Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Facts about me

  • I was best known as "Financier of the Revolution"
  • I came to the colonies at the age of 13 to Oxford, Maryland and lived with my father
  • I apprenticed and then became a partner in a import firm
  • I Married Mary White in March 1769 and had five sons and two daughters
  • I was one of the wealthiest individuals in the colonies
  • I only supported colonial revolt after the Stamp Act was passed

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