Thomas Barclay (1728-1793)

2008
 |  Biography & Autobiography
Thomas Barclay (1728-1793)

Author: Priscilla H. Roberts

Publisher: Associated University Presse

ISBN: 093422398X

Category: Biography & Autobiography

Page: 412

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"This is the first-ever biography of Thomas Barclay, the first American consul to serve the United States abroad and the man who, in 1786, successfully negotiated our first treaty with an Arab, African, or Muslim nation. It is the story of an Ulster-born immigrant building his fortune as a Philadelphia merchant in international trade, then losing it as he gives priority to his adopted country's fight to gain and build on independence. It tells how, after emigrating to Philadelphia in the 1760s, Barclay became a leading member of the Irish community, a successful merchant/ship owner, and political activist. This biography follows his move to France with his wife and three small children when the Continental Congress named him consul in 1781. There, before an American consular service existed, before Congress knew a consul from a consul general, Thomas Barclay did whatever was needed, wherever it was needed. To shipping, naval, and other tasks, Congress added an audit of American public expenditures in Europe since 1776. Then Jefferson and Adams added diplomacy in Barbary, where Barclay negotiated a rare tribute-free treaty of commerce and amity with the Sultan of Morocco. His personal relationships with Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson reveal as much about them as about him. On assignment for President Washington in 1793, he became the first American diplomat to die in a foreign country in the service of the United States."--BOOK JACKET.

A Gentleman of Color

2002-01-24
 |  Biography & Autobiography
A Gentleman of Color

Author: Julie Winch

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780190282196

Category: Biography & Autobiography

Page: 528

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Winch has written the first full-length biography of James Forten, a hero of African American history and one of the most remarkable men in 19th-century America. Born into a free black family in 1766, Forten served in the Revolutionary War as a teenager. By 1810 he had earned the distinction of being the leading sailmaker in Philadelphia. Soon after Forten emerged as a leader in Philadelphia's black community and was active in a wide range of reform activities. Especially prominent in national and international antislavery movements, he served as vice-president of the American Anti-Slavery Society and became close friends with William Lloyd Garrison to whom he lent money to start up the Liberator. His family were all active abolitionists and a granddaughter, Charlotte Forten, published a famous diary of her experiences teaching ex-slaves in South Carolina's Sea Islands during the Civil War. This is the first serious biography of Forten, who stands beside Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and Martin Luther King, Jr., in the pantheon of African Americans who fundamentally shaped American history.

List of Surveyors 1911-1915

1911-01-01
 |  History
List of Surveyors 1911-1915

Author: Lloyd's Register Foundation

Publisher: Lloyd's Register

ISBN:

Category: History

Page: 48

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The Lists of Surveyors, first published in 1834, contain the names of surveyors of Lloyd’s Register and the ports to which they were appointed.

Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1916 Sailing Vessels

1916-01-01
 |  History
Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1916 Sailing Vessels

Author: Lloyd's Register Foundation

Publisher: Lloyd's Register

ISBN:

Category: History

Page: 630

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The Lloyd's Register of Shipping records the details of merchant vessels over 100 gross tonnes, which are self-propelled and sea-going, regardless of classification. Before the time, only those vessels classed by Lloyd's Register were listed. Vessels are listed alphabetically by their current name.

Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1909 Steamers

1909-01-01
 |  History
Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1909 Steamers

Author: Lloyd's Register Foundation

Publisher: Lloyd's Register

ISBN:

Category: History

Page: 1508

View: 551

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The Lloyd's Register of Shipping records the details of merchant vessels over 100 gross tonnes, which are self-propelled and sea-going, regardless of classification. Before the time, only those vessels classed by Lloyd's Register were listed. Vessels are listed alphabetically by their current name.

Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1908 Steamers

1908-01-01
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Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1908 Steamers

Author: Lloyd's Register Foundation

Publisher: Lloyd's Register

ISBN:

Category: History

Page: 1532

View: 841

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The Lloyd's Register of Shipping records the details of merchant vessels over 100 gross tonnes, which are self-propelled and sea-going, regardless of classification. Before the time, only those vessels classed by Lloyd's Register were listed. Vessels are listed alphabetically by their current name.