Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) papers 1761-1880 [microform]

Format:

Microformat

Language:

English

Physical Description:

46 reels.

Other Title:

Gallatin, Albert (1761-1849) papers

Place of Publication:

1761-1880

Summary:

'Albert Gallatin was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and immigrated to the United States in 1779, settling in Massachusetts in 1780. In 1784 he moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he became involved first in anti-Federalist and later in Republican politics. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first of three terms in 1795. He served as Secretary of the Treasury (1801-1814), United States minister to France (1816-1823), and United States minister to England (1826-1827). He helped negotiate, and signed, the Treaty of Ghent in 1814. After retirement from politics he served as president of the National Bank of New York City. He helped to found the American Ethnological Society and was its first president, as well as serving as president of the New York Historical Society. The collection documents Gallatin's personal life and political activities. It includes autobiographical, biographical, and genealogical materials, correspondence, official documents and minutes, and publications and other materials by and about Gallatin. The collection also contains an index to Gallatin's correspondents. The original records are held by the New York Historical Society, the National Archives, and other repositories in the United States and abroad. In English. Register available.

Local Notes:

Mf number 031

OCLC:

732881577