Coming from Geneva in Switzerland, the aristocrat Albert de Gallatin launched his unusual immigrant career 235 years ago in America. Albert de Gallatin was part of the American government under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Yet he is practically forgotten, both in America and in Switzerland. A few measly parks and schools bear his name, but look outside the library of the Senate, and no one knows a thing.
I like history. If it is sometimes weird and wonderful, so much the better.
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