Provides the first modern biography of James McHenry, a Scots-Irish immigrant, who rose to become Washington's secretary of war. James McHenry, Forgotten Federalist reveals a man surrounded by important events who reflected the larger themes of his time.

KAREN E. ROBBINS is a professor of history at Saint Bonaventure University. She received her PhD from Columbia University and is the recipient of two grants from the New York Council for the Humanities to commemorate the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.