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Albert Gallatin (17611849)

Description

Albert Gallatin, U.S. diplomat and secretary of the treasury, was born on 29 January 1761 in Geneva, Switzerland. A graduate of the University of Geneva, he moved to Boston in 1780 and taught French at Harvard. Eventually he settled in Pennsylvania, where he worked as a farmer and storekeeper. With his election to a Pennsylvania convention to consider changes to the U.S. Constitution, Gallatin began a public career that would include service as a state legislator (179092), U.S.

Citations

"Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin." Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2310013086/UHIC?u=viva_uva&sid=bookmark-UHIC&xid=2c204cd0. Accessed 11 Sept. 2023.

Albert Gallatin at Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.  

Albert Gallatin at Find a Grave.

Sen. Abraham Alphonzo Albert Gallatin at FamilySearch.