Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History by Jeffrey Nussbaum

But first: Alexander Hamilton talks George Washington down.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower talks to Company E, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, on the evening of June 5, 1944, as they prepared for the Battle of Normandy. (Library of Congress)

“Original Draft Copy considerably amended,” Alexander Hamilton scribbled in the margins of George Washington’s Farewell Address. His annotation was a subtle nod to my favori…