The King of the Alley William Duer: Poitician, Entrepreneur, and Speculator, 1768-1799

Bok av Robert Francis Jones
Jones offers a full study of the career of late-18th century entrepreneur William Duer, a member of the New York State Convention and the Continental Congress, and assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury when the Federal government was organized. Duer had a role in all the significant changes that occurred during the revolutionary period.