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Thomas Barclay (1728-1793)
Roberts, Priscilla H.; Roberts, Richard S.
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Description for Thomas Barclay (1728-1793)
Hardback. This is the first biography of the first American consul to serve the United States abroad and the first representative to successfully negotiate for America in North Africa. Series: Studies in Eighteenth-Century America and the Atlantic World. Num Pages: 407 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 168 x 26. Weight in Grams: 712.
Long overdue, this is the first-ever biography of Thomas Barclay (1728-93), the first American consul to serve the United States abroad and the first representative to successfully negotiate for America in North Africa, then known as Barbary. It is the account of an Ulster-born immigrant earning his fortune as a Philadelphia merchant and then losing it as he gives priority to his adopted country's fight to gain and build its independence. Thomas Barclay's association with Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams brings new insights into the personalities of these men and the international issues they and America faced when ... Read more
Long overdue, this is the first-ever biography of Thomas Barclay (1728-93), the first American consul to serve the United States abroad and the first representative to successfully negotiate for America in North Africa, then known as Barbary. It is the account of an Ulster-born immigrant earning his fortune as a Philadelphia merchant and then losing it as he gives priority to his adopted country's fight to gain and build its independence. Thomas Barclay's association with Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams brings new insights into the personalities of these men and the international issues they and America faced when ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Lehigh University Press United States
Number of pages
407
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Eighteenth-Century America and the Atlantic World
Number of Pages
407
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611460513
SKU
V9781611460513
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About Roberts, Priscilla H.; Roberts, Richard S.
Priscilla H. Roberts and Richard S. Roberts are independent scholars.
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