in the new nation’s civilian government—President of the Continental Congress. George Washington’s first military aide and the first Quartermaster General of the Continental Army, Mifflin signed both the U.S. constitution and the peace treaty with Great Britain, which ended the Revolutionary War. He was elected the first governor of Pennsylvania and re-elected twice by landslide margins.
Drawing on all available primary sources and a wealth of secondary sources, this exhaustively researched biography presents the life, accomplishments and legacy of an influential, Founding Father too often overlooked in recent times.

Robert Ernest Hubbard is a retired professor from Albertus Magnus College and an adjunct faculty member in the college’s Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program. Webmaster of websites on General Israel Putnam and on entertainer Phil Silvers, he lives in Connecticut.

Robert Ernest Hubbard
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 236
Bibliographic Info: 19 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2025
pISBN: 978-1-4766-9202-9
eISBN: 978-1-4766-5446-1
Imprint: McFarland

Acknowledgments       v
Preface       1
Introduction       3
One. Founding Fathers       9
Two. Early Years       11
Three. Before the War       21
Four. National Politics       26
Five. The War Begins       40
Six. Quartermaster General of the Continental Army       47
Seven. The Siege of Boston       51
Eight. The Battle of Long Island       56
Nine. After New York       71
Ten. New Jersey Command       84
Eleven. British Occupation of Philadelphia       98
Twelve. Valley Forge       105
Thirteen. Conway Cabal       114
Fourteen. Mifflin’s Properties       133
Fifteen. The Continental Congress       137
Sixteen. The Constitutional Convention       149
Seventeen. President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania       156
Eighteen. Governor of Pennsylvania       162
Nineteen. Mifflin’s Last Years       187
Twenty. Mifflin’s Legacy       191
Chapter Notes       197
Bibliography       219
Index       223