Stephen Girard
Subtitle: America's colonial olympian, 1750-1831
By: by James J. Raciti
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Sante Fe
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781632930705
Subjects: Girard College for Orphans; Philanthropists; Merchants; Bankers; Biography
Description: "Biography of a Colonial/Revolutionary-era American patriot, philanthropist, and founder of Girard College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who, by the early eighteen hundreds, had become the richest man in America"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Childhood : Chartons, France, 1750-1764; title: Young business man, 1764-1774; title: A new nation, 1774-1776; title: Marriage, 1776-1777; title: Mount Holly : happiness and turmoil for newlyweds, 1777-1778; title: Mary Girard's illness : partnership problems, 1778; title: Privateering and piracy, 1778-1785; title: Global trade, 1785-1793; title: Family and friends : slave uprising, 1791; title: Outbreak of yellow fever, 1793; title: Banking : domestic arrangements : foreign policies, 1793-1831; title: Farmer : Water Street house : more politics, 1795-1830; title: Girard's estate planning : family needs : lifestyle, 1795-1799; title: The War of 1812 : real estate interests, 1812; title: Accident and death, 1830-1831; title: The execution of the will : college construction planned, 1831; title: Girard College, 1832; title: The aftermath : building for the future, 1832.