Identify the author and title to which the following selecti…

Identify the author and title to which the following selection belongs.  ALSO, in 2-3 sentences explain the meaning and significance of the selection to the whole work. Having emerged from Poverty and Obscurity in which I was born and bred, to a State of Affluence and some Degree of Reputation in the World, and having gone so far thro’ Life with a considerable Share of Felicity, the conducting means I made use of, with the Blessing of God, so well succeeded, my Posterity may like to know as . . . therefore fit to be imitated. 

This government agency was created by Congress to bring conf…

This government agency was created by Congress to bring confidence to the banking system.  It insures depositors that if the bank fails, it will insure money up to a certain amount.  In the 1920s, depositors’ money was insured up to $2,500.  Now, depositors’ money is insured up to $250,000.