Albert Gallatin: Jeffersonian Financier and Diplomat

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Macmillan, 1957 - 461 Seiten
Raymond Walters, Jr. presents the definitive biography of Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), recounting sixty years that the Swiss-born diplomat served his adopted country as a congressional leader, Secretary of the Treasury, financier, and ambassador. Gallatin was a founder of the House Committee on Finance (later the Ways and Means Committee), a member of the new Democratic-Republican Party, and an active politician who opposed the Federalist Party and its programs, while also helping to bring about the election of Thomas Jefferson.--Amazon.com.

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The Genevan Heritage 17611780
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The Romantic Years 17801790
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A Political Apprenticeship 17881790
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