Author: F. Edward Wright
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781585493111
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
These wills were abstracted under the auspices of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania in the early 1900s. Every name mentioned in the will is abstracted, as well as land tract names, residence, and occupation of the deceased when given. Entries may
Abstracts of Philadelphia County [Pennsylvania] Wills, 1726-1747
Author: F. Edward Wright
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781585493111
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
These wills were abstracted under the auspices of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania in the early 1900s. Every name mentioned in the will is abstracted, as well as land tract names, residence, and occupation of the deceased when given. Entries may
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781585493111
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
These wills were abstracted under the auspices of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania in the early 1900s. Every name mentioned in the will is abstracted, as well as land tract names, residence, and occupation of the deceased when given. Entries may
Indian Captive, Indian King
Author: Timothy J. Shannon
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674976320
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
In 1758 Peter Williamson, dressed as an Indian, peddled a tale in Scotland about being kidnapped as a young boy, sold into slavery and servitude, captured by Indians, and made a prisoner of war. Separating fact from fiction, Timothy Shannon illuminates the curiosity about America among working-class people on the margins of empire.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674976320
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
In 1758 Peter Williamson, dressed as an Indian, peddled a tale in Scotland about being kidnapped as a young boy, sold into slavery and servitude, captured by Indians, and made a prisoner of war. Separating fact from fiction, Timothy Shannon illuminates the curiosity about America among working-class people on the margins of empire.
A Peculiar Mixture
Author: Jan Stievermann
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271069732
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Through innovative interdisciplinary methodologies and fresh avenues of inquiry, the nine essays collected in A Peculiar Mixture endeavor to transform how we understand the bewildering multiplicity and complexity that characterized the experience of German-speaking people in the middle colonies. They explore how the various cultural expressions of German speakers helped them bridge regional, religious, and denominational divides and eventually find a way to partake in America’s emerging national identity. Instead of thinking about early American culture and literature as evolving continuously as a singular entity, the contributions to this volume conceive of it as an ever-shifting and tangled “web of contact zones.” They present a society with a plurality of different native and colonial cultures interacting not only with one another but also with cultures and traditions from outside the colonies, in a “peculiar mixture” of Old World practices and New World influences. Aside from the editors, the contributors are Rosalind J. Beiler, Patrick M. Erben, Cynthia G. Falk, Marie Basile McDaniel, Philip Otterness, Liam Riordan, Matthias Schönhofer, and Marianne S. Wokeck.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271069732
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Through innovative interdisciplinary methodologies and fresh avenues of inquiry, the nine essays collected in A Peculiar Mixture endeavor to transform how we understand the bewildering multiplicity and complexity that characterized the experience of German-speaking people in the middle colonies. They explore how the various cultural expressions of German speakers helped them bridge regional, religious, and denominational divides and eventually find a way to partake in America’s emerging national identity. Instead of thinking about early American culture and literature as evolving continuously as a singular entity, the contributions to this volume conceive of it as an ever-shifting and tangled “web of contact zones.” They present a society with a plurality of different native and colonial cultures interacting not only with one another but also with cultures and traditions from outside the colonies, in a “peculiar mixture” of Old World practices and New World influences. Aside from the editors, the contributors are Rosalind J. Beiler, Patrick M. Erben, Cynthia G. Falk, Marie Basile McDaniel, Philip Otterness, Liam Riordan, Matthias Schönhofer, and Marianne S. Wokeck.
Experiencing Empire
Author: Patrick Griffin
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813939895
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Born of clashing visions of empire in England and the colonies, the American Revolution saw men and women grappling with power— and its absence—in dynamic ways. On both sides of the revolutionary divide, Americans viewed themselves as an imperial people. This perspective conditioned how they understood the exercise of power, how they believed governments had to function, and how they situated themselves in a world dominated by other imperial players. Eighteenth-century Americans experienced what can be called an "imperial-revolutionary moment." Over the course of the eighteenth century, the colonies were integrated into a broader Atlantic world, a process that forced common men and women to reexamine the meanings and influences of empire in their own lives. The tensions inherent in this process led to revolution. After the Revolution, the idea of empire provided order—albeit at a cost to many—during a chaotic period. Viewing the early republic from an imperial-revolutionary perspective, the essays in this collection consider subjects as far-ranging as merchants, winemaking, slavery, sex, and chronology to nostalgia, fort construction, and urban unrest. They move from the very center of the empire in London to the far western frontier near St. Louis, offering a new way to consider America’s most formative period.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813939895
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Born of clashing visions of empire in England and the colonies, the American Revolution saw men and women grappling with power— and its absence—in dynamic ways. On both sides of the revolutionary divide, Americans viewed themselves as an imperial people. This perspective conditioned how they understood the exercise of power, how they believed governments had to function, and how they situated themselves in a world dominated by other imperial players. Eighteenth-century Americans experienced what can be called an "imperial-revolutionary moment." Over the course of the eighteenth century, the colonies were integrated into a broader Atlantic world, a process that forced common men and women to reexamine the meanings and influences of empire in their own lives. The tensions inherent in this process led to revolution. After the Revolution, the idea of empire provided order—albeit at a cost to many—during a chaotic period. Viewing the early republic from an imperial-revolutionary perspective, the essays in this collection consider subjects as far-ranging as merchants, winemaking, slavery, sex, and chronology to nostalgia, fort construction, and urban unrest. They move from the very center of the empire in London to the far western frontier near St. Louis, offering a new way to consider America’s most formative period.
Ancestry
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Genealogical & Local History Books in Print
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ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
The Treesearcher
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Category : Kansas
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
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Category : Kansas
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Heritage Quest
Author:
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 840
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ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
"We Shall Not Differ in Heaven"
Author: Marie Basile McDaniel
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
John Brooke (1638-1699) and Frances Morton of Hullock & Hagg, Yorkshire
Author: William B. Fetters
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description