ALBERT GALLATIN Signed 1808 US Treasury Circular
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1808 Albert Gallatin Signed Twice United States Treasury Department Circular of "An act laying embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States."
ALBERT GALLATIN (1761-1849). Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, American politician, diplomat, ethnologist and linguist, the Founder of New York University, served in the Democratic-Republican Party representing Pennsylvania in the Senate and House of Representatives, the Longest-tenured United States Secretary of the Treasury and high-ranking Diplomat as the Ambassador to France and Britain.
April 27, 1808-Dated Federal Period, Autographed Document Signed Twice, "Albert Gallatin" Printed United States Treasury Department Circular Signed, 4 pages, measuring about 7.75" x 13", with Integral Address Transmittal Cover, (Washington), Very Good. This important, historic official Treasury Department "ACT" now printed in Circular form is mailed to Josiah Hook, Collector at Penobscot, conveying: "An act laying embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States." This Act being "Approved" and Signed in black type by president "TH : JEFFERSON" on the third page at its conclusion. Creased and fold splits, old cello tape reinforcements on the interior pages, torn where worn and the red sealing wax was torn when opening this circular. It directing that a report giving of the names and addresses of Violators of the Embargo Law, be prepared and submitted. Albert Gallatin was in office at the Treasury from July 16, 1816 to May 16, 1823, being the Longest-tenured United States Secretary of the Treasury, serving under presidents Jefferson and Madison.
Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (born de Gallatin; January 29, 1761 " August 12, 1849) was a Genevan-American politician, diplomat, ethnologist and linguist. Biographer Nicholas Dungan states that Gallatin was "America's Swiss Founding Father."
He is known for being the founder of New York University and for serving in the Democratic-Republican Party at various federal elective and appointed positions across four decades. He represented Pennsylvania in the Senate and the House of Representatives before becoming the longest-tenured United States Secretary of the Treasury and serving as a high-ranking diplomat.
Gallatin was born in Geneva in present-day Switzerland and spoke French as a first language. He immigrated to the United States in the 1780s, settling in western Pennsylvania. He served as a delegate to the 1789 Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention and won election to the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
An opponent of Alexander Hamilton's economic policies, Gallatin was elected to the United States Senate in 1793. However, he was removed from office on a party-line vote after a protest raised by his opponents suggested that Gallatin did not meet the required nine years of citizenship. Returning to Pennsylvania, Gallatin helped calm many angry farmers during the Whiskey Rebellion.
Gallatin returned to Congress in 1795 after winning election to the House of Representatives. He became the chief spokesman on financial matters for the Democratic-Republican Party, leading opposition to the Federalist economic program. Gallatin's mastery of public finance led to his choice as Secretary of the Treasury by President Thomas Jefferson, despite Federalist attacks that he was a "foreigner" with a French accent. Under Jefferson and James Madison, Gallatin served as secretary from 1801 until February 1814.
Gallatin retained much of Alexander Hamilton's financial system, though he also presided over a reduction in the national debt prior to the War of 1812. Gallatin served on the American commission that agreed to the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812. In the aftermath of the war, he helped found the Second Bank of the United States.
Declining another term at the Treasury, Gallatin served as Ambassador to France from 1816 to 1823, struggling with scant success to improve relations with the government during the Bourbon Restoration. In the election of 1824, Gallatin was nominated for Vice President by the Democratic-Republican Congressional caucus. Gallatin never wanted the position and was humiliated when forced to withdraw from the race because he lacked popular support. In 1826 and 1827, he served as the Ambassador to Britain and negotiated several agreements, such as a ten-year extension of the joint occupation of Oregon Country.
He also became President of the National Bank's branch in New York City. In 1842, Gallatin joined with John Russell Bartlett to found the American Ethnological Society. With his studies of the languages of Native Americans, he has been called "the father of American ethnology."
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Andrew Jackson, Banking History, United States Currency Printing, Currency History, Fiat Money, Printing History, Bank of the United States, American Paper Money, Embargo Act, Treasury Act, Thomas Jefferson
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1808 Albert Gallatin Signed Twice United States Treasury Department Circular of "An act laying embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States."
ALBERT GALLATIN (1761-1849). Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, American politician, diplomat, ethnologist and linguist, the Founder of New York University, served in the Democratic-Republican Party representing Pennsylvania in the Senate and House of Representatives, the Longest-tenured United States Secretary of the Treasury and high-ranking Diplomat as the Ambassador to France and Britain.
April 27, 1808-Dated Federal Period, Autographed Document Signed Twice, "Albert Gallatin" Printed United States Treasury Department Circular Signed, 4 pages, measuring about 7.75" x 13", with Integral Address Transmittal Cover, (Washington), Very Good. This important, historic official Treasury Department "ACT" now printed in Circular form is mailed to Josiah Hook, Collector at Penobscot, conveying: "An act laying embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States." This Act being "Approved" and Signed in black type by president "TH : JEFFERSON" on the third page at its conclusion. Creased and fold splits, old cello tape reinforcements on the interior pages, torn where worn and the red sealing wax was torn when opening this circular. It directing that a report giving of the names and addresses of Violators of the Embargo Law, be prepared and submitted. Albert Gallatin was in office at the Treasury from July 16, 1816 to May 16, 1823, being the Longest-tenured United States Secretary of the Treasury, serving under presidents Jefferson and Madison.
Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (born de Gallatin; January 29, 1761 " August 12, 1849) was a Genevan-American politician, diplomat, ethnologist and linguist. Biographer Nicholas Dungan states that Gallatin was "America's Swiss Founding Father."
He is known for being the founder of New York University and for serving in the Democratic-Republican Party at various federal elective and appointed positions across four decades. He represented Pennsylvania in the Senate and the House of Representatives before becoming the longest-tenured United States Secretary of the Treasury and serving as a high-ranking diplomat.
Gallatin was born in Geneva in present-day Switzerland and spoke French as a first language. He immigrated to the United States in the 1780s, settling in western Pennsylvania. He served as a delegate to the 1789 Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention and won election to the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
An opponent of Alexander Hamilton's economic policies, Gallatin was elected to the United States Senate in 1793. However, he was removed from office on a party-line vote after a protest raised by his opponents suggested that Gallatin did not meet the required nine years of citizenship. Returning to Pennsylvania, Gallatin helped calm many angry farmers during the Whiskey Rebellion.
Gallatin returned to Congress in 1795 after winning election to the House of Representatives. He became the chief spokesman on financial matters for the Democratic-Republican Party, leading opposition to the Federalist economic program. Gallatin's mastery of public finance led to his choice as Secretary of the Treasury by President Thomas Jefferson, despite Federalist attacks that he was a "foreigner" with a French accent. Under Jefferson and James Madison, Gallatin served as secretary from 1801 until February 1814.
Gallatin retained much of Alexander Hamilton's financial system, though he also presided over a reduction in the national debt prior to the War of 1812. Gallatin served on the American commission that agreed to the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812. In the aftermath of the war, he helped found the Second Bank of the United States.
Declining another term at the Treasury, Gallatin served as Ambassador to France from 1816 to 1823, struggling with scant success to improve relations with the government during the Bourbon Restoration. In the election of 1824, Gallatin was nominated for Vice President by the Democratic-Republican Congressional caucus. Gallatin never wanted the position and was humiliated when forced to withdraw from the race because he lacked popular support. In 1826 and 1827, he served as the Ambassador to Britain and negotiated several agreements, such as a ten-year extension of the joint occupation of Oregon Country.
He also became President of the National Bank's branch in New York City. In 1842, Gallatin joined with John Russell Bartlett to found the American Ethnological Society. With his studies of the languages of Native Americans, he has been called "the father of American ethnology."
KEYWORDS:
Andrew Jackson, Banking History, United States Currency Printing, Currency History, Fiat Money, Printing History, Bank of the United States, American Paper Money, Embargo Act, Treasury Act, Thomas Jefferson
