LEADER 05331nam 2200865Ia 450 001 9910821330203321 005 20230725015740.0 010 $a0-8147-8539-5 010 $a0-8147-2112-5 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814785393 035 $a(CKB)2560000000050201 035 $a(EBL)865989 035 $a(OCoLC)779828346 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000418398 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11267803 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000418398 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10377066 035 $a(PQKB)10985610 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001323738 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865989 035 $a(OCoLC)670447889 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse4822 035 $a(DE-B1597)548345 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814785393 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865989 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10415958 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000050201 100 $a20100520d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGallatin $eAmerica's Swiss founding father /$fNicholas Dungan 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (208 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-2111-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tForeword --$tForeword --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. A Son of Geneva, 1761?1780 --$t2. American Beginnings, 1780?1793 --$t3. The Senate and the House, 1793?1801 --$t4. Jefferson?s Secretary of the Treasury, 1801?1809 --$t5. Madison?s Secretary of the Treasury, 1809?1813 --$t6. The Debut of a Diplomatist, 1813?1815 --$t7. American Minister to France, 1816?1823 --$t8. Searching for Stability, 1823?1829 --$t9. The Capstones of a Career, 1830?1849 --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tA Note on Sources --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aYou won?t find his portrait on our currency anymore and his signature isn?t penned on the Constitution, but former statesman Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) contributed immeasurably to the formation of America. Gallatin was the first president of the council of New York University and his name lives on at NYU?s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, so it is with pride that New York University Press and the Swiss Confederation publish this new biography of Gallatin. Gallatin?s story is the opposite of the classic American immigrant tale. Born in Geneva, the product of an old and noble family and highly educated in the European tradition, Gallatin made contributions to America throughout his career that far outweighed any benefit he procured for himself. He got his first taste of politics as a Pennsylvania state representative and went on to serve in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Gallatin became the Secretary of Treasury in Jefferson?s administration and, despite being of the opposite political party to Alexander Hamilton, Gallatin fully respected his predecessor?s fiscal politics. Gallatin undertook a special diplomatic mission for President Madison, which ended the War of 1812 with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent and gave the United States its genuine independence. Gallatin continued in diplomacy as minister to France and to Great Britain, where he skillfully combined his American experience and European background. In the early 1830's, at the age of seventy, he retired from politics and commenced a new career in New York City as a banker, public figure, and intellectual. He helped establish New York University and the American Ethnological Society, became an expert in Native American ethnology and linguistics, and served as president of the New-York Historical Society. Gallatin died at age 88 and is buried in Trinity churchyard at Broadway and Wall Street. In our own day, as we look at reforming our financial system and seek to enhance America?s global image, it is well worth resurrecting Albert Gallatin?s timeless contributions to the United States, at home and abroad. Nicholas Dungan?s compelling biography reinserts this forgotten Founding Father into the historical canon and reveals the transatlantic dimensions of early American history.Co-published with the Swiss Confederation, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. 606 $aStatesmen$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aSwiss Americans$vBiography 607 $aGeneva (Switzerland)$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1783-1865 610 $aAmerican. 610 $aDungans. 610 $aFather. 610 $aFounding. 610 $aNicholas. 610 $abiography. 610 $acanon. 610 $acompelling. 610 $adimensions. 610 $aearly. 610 $aforgotten. 610 $ahistorical. 610 $ahistory. 610 $ainto. 610 $areinserts. 610 $areveals. 610 $athis. 610 $atransatlantic. 615 0$aStatesmen 615 0$aSwiss Americans 676 $a973.4092 676 $aB 700 $aDungan$b Nicholas$01694741 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821330203321 996 $aGallatin$94073471 997 $aUNINA