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Author:
Dungan, Nicholas.
Title:
Gallatin : America's Swiss founding father / Nicholas Dungan.
Publisher:
New York University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
xiv, 193 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Gallatin, Albert,--1761-1849.
Statesmen--Biography.
Geneva (Switzerland)--Biography.
Swiss Americans--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: getting to know Gallatin -- A son of Geneva, 1761-1780 -- American beginnings, 1780-1793 -- The Senate and the House, 1793-1801 -- Jefferson's Secretary of the Treasury, 1801-1809 -- Madison's Secretary of the Treasury, 1809-1813 -- The debut of a diplomatist, 1813-1815 -- American minister to France, 1816-1823 -- Searching for stability, 1823-1829 -- The capstones of a career, 1830-1849 -- Conclusion: gauging Gallatin's greatness.
ISBN:
0814721117 (hc.)
9780814721117 (hc.)
LCCN:
2010021007
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

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