Talk:William Duer (Continental congressman)

message: Interesting "Duer was part of a conspiracy of equally avaricious aristocrats. Like all those who would follow them in the centuries to come, they were way over extended and crashed. New Yorkers were so outraged at their behavior that they chased Duer through the streets, nearly disemboweled him until he was arrested and taken to debtor's prison where he died in 1799."
:Aristocrats is a bit much; but he was a High Federalist. We should mention his connection with Clive, and with Schuyler, and above all his office as first Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 21:12, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: *Support as nom. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 21:12, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: At the least, the disambiguation should be changed. Calling him delegate because he was a member of the Continental Congress is willful obscurity; nor is it what he was best known for (that would be the Assistant Secretaryship). Any of the following would be preferable:
*(Continental Congress), since (Congressman) does not distinguish.
*(Assistant Secretary)
*(Treasury)
* (Federalist); his grandson was a Whig. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 15:07, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: A section can be added about the insider trade act.
Few references:
* http://archive.fortune.com/galleries/2010/fortune/1005/gallery.dumbest_insider_trades.fortune/8.html
* https://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2017/04/05/the-man-behind-the-panic-of-1792-and-the-first-wall-street-insider/
* http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/06/02/DI2005060201513.html?noredirect=on
Baijum81 (talk) 12:28, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  First insider trader 

message: Do we know where in Devon he was born? 2A00:23C4:6C0C:A900:C913:4388:A7DE:6516 (talk) 10:15, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Duer was born in Devonshire, England. Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. Allreet (talk) 17:29, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Devon

message: @User:Randy Kryn: William Duer is considered a Founding Father by whom? Since you didn't add a citation, we have no way of telling. So please apply one so we can discuss what your source is and then what other sources have to say. Allreet (talk) 10:16, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Having signed the Articles of Confederation, Duer is considered a founding father. Thus, I removed the disputed template. Allreet (talk) 17:06, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dispute Founding Father claim 

message: Hello,
Been following this thread for a bit. Any reason why we prefer the description "(U.S. Founder)" in the namespace?? I get that being on the Articles of Confederation means you are a "founding father", but I think "U.S. Founder" is a poor and obtrusive way to point this out. We don't say "George Washington (U.S. Founder)" or "Samuel Adams (U.S. Founder)" for their pages; I personally would prefer "William Duer (politician)" or, as was, "William Duer (Continential congressman)".
Some other page changes that happened this morning, include:
* Andrew Adams (politician) -> :Andrew Adams (U.S. Founder)
* John Collins (Continental Congress) -> John Collins (U.S. Founding Father) -> :John Collins (U.S. Founder)
It seems the user making these changes was just blocked for using multiple accounts. So, just trying to gain consensus on whether to revert or produce a standard (well, at least a standard for these 3). --Engineerchange (talk) 13:34, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Namespace changes to "(U.S. Founder)"