Why is Stephen Girard, a figure from late Colonial America, important today? As a teenager, he left home in Bordeaux, France with meager funds and went to sea as a merchant marine, following his family's tradition.
In early summer, 1776, he landed in Philadelphia when a British blockade forced his ship into the city's Delaware River port.
With his extraordinary intelligence and with an ability to foresee market trends and grasp the mysteries of international trade, he remained in Philadelphia.
Sunstone Press Stephen girard, paperback/james j. raciti
