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Thomas Willing: The Revolutionary War Arms Dealer Who Led the First Bank of the United States
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America's Revolutionary War would have almost certainly been lost if not for Thomas Willing, the wealthiest merchant in the colonies.
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A clear look at the merchant credit that kept the Revolution moving.
The episode treats Revolutionary War finance as more than a footnote, and Thomas Willing emerges as a useful guide to the system behind it. As a prominent Philadelphia merchant and financier with a successful importing and exporting firm, he helps show how the Continental Army…
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You want the Revolution explained through credit, supply lines, and one indispensable merchant.
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