Richard Vague Author Event

Join us for the author and book event for The Banker Who Made America: Thomas Willing and the Rise of the American Financial Aristocracy 1731-1821 by author, banker, policy advisor, public intellectual Richard Vague. Philadelphia magazine editor Christine Speer Lejeune and Vague will sit down to dive into the life and legacy of Thomas Willing, whose role as America’s preeminent merchant trader, first central banker and one of the major funders of the American Revolution didn’t just shape the new country but arguably saved it in its earliest days.
$5 entry fee. Free to Citizen and Fitler Club members.
$35 for book purchase pre-order at checkout. Headhouse Books will be selling books on site as well.
DATE: February 26
TIME: 5:30-7:30pm
LOCATION: Fitler Club Ballroom, 1 South 24th Street