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Papers, 1761-1880
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Manuscript Microfilm C9-C10
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- Format:
- Microformat
- Author/Creator:
- Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849.
- Gallatin, Albert.
- Statesmen--United States--History--Sources.
- Statesmen.
- Swiss--United States--History.
- Swiss.
- United States--History--1783-1815--Sources.
- United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Swiss.
- Physical Description:
- 46 reels ; 35 mm.
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia : Historic Publications, in collaboration wth New York University, National Historical Publications Commission, 1970].
- Biography/History:
- 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), United States minister to England (1826-1827). He helped to negoiate, 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.
- Summary:
- The collection documents Gallatin's personal life and political activities. It includes autobiographical, biographical, and genealogical material, correspondence, official documents and minutes, and publications and other materials by and about Gallatin. The collection also contains an index to Gallatin's correspondents.
- Notes:
- In English.
- "Sponsored jointly by the National Historical Publications Commission and New York University."
- With: Guide to the microfilm edition of the papers of the Albert Gallatin. Carl E. Prince, ed. Philadelphia, 1970.
- The original records are held by the New York Historical Society, the National Archives, and other repositories in the United States and abroad.
- Microfilm.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives
- OCLC:
- 3714525
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