Albert Gallatin
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Albert Gallatin
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About this book
John Austin Stevens’s work on Albert Gallatin is a scholarly biography that situates the Swiss‑born statesman within the broader currents of early American politics and finance. The volume opens with a reflective preface that argues history must be rewritten to draw connections between past dilemmas and contemporary concerns, then launches into a detailed account of Gallatin’s diplomatic maneuverings surrounding the Monroe Doctrine and his rigorous financial principles. The introductory chapter traces Gallatin’s modest origins in Geneva, his classical education, and the network of friends that shaped his intellectual development, establishing the book’s focus on both his public service and his private convictions.
Written in a formal, nineteenth‑century style, the text combines meticulous documentary research with a narrative tone that reflects the era’s reverence for moral purpose and civic virtue. Readers who appreciate thorough political history, the economics of early U.S. government, or the lives of lesser‑known founders will find Stevens’s measured prose and extensive footnotes rewarding, while those seeking a more novelistic or dramatized account may prefer a different approach.
Who appears in Albert Gallatin
- Albert GallatinMiddle-aged Swiss-born statesman, white hair, spectacles, dark coat, dignified pose
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Standard Library Edition AMERICAN STATESMEN EDITED BY JOHN T. MORSE, JR. IN THIRTY-TWO VOLUMES VOL. XIII. THE JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY ALBERT GALLATIN ToC Click for list of Illustrations American Statesmen STANDARD LIBRARY EDITION The Home of Albert Gallatin HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. American Statesmen ALBERT GALLATIN BY JOHN AUSTIN STEVENS BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge Copyright, 1883 and 1898 BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. All rights reserved . PREFACE Every generation demands that history shall be rewritten. This is not alone because it requires that the work should be adapted to its own point of view, but because it is instinctively seeking those lines which connect the problems and lessons of the past with its own questions and circumstances. …
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