Hannah Farber

Marine insurance itself was a business that flourished during periods of war and uncertainty. It had a complex relationship with the British state.

Insuring against the cost of insurance itself in Revolutionary-era America.

When Thomas Jefferson’s administration was debating whether to declare war against Britain, it came up against America’s wealthy and influential marine underwriters.

A review of a "The Low Road," a “mordantly anti-Hamiltonian” play that made its debut at New York's Public Theater this spring.