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The Beginning:
January 29, 1761 -- Abraham Alphonse Albert Gallatin was born in the city-state of Geneva, Switzerland. Albert's parents Jean and Sophie were comfortably wealthy and perhaps considered somewhat aristocratic. Their wealth came from the family's watch making business. Albert had one sibling -- a sister named Susanne. Susanne born five years before Albert, was diagnosed with a nervous disease and sent to a French medical center while she was still an infant. |