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Albert Gallatin: Jeffersonian Financier and Diplomat

by Raymond Walters

Pages: 461

Contributors: Raymond Walters

Publisher: Macmillan

Place of Publication: New York

Publication Year: 1957

Subjects: Gallatin, Albert,--1761-1849

Table of Contents

Title Page

Preface

Contents

1. the Genevan Heritage 1761=1780

2. the Romantic Years 1780=1790

3. a Political Apprenticeship 1788=1790

4. Spokesman of Frontier Democracy 1790=1793

5. Benedict and Senator 1793=1794

6. the Whiskey Rebellion: "My Only Political Sin" 1791=1794

7. the Whiskey Rebellion: "Allaying the Ferment" 1794=1795

8. Freshman Congressman 1795=1797

9. Fighting the War With France 1796=1799

10. the Jeffersonian Triumph 1799=1801

11. Frontier Businessman 1795=1801

12. First Days in the Treasury 1801=1805

13. Patronage And Personalities 1801=1807

14. Gallatin, the Nationalist 1801=1809

15. Three Storm Clouds 1804=1807

16. the Trouble With The Embargo 1807=1809

17. the Life of a Cabinet Member 1801=1813

18. the Struggle With The "Invisibles" 1809=1810

19. Overwhelmed By The War Hawks 1810=1812

20. "Mr. Madison's War" 1812=1813

21. the Quest for Peace 1813=1814

22. Peace at Ghent 1814

25. an American Interlude 1823=1826

26. the London Mission And Its Aftermath 1826=1829

27. Citizen and Scholar 1830=1848

28. Financial Oracle 1830=1841

29. Political Oracle 1830=1849

Notes

Bibliography

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...Congress AG Albert Gallatin ASP American State Papers GP Gallatin Papers JP Jefferson...GENEVAN HERITAGE, 1761-1780 1. Etat...dEtat, Geneva; Gallatin, Recherches sur la maison natale d Albert Gallatin. 2...AG filed under 1849 , GP; Recensement...
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...NCHA. Museum and art gallery Gallagher, Mary Henri, R. Mary Gallagher Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849 Huntington, D. Albert Gallatin Powell, W. H. Albert Gallatin Stuart, G. Albert Gallatin GALLATIN, Albert Eugene, 1881- Composition...
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Gallatin, Albert

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