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Category : Glocester (R.I. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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The Exchange Artist
Author: Jane KamenskyPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101202777
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
The riveting story of the country's first banking scandal in the first decades of the American republic This enthralling historical narrative of the birth of speculative capitalism in America opens in the 1790s when financial pioneer-turned-confidence-man Andrew Dexter, Jr. created a pyramid scheme founded on real estate speculation and the greed of banks, who freely printed the paper money he needed to finance the then tallest building in the United States-the Exchange Coffee House, a 153-room, seven-story colossus in downtown Boston. The story of Dexter's rise and eventual collapse offered an object lesson to the rising young nation, and presents striking parallels to the subprime mortgage meltdown and looming economic collapse of today.
Letters of Lafayette to Washington, 1777-1799 (rev. Ed.)
Author: Louis GottschalkPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0871693267
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
The friendship between Lafayette & Washington began slowly but had developed fully by late 1777. By the time Lafayette’s military service in America had come to an end, they were good friends. During the course of their correspondence Lafayette discussed all manner of public & private events & aspirations with Washington. Thus his letters furnish an intimate & revealing account of great events & of the great & near-great men who were a part of them. These letters were first published in 1944 in a privately printed edition of 400 copies. The present editors have re-examined the manuscripts used for all the letters & have corrected the earlier reading wherever historical accuracy requires it. A new preface presents revised interpretations of some of the letters.
The Researcher
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Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 526
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Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette
Author: Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier marquis de LafayettePublisher:
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
H. P. Lovecraft and Lovecraft Criticism
Author: S. T. JoshiPublisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1592240127
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
This is Lovecraft scholar Joshi's definitive annotated bibliography to works by and about H.P. Lovecraft.
National Union Catalog
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
An Album of Rhode Island History, 1636-1986
Author: Patrick T. ConleyPublisher: Donning Company Publishers
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette
Author: Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier marquis de LafayettePublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
This book is a memoir with correspondence and manuscripts of General Lafayette, who was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War, commanding American troops in several battles, including the siege of Yorktown. After returning to France, he was a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830. He has been considered a national hero in both countries.
Rhode Island, a Bibliography of Its History
Author: Committee for a New England BibliographyPublisher: Hanover, N.H. : University Press of New England
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Books in Print
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2042
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