Gazette Of The United States

From the Salem (Mass.) Gazette

From a Correspondent.

ALBERT GALLATIN,

Who is so well known in Congress, was a citizen of Geneva, of a very reputable family. The troubles in that republic determined him in his youth to visit America. Upon his arrival, he was highly recommended by some distinguished French lords officers to the celebrated Dr. Cooper, of Boston, who introduced him as an instructor in the French language, into the University of Cambridge. He was the first person ever employed in this branch of instruction, by the authority of the University, and his abilities were respected, his success acknowledged, and his morals were never impeached. He was well informed in history, and a correct scholar in French literature. As his support depended on the consent of the students, he thought it inadequate to his wishes, and desirous of a more sure establishment, he determined to visit our interior country, or to place himself with greater advantages in some other University. He left Cambridge in July 1783, and soon after reports of his death were spread in America and Europe. His friends in Geneva applied to our minister in Paris, requesting information respecting him, and their desires were published in the Gazettes. He was then pursuing his travels in our interior country, and he returned to this state in Feb. 1785, after having made choice of a spot in the interior parts of Pennsylvania for a settlement. Having received property from his friends in Geneva, he is now in the independence and ease of a Pennsylvania farmer. He soon engaged the notice of the citizens, and has been in the Senate of the United States, and is a member of their house of representatives, from the state of Pennsylvania.