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Alexander James Dallas : Lawyer, Politician, Financier, 1759-1817 /
A poor uneducated mill worker in his youth, whose driving passion was the study of astronomy, John Brashear lived to be designated "first citizen of Pennsylvania" for his scientific and philanthropic accomplishments, honored not only in his native Pittsburgh but by scientists all over the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2017]
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| Edición: | Reprint 2016. |
| Colección: | PENNSYLVANIA LIVES
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Foreword
- Contents
- I. The Formative Years
- II. Years of Apprenticeship
- III. Secretary of the Commonwealth
- IV. Organizing the Pennsylvania Anti-Federalists
- V. The Founding of the Philadelphia Democratic Society
- VI. The Whiskey Rebellion and Its Aftermath
- VII. The Jay Treaty and the Election of 1796
- VIII. Skirmishes in the Press and Courtroom
- IX. The Democratic-Republican Triumph
- X.A Philadelphia Lawyer
- XI. Citizen of Philadelphia
- XII. Seeds of Democratic-Republican Schism
- XIII. A Conservative Democraticrepublican
- XIV. United States Attorney for Eastern Pennsylvania
- XV. Lawyer and Lobbyist
- XVI. The Call to National Service
- XVII. Secretary of the Treasury October 1814-February 1815
- XVIII. Secretary of the Treasury February 1815-October 1816
- XIX. In The Nation's Service
- XX. The Return to Private Life
- Bibliographical Note
- Index