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Andrew Dexter Jr. (March 28, 1779 – November 2, 1837), was an American lawyer, financier, and speculator. He is known for committing one of the first major financial frauds in the United States, and for being the founder of Montgomery, Alabama .
This is Andrew Dexter who tortured his girlfriend with a blow-torch and eventually killed her. A judge gave him a life sentence yesterday for manslaugher - but he could be out on parole in seven...
In 1807, Andrew Dexter began construction of the tallest building in America, a temple of finance that soared an unheard-of seven stories -- and caused the young republic’s first major bank collapse.
Nominally the story of the string of bank failures, largely induced by one Andrew Dexter Jr. in 1808, a big chunk of this book is actually about the project that Dexter took stupid chances to complete; a seven-story, multi-purpose building in Boston called the Exchange Coffee House.
Andrew Dexter Jr. (March 28, 1779 – November 2, 1837), was an American lawyer, financier, and speculator. He is known for committing one of the first major financial frauds in the United States, and for being the founder of Montgomery, Alabama.
Dexter Avenue, changed from its original Market Street in 1884, is as far as many know the name. Some are aware of his aspirations for the town and his gift of Goat Hill, the site of the state capitol, to the city, but that is as much as most know.
The Judge who jailed sadistic killer Andrew Dexter has defended criticism of the "lenient" sentence he handed out. He took the highly-unusual step following a public outcry after it was...
