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Robert Morris's folly : the architectural and financial failures of an American founder /

In 1798 Robert Morris - 'financier of the American Revolution', confidant of George Washington, former U.S. senator - plunged from the peaks of wealth and prestige into debtors'prison and public contempt. How could one of the richest men in the United States, one of only two founders...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Ryan K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2014.
Colección:Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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