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The banker who made America : Thomas Willing and the rise of the American financial aristocracy, 1731-1821 / Richard Vague.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - New Acquisitions E302.6.W62 V34 2026
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vague, Richard, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Willing, Thomas, 1731-1821.
- Bankers--United States--Biography.
- Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography.
- Economics--United States--History.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Biography.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects.
- United States--Politics and government--1775-1783--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 438 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Polity Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- "If you haven't followed the money, chances are you don't know the real story of America and its revolution. Nothing gives a clearer insight into this history than the life of early America's dominant merchant trader, first bank president, and first central banker, Thomas Willing. In this book, Richard Vague shows how Willing bankrolled--and in the process helped save--the Revolution and then fundamentally shaped the financial architecture of the young Republic"--Front jacket flap.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher data.
- ISBN:
- 9781509569083
- 1509569081
- OCLC:
- 1546557975
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