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1 online resource (469 pages) |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; FOREWORD; FOREWORD BY GABRIEL HANOTAUX; PART I -- THE BACONS; CHAPTER I -- A GOODLY INHERITANCE; PART II -- EARLY LIFE; CHAPTER II -- HARVARD COLLEGE DAYS; CHAPTER III -- THE RACE AROUND THE WORLD; CHAPTER IV -- MARRIAGE; PART III -- THE WORLD OF FINANCE; CHAPTER V -- THE RELIEF OF THE GOVERNMENT; CHAPTER VI -- THE UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION; CHAPTER VII -- THE NORTHERN SECURITIES COMPANY; PART IV -- THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE; CHAPTER VIII -- THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY; THE PEACE OF THE MARBLEHEAD -- INTERVENTION OF THE UNITED STATES IN CUBA, 1906; THE DOMINICAN LOAN |
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THE PORTO RICAN CHURCH PROPERTY SETTLEMENTTHE PANAMA AFFAIR; CHAPTER IX -- SECRETARY OF STATE; A PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE; THE CONFERENCE FOR THE CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; PART V -- THE MISSION TO FRANCE; CHAPTER X -- THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR; THE PARIS FLOOD; COLONEL ROOSEVELT'S VISIT; CHAPTER XI -- THE FRIEND OF FRANCE -- THE BAPTISM OF AMERICA; DIPLOMATIC COLLEAGUES; RESIGNATION; PART VI -- FELLOW OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY; CHAPTER XII -- IN SERVICE TO HARVARD; PART VII -- FOR BETTER RELATIONS WITH OUR LATIN-AMERICAN NEIGHBOURS; CHAPTER XIII -- THE VISIT TO SOUTH AMERICA |
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PART VIII -- PREPAREDNESSCHAPTER XIV -- THE FIRST YEARS OF THE WAR; CHAPTER XV -- PLATTSBURG; CHAPTER XVI -- CANDIDACY FOR THE SENATE; PART IX -- MILITARY SERVICE; CHAPTER XVII -- POST COMMANDANT AT CHAUMONT; CHAPTER XVIII -- CHIEF OF MISSION AT BRITISH GENERAL HEADQUARTERS; CHAPTER XIX -- AFTER THE ARMISTICE; CHAPTER XX -- HOME |
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Print version record |
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Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919.
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Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919. |
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Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Capitalists and financiers.
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United States.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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Haig, Field-Marshal Earl
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Root, Root
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| ISBN |
9781782891710 |
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1782891714 |
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