Gallatin
[gal-uh-tin]
- Albert,1761–1849, U.S. statesman: Secretary of the Treasury 1801–13.
- a town in N Tennessee.
- a river in NW Wyoming and SW Montana, flowing NW to join the Jefferson and Madison rivers in forming the Missouri River. 120 miles (193 km) long.
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Meanwhile Gallatin had attained his twenty-fifth year and his majority.
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Of favoritism in appointments Mr. Gallatin could not be accused.
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The father was dead, and the mother took lodgers, of whom Gallatin was one.
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In 1813, when the bank was “down,” Mr. Gallatin was no longer master of the situation.
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Mr. Jefferson persisted, and Mr. Gallatin's judgment was vindicated by the result.
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