Robert Morris : financier of the American Revolution /
Rappleye, Charles.
Robert Morris : financier of the American Revolution / Charles Rappleye. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010. - x, 625 p. , [16] p. of plates: ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 585-601) and index.
Untitled -- Suing for peace, arming for war -- Independence -- War and politics -- Master of the secret network -- Congress in exile -- The return of Silas Deane -- Backlash -- Private fortune, public penury -- The Office of Finance -- Yorktown -- Executive action -- Fighting for funds -- A desperate gambit -- Final settlements -- The great bank debate -- The Constitution -- The first federal Congress -- The Compromise of 1790 -- Ruin.
9781416570912 1416570918
2010020461
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.
Governors--Pennsylvania--Biography.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783--Biography.
E302.6.M8 / R37 2010
973.3092 B
Robert Morris : financier of the American Revolution / Charles Rappleye. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010. - x, 625 p. , [16] p. of plates: ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 585-601) and index.
Untitled -- Suing for peace, arming for war -- Independence -- War and politics -- Master of the secret network -- Congress in exile -- The return of Silas Deane -- Backlash -- Private fortune, public penury -- The Office of Finance -- Yorktown -- Executive action -- Fighting for funds -- A desperate gambit -- Final settlements -- The great bank debate -- The Constitution -- The first federal Congress -- The Compromise of 1790 -- Ruin.
9781416570912 1416570918
2010020461
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806.
Governors--Pennsylvania--Biography.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783--Biography.
E302.6.M8 / R37 2010
973.3092 B