Robert Morris's Folly: The Architectural and Financial Failures of an American Founder

(Part of the The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History Series)

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In 1798 Robert Morris--"financier of the American Revolution," confidant of George Washington, former U.S. senator--plunged from the peaks of wealth and prestige into debtors' prison and public contempt. How could one of the richest men in the United States, one of only two founders who signed the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, suffer such a downfall?

This book examines for the first...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0300196040

ISBN13:9780300196047

Release Date:September 2014

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:360 Pages

Weight:0.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"

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Robert Morris's Folly: The Architectural and Financial Failures of an American Founder

(Part of the The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History Series)

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