Author: Robert Morris
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822938863
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Although Robert Morris (1734-1806), "the Financier of the American Revolution," was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, a powerful committee chairman in the Continental Congress, an important figure in Pennsylvania politics, and perhaps the most prominent businessman of his day, he is today least known of the great national leaders of the Revolutionary era.This oversight is being rectified by this definitive publication project that transcribes and carefully annotates the Office of Finance diary, correspondence, and other official papers written by Morris during his administration as superintendent of finance from 1781 to 1784.
Author: Sarah J. Purcell
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812236606
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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"An exemplary study of public memory because of its wide vision, its attentiveness to context, and its careful delineation of change over time."--David Waldstreicher, author of In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820
Author: Eric Jay Dolin
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 087140348X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 508
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Ancient China collides with newfangled America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships. Brilliantly illuminating one of the least-understood areas of American history, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin now traces our fraught relationship with China back to its roots: the unforgiving nineteenth-century seas that separated a brash, rising naval power from a battered ancient empire. It is a prescient fable for our time, one that surprisingly continues to shed light on our modern relationship with China. Indeed, the furious trade in furs, opium, and bêche-de-mer—a rare sea cucumber delicacy—might have catalyzed America’s emerging economy, but it also sparked an ecological and human rights catastrophe of such epic proportions that the reverberations can still be felt today. Peopled with fascinating characters—from the “Financier of the Revolution” Robert Morris to the Chinese emperor Qianlong, who considered foreigners inferior beings—this page-turning saga of pirates and politicians, coolies and concubines becomes a must-read for any fan of Nathaniel Philbrick’s Mayflower or Mark Kurlansky’s Cod.
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1480
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1494
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1488
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1502
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1476
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Author: Robert Morris
Publisher: [Pittsburgh] : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1973-1984 .
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 980
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Although Robert Morris (1734-1806), "the Financier of the American Revolution, " was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, a powerful committee chairman in the Continental Congress, an important figure in Pennsylvania politics, and perhaps the most prominent businessman of his day, he is today least known of the great national leaders of the Revolutionary era.This oversight is being rectified by this definitive publication project that transcribes and carefully annotates the Office of Finance diary, correspondence, and other official papers written by Morris during his administration as superintendent of finance from 1781 to 1784
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Subject
Languages : en
Pages : 960
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