Excerpt from Washington and His Colleague: A Chronicle of the Rise and Fail of Federalism Soon after Washington arrived in New York he sought Hamilton's aid in the management of the national finances. There was the rock on which the government of the Confederation had found ered. There the most skillful pilotage was re quired if the new government was to make a safe voyage. Washington's first thought had been to get Robert Morris to take charge again of the department that he had formerly managed with conspicuous ability, and while stopping in Phila delphia on his way to New York, he had approached Morris on the subject. Morris, who was now en gaged in grand projects which were eventually to bring him to a debtor's prison, declined the position but strongly recommended Hamilton. This sug gestion proved very acceptable to Washington, who was well aware of Hamilton's capacity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.