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    Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin

    Birth: 1-29-1761

    Death: 8-12-1849

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Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (January 29, 1761 – August 12, 1849) was a Swiss-American politician, diplomat, ethnologist and linguist. He served as a Congressman, Senator, United States Ambassador and was the longest-serving United States Secretary of the Treasury. In 1831, he founded the University of the City of New York, now New York University.

Letter References

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, December 4, 1847

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, February 3, 1831

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