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  Albert Gallatin - LoveToKnow 1911
ALBERT GALLATIN (1761-1849), American statesman, was born in Geneva (Switzerland) on the 29th of January 1761.
Gallatin worked at his new task with his usual industry, tact and patience, but the results were meagre, although an open breach on the delicate question of the north-east boundary of the United States was avoided by referring it to the arbitration of the king of the Netherlands.
Gallatin had always been a consistent opponent of slavery; he felt keenly, therefore, the attempts of the South to extend the slave power and confirm its existence, and the remnant of his strength was devoted in his last days to writing and distributing two able pamphlets against the war with Mexico.
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 Albert Gallatin - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Gallatin was born in Geneva, Switzerland to a wealthy family, emigrating to Massachusetts in 1780.
Almost immediately, Gallatin became active in Pennsylvania politics; he was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1789, and was elected to the state legislature in 1790.
Gallatin then resigned as Secretary of the Treasury to head the United States delegation for these negotiations in France and was instrumental in the securing of the Treaty of Ghent, which brought the War of 1812 to a close.
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 Albert Gallatin in Pennsylvania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Albert Gallatin was one of the most important and influential men of the early American Republic.
Young Albert was left an orphan at nine when his mother Sophie Albertine (Rolaz du Rosey) Gallatin died, and he was raised by a distant relative, Mlle.
In the spring of 1784, Gallatin and a small exploring party crossed the Alleghenies and established a temporary headquarters and store at Clare's Farm on the Monongahela River in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
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 Gallatin County, MT - Albert Gallatin
As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1795–1801), Gallatin became a recognized leader of the Republican (Jeffersonian) minority and was active in advocating financial reform and in opposing war with France.
As Secretary of the Treasury under President Jefferson, Gallatin undertook to change aspects of the country's financial policy from Federalist to Jeffersonian principles, and he reduced the country's debt despite the war against the Barbary States and the Louisiana Purchase.
Gallatin's eclectic financial policies—although a Jeffersonian he was a supporter of the Bank of the United States—have been widely praised by conservatives and liberals alike; he was one of the most brilliant and successful of Jeffersonian statesmen.
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 Albert Gallatin - Philosopedia
Gallatin was born in Geneva, and studied mathematics, natural history, and Latin at Geneva University, where he graduated with honors in 1779.
A leader of the Republican (Jeffersonian) minority, Gallatin was active in advocating financial reform and in opposing war with France.
Gallatin's son confirmed in his diary that his father was a follower of Voltaire.
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 Gallatin, Albert - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1795-1801), Gallatin became a recognized leader of the Republican (Jeffersonian) minority and was active in advocating financial reform and in opposing war with France.
As Secretary of the Treasury under President Jefferson, Gallatin undertook to change aspects of the country's financial policy from Federalist to Jeffersonian principles, and he reduced the country's debt despite the war against the Barbary States and the Louisiana Purchase.
Gallatin's eclectic financial policies—although a Jeffersonian he was a supporter of the Bank of the United States—have been widely praised by conservatives and liberals alike; he was one of the most brilliant and successful of Jeffersonian statesmen.
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 Albert Gallatin in Pennsylvania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
During the two weeks after the meeting Gallatin traveled through Fayette County urging people to submit to the law, and to present themselves at their polling places on September 11, when all adult male citizens would receive a pardon for past offenses upon promising good conduct in the future.
In Congress he quite naturally insisted upon a strict accounting of the treasury to Congress, and in 1800 he was instrumental in steering through the House legislation which required the secretary of the treasury to make a yearly accounting of funds to the Congress.
Gallatin originally intended to live out his days as a gentleman farmer, but he yielded to his family's wish that they return to city life, and in 1826 he accepted an appointment as American ambassador to the Court of St. James.
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 Albert Gallatin Biography
Gallatin resigned as Secretary of the Treasury to head the U.S. delegation for these negotiations in France and was instrumental in the securing of the Treaty of Ghent, which brought the war to a close.
Gallatin died in Astoria on Long Island and is interred at Trinity Churchyard in New York City.
Gallatin's portrait was on the front of the $500 bill issued in 1862-3, and on the standard 1¼¢ stamp from 1967-73.
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 L³ - The Lewis And Clark Rediscovery Project
Albert Gallatin, Jefferson's secretary of Treasury, who found a way for a young, cash-starved country to pay for the Louisiana Purchase.
Gallatin was Jefferson's secretary of the treasury and continued under Madison, serving both presidents from 1801 to 1814.
Gallatin died in 1849 at the age of 88.
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 Albert Gallatin
Albert Gallatin was born into an old and noble family in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 29, 1761.
In July 1800, Gallatin authored "Views of the Public Debt, Receipts and Expenditure of the United States," a report analyzing the fiscal operations of the federal government that is still regarded as a classic.
Gallatin's plan for reducing that debt called for the practice of economy within the government, particularly in the military.
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 Albert Gallatin
The American statesman, Albert Gallatin, was born in Geneva on the 29th of January 1761.
He was a member of the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention of 1789-90, and of the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1790, 1791, and 1792, and rose with surprising rapidity, despite his foreign birth and his inability to speak English with correctness or fluency.
Gallatin worked at his new task with his usual industry, tact and patience, but the results were meagre, although an open breach on the delicate question of the northeast boundary of the United States was avoided by referring it to the arbitration of the king of the Netherlands.
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 Albert Gallatin
GALLATIN, Albert, statesman, born in Geneva, Switzerland, 29 January 1761; died in Astoria, L. I., 12 August, 1849.
Young Albert, who had been baptized by the name Abraham Alfonse Albert, was confided to the care of Mademoiselle Pictet, a relative of his father, and from her he received his early education.
Gallatin was likewise associated in the movement which led in October, 1830, to the foundation of the New York University.
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 Albert Gallatin
GALLATIN, Albert, statesman, born in Geneva, Switzerland, 29 January 1761; died in Astoria, L. I., 12 August, 1849.
Young Albert, who had been baptized by the name Abraham Alfonse Albert, was confided to the care of Mademoiselle Pictet, a relative of his father, and from her he received his early education.
Gallatin was likewise associated in the movement which led in October, 1830, to the foundation of the New York University.
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 U.S. Treasury - Biography of Secretary Albert Gallatin
When Gallatin was again returned, this time to the House of Representatives, he immediately became a member of the new Standing Committee on Finance, the forerunner of the Ways and Means Committee.
Gallatin took his oath on a "platform" of debt reduction, the necessity for specific appropriations, and strict and immediate accountability for disbursements.
Gallatin served in the Treasury until 1814, and was offered the post again by President Madison in 1816.
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 Albert Gallatin
Albert Gallatin arrived in Boston from Geneva, Switzerland in 1780; he was 19 years old, a gentleman, and an idealist.
Gallatin then entered diplomatic service; he was one of five commissioners who negotiated the Treaty of Ghent with Great Britain to end the War of 1812.
Returning to Pennsylvania, Point Marion proved a bit too rustic for the Gallatin’s after seven years in Paris; they soon moved to New York City where Albert Gallatin was one of the founders of New York University and the New York Historical Society.
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 Albert Gallatin Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Swiss-born Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) was U.S. secretary of the Treasury, as well as a diplomat, banker, and ethnographer.
Albert Gallatin was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on Jan. 29, 1761.
In 1786 Gallatin bought a 400-acre farm in western Pennsylvania and devoted himself to farming and land development.
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 Albert Eugene Gallatin - Bio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He was descended from a distinguished family whose ancestry included Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury under Thomas Jefferson and founder of New York University.
The wealthy, patrician Gallatin cut an unusual figure among the younger, liberal members of this group; however, he shared their enthusiasm for avant-garde styles in art.
Gallatin’s late paintings also reflect the ideals of his collection, which was devoted to abstraction.
www.phillipscollection.org /american_art/bios/gallatin-bio.htm   (353 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Albert Gallatin (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Albert Gallatin[gal´utin] Pronunciation Key, 1761–1849, American financier and public official, b.
Returning to Pennsylvania, his statesmanlike efforts helped restrain the Western farmers in the Whiskey Rebellion (1794), although Gallatin himself opposed the tax on whiskey.
Gallatin's eclectic financial policies : although a Jeffersonian he was a supporter of the Bank of the United States : have been widely praised by conservatives and liberals alike; he was one of the most brilliant and successful of Jeffersonian statesmen.
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 ALBERT GALLATIN (1761-... - Online Information article about ALBERT GALLATIN (1761-...
period of Gallatin's career in congress was in 1798, after the publication of the famous X.Y.Z. despatches.
Gallatin worked at his new task with his usual industry, tact and patience, but the results were meagre, although an open See also:
Gallatin had always been a consistent opponent of slavery; he felt keenly, therefore, the attempts of the South to extend the slave power and confirm its existence, and the remnant of his strength was devoted in his last days to writing and distributing two able See also:
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 Albert Gallatin & Co 1795-1803: Notable Pittsburgh Inventors: Reference Services: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin was born January 29, 1761 in Geneva, Switzerland, into an artistocratic family known for watchmaking and public service.
On May 10, 1797, John Badollet, a partner in Albert Gallatin and Co., wrote Gallatin about a partnership agreement with James Nicholson, Louis Bourdillon and Charles A. Cazenove on the one part and on the other part five glassblowers--John Gabler, Adolph Eberhart, George Reppert, Lewis Reitz, Baltzer Kramer and Christian Kramer.
The arrangement called for the Gallatin group to put up the capital and land while the Kramer group contributed their knowledge of glassmaking and skill as blowers.
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 Albert Eugene Gallatin
Although Gallatin's perceptive eye benefited from the advice of Hélion, Morris, and others, his acute understanding of the formal basis of Cubism and other modernist forms is clear from his own paintings.
Although Gallatin provided substantial moral and financial support for the American Abstract Artists, and was among the early, although not original members, he was both older and considerably wealthier than most of its members.
Gallatin was delighted that the Museum of Living art occupied the space used by Samuel F.B. Morse when he developed the electric telegraph.
americanart.si.edu /collections/exhibits/abstraction/gallatin.html   (880 words)

  
 USCGC GALLATIN
Albert Gallatin died in 1849 and is buried at Trinity Church, in New York City, GALLATIN's home port up until 1996.
The present "GALLATIN" was built by Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana, with an eye toward the changing world in which GALLATIN must carry on the traditions of America's oldest sea going service.
GALLATIN was designed and constructed as one of 12 multi-mission HAMILTON Class Cutters which incorporate modern concepts of naval architecture and engineering.
www.uscg.mil /lantarea/cutter/gallatin   (245 words)

  
 The Descendants of Albert Gallatin Mink
ALBERT GALLATIN MINK (JOHN MINKS,) was born 1830 in Carter Co. TN, and died 1895 in Walnut Grove, Rockcastle Co. KY.
CELIA JANE MINK (ALBERT GALLATIN, JOHN MINKS,) was born 1856 in Rockcastle, County KY, and died 1893 in Rockcastle, County KY. She married JOSEPH ADAM CROMER 1873, son of WILLIAM CROMER and ELIZABETH RENNER.
JOSEPH WILLIAM MINK (ALBERT GALLATIN, JOHN MINKS,) was born December 05, 1859 in Rockcastle, County KY, and died September 30, 1939 in Rockcastle, County KY. He married ELIZABERTH SIDNEY CROMER October 12, 1885 in Mt Vernon, Rockcastle County, KY, daughter of WILLIAM CROMER and ELIZABETH RENNER.
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 Albert Gallatin
Albert Gallatin as part of U.S. Revenue Cutter Service prior to 1892 grounding on Boo Hoo Ledge near Manchester, Massachusetts.
On the morning of the 6th of January 1892, the sky was overcast but visibility was good as the Albert Gallatin prepared to leave Kittery, Maine, enroute to Provincetown, Massachusetts.
The Albert Gallatin was considered one of the United States Revenue Cutter Service's most able seagoing vessels.
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 Amazon.fr : Albert Gallatin: An American Statesmen: Livres en anglais: John Austin Stevens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Born to an aristocratic Swiss family, Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) immigrated to America in 1780.
Gallatin considerably reduced the federal debt by setting aside revenue for that purpose, and he revived internal taxes to pay for the War of 1812 but they were not sufficient.
That year Gallatin went to Russia to represent the United States in the peace conference with England and France settling hostilities.
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 The Gallatin Group — Albert Gallatin
They named these bodies of water after three men whom, they felt, were the driving force behind the country’s continental expansion: President Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State James Madison, and Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
As Jefferson’s Treasury Secretary, Albert Gallatin played a crucial role in laying the foundation of today’s Pacific Northwest.
Gallatin’s inextricable link to the Pacific Northwest — along with his unending commitment to quietly, yet significantly, impacting the history and character of our region and our country — inspired our founding partners to name our company The Gallatin Group.
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