Robert Morris's folly : the architectural and financial failures of an American founder / Ryan K. Smith.

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Smith, Ryan K

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and historyPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2014.Description: 1 online resource (346 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780300206975
0300206976
9781322094472
1322094470

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Robert Morris's Folly.DDC classification:

973.3 23

LOC classification:

E302.6.M8

Other classification:

BIO006000 | HIS036040 | HIS054000

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Contents:

His capital -- His family -- His family -- His plans -- His house -- His architect -- His folly -- His entreaties -- His ruins -- His release.

Summary: In 1798 Robert Morris - 'financier of the American Revolution', confidant of George Washington, former U.S. senator - plunged from the peaks of wealth and prestige into debtors'prison and public contempt. How could one of the richest men in the United States, one of only two founders who signed the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, suffer such a downfall? This book examines for the first time the extravagant Philadelphia town house Robert Morris built and its role in bringing about his ruin.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

His capital -- His family -- His family -- His plans -- His house -- His architect -- His folly -- His entreaties -- His ruins -- His release.

In 1798 Robert Morris - 'financier of the American Revolution', confidant of George Washington, former U.S. senator - plunged from the peaks of wealth and prestige into debtors'prison and public contempt. How could one of the richest men in the United States, one of only two founders who signed the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, suffer such a downfall? This book examines for the first time the extravagant Philadelphia town house Robert Morris built and its role in bringing about his ruin.

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