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  Stephen Girard
Girard went to sea and at the age of 23 was a captain.
Stephen Girard - Stephen Girard merchant, financier, philanthropist Born: 5/20/1750 Birthplace: Bordeaux, France He...
Girard College - Girard College, in Philadelphia, an elementary and secondary boarding school for children with...
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 Stephen Girard
Stephen Girard - Girard, Stephen, 1750–1831, American merchant, banker, and philanthropist, b.
Saintly mimesis, contagion, and empathy in the thought of Rene Girard, Edith Stein, and Simone Weil.
Stephen de Pietri, YSL exhibition director, dies at 37.
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 Stephen Girard : Philadelphia's leading shipping merchant
irard resumed the shipping trade with New Orleans and Santo Domingo, starting a partnership with his brother Captain John Girard a few years later.
The brothers did not get along very well and in 1790 the partnership was dissolved, leaving Stephen with two ships and cargo worth 30'000 $, his share of the venture.
By sheer luck, these two vessels soon became the instruments of another great stroke by which Stephen Girard built his fortune …
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