biography
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| lived:
| (1747–99)
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| biography:
| Merchant and financier, born in Devonshire, SW England, UK. He went to New York City (1773–4) and quickly became an ardent patriot and prosperous merchant. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress (1777–9) and thwarted the Conway Cabal conspiracy in 1778, and was briefly assistant secretary of the US Treasury (1789–90). Often involved in financial and land speculations, he was imprisoned for debt (1792–9), except for a short period in 1797, an event that brought about the first financial panic in New York's history. |
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