Albert Gallatin, The Man of Peace

Authors

William D. Carter III

Keywords

Albert Gallatin, diplomacy, peace

Abstract

On July 15, 1780, a nineteen-year old graduate of the Academy of Geneva, after forty-nine days voyage on the American vessel Kitty, put ashore at Cape Anne, Massachusetts, and on a borrowed horse rode twenty-six miles to Boston. Thus began the fortunes in the New World of Albert Gallatin who, until his death at 89 years, was to make an outstanding contribution to the life of his adopted country. Thanks to the systematic organization of his correspondence, now available in the New York Historical Society, and the dissemination of microfilms of this correspondence made possible by New York University, it is now possible for scholars throughout the country to go more deeply into the details of Gallatin's long career. We welcome the fact that a man great in our history, can now be studied systematically anywhere.

Recommended Citation

Carter, William D. III (1982) "Albert Gallatin, The Man of Peace," Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter: Vol. 18: Iss. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_newsletter/vol18/iss1/5