Robert Morris
Subtitle: financier of the American Revolution
By: Charles Rappleye.
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover [ed.].
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 625
ISBN-13: 9781416570912
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 585-601) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part 1 : Revolutions.; title: "A character I am proud of"; title: Suing for peace, arming for war; title: Independence; title: War and politics; title: Master of the secret network; title: Congress in exile; title: The return of Silas Deane; title: Backlash; title: Part 2 : The financier.; title: Private fortune, public penury; title: The Office of Finance; title: Yorktown; title: Executive action; title: Fighting for funds; title: A desperate gambit; title: Final settlements; title: Part 3 : The new republic.; title: The great bank debate; title: The Constitution; title: The first federal Congress; title: The Compromise of 1790; title: Ruin; title: Epilogue