Author: Lyman Horace Weeks
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Prominent Families of New York
Author: Lyman Horace Weeks
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
From Empire to Revolution
Author: Greg Brooking
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820365955
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
From Empire to Revolution is the first biography devoted to an in-depth examination of the life and conflicted career of Sir James Wright (1716–1785). Greg Brooking uses Wright’s life as a means to better understand the complex struggle for power in both colonial Georgia and the larger British Empire. James Wright lived a transatlantic life, taking advantage of every imperial opportunity afforded him. He earned numerous important government posts and amassed an incredible fortune, totaling over £100,000 sterling. An England-born grandson of Sir Robert Wright, James Wright was raised in Charleston, South Carolina, following his father’s appointment as the chief justice of that colony. Young James served South Carolina in a number of capacities, public and ecclesiastical, prior to his admittance to London’s famed Gray’s Inn to study law. Most notably, he was appointed South Carolina’s attorney general and colonial agent to London prior to becoming the governor of Georgia in 1761. Wright’s long imperial career delicately balanced dual loyalties to Crown and colony and offers a new perspective on loyalism and the American Revolution. Through this lens, Greg Brooking connects several important contexts in recent early American and British scholarship, including imperial and Atlantic history, Indigenous borderlands, race and slavery, and popular politics.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820365955
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
From Empire to Revolution is the first biography devoted to an in-depth examination of the life and conflicted career of Sir James Wright (1716–1785). Greg Brooking uses Wright’s life as a means to better understand the complex struggle for power in both colonial Georgia and the larger British Empire. James Wright lived a transatlantic life, taking advantage of every imperial opportunity afforded him. He earned numerous important government posts and amassed an incredible fortune, totaling over £100,000 sterling. An England-born grandson of Sir Robert Wright, James Wright was raised in Charleston, South Carolina, following his father’s appointment as the chief justice of that colony. Young James served South Carolina in a number of capacities, public and ecclesiastical, prior to his admittance to London’s famed Gray’s Inn to study law. Most notably, he was appointed South Carolina’s attorney general and colonial agent to London prior to becoming the governor of Georgia in 1761. Wright’s long imperial career delicately balanced dual loyalties to Crown and colony and offers a new perspective on loyalism and the American Revolution. Through this lens, Greg Brooking connects several important contexts in recent early American and British scholarship, including imperial and Atlantic history, Indigenous borderlands, race and slavery, and popular politics.
Winslow Papers, A.D. 1776-1826
Author: Edward Winslow
Publisher: St. John, N.B. : Sun Printine
ISBN:
Category : American loyalists
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Publisher: St. John, N.B. : Sun Printine
ISBN:
Category : American loyalists
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
The Heath Papers
Author: William Heath
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Letter from Alexander Hamilton, Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq., President of the United States
Author: Alexander Hamilton
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
An Appeal to the Justice and Interests of the People of Great Britain
Author: Arthur Lee
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America
Author: John Adams
Publisher:
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Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
The Papers of General Nathanael Greene
Author: Nathanael Greene
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780807829431
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Papers of General Nathanael Greene: Volume XIII: 22 May 1783 - 13 June 1786, with Additions to the Series
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780807829431
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Papers of General Nathanael Greene: Volume XIII: 22 May 1783 - 13 June 1786, with Additions to the Series
Political History of America's Wars
Author: Alan Axelrod
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781483300597
Category : Politics and war
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Political History of Americas Wars is the first reference work to explore the legislative, social, and policy aspects of Americas major wars, rebellions, and insurrections. This new volume weaves together important primary source documents, informative biographies, and in-depth essays to provide coverage of the political antecedents, events, and consequences of Americas wars, from the American Revolution to Operation Iraqi Freedom. This user-friendly online resource features: chronological chapters on each of Americas approximately fifty wars, rebellions, and insurrections; in-depth essays discussing Americas colonial period and the Indian Wars, the imperialist era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the modern era of America as global policeman, and more; primary source documents and materials on relevant legislation and congressional resolutions, executive orders, proclamations, court cases, and constitutional amendments; and vital coverage of war-time events and trends including elections and political parties, public opinion, propaganda, media coverage, foreign relations, diplomacy, and treaties and alliances.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781483300597
Category : Politics and war
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Political History of Americas Wars is the first reference work to explore the legislative, social, and policy aspects of Americas major wars, rebellions, and insurrections. This new volume weaves together important primary source documents, informative biographies, and in-depth essays to provide coverage of the political antecedents, events, and consequences of Americas wars, from the American Revolution to Operation Iraqi Freedom. This user-friendly online resource features: chronological chapters on each of Americas approximately fifty wars, rebellions, and insurrections; in-depth essays discussing Americas colonial period and the Indian Wars, the imperialist era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the modern era of America as global policeman, and more; primary source documents and materials on relevant legislation and congressional resolutions, executive orders, proclamations, court cases, and constitutional amendments; and vital coverage of war-time events and trends including elections and political parties, public opinion, propaganda, media coverage, foreign relations, diplomacy, and treaties and alliances.
You Are Not Forgotten
Author: Bryan Bender
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307946460
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
In 1944 Major Marion “Ryan” McCown Jr., an earnest young Marine Corps pilot, came under attack by enemy fire and went down with his plane, lost to the dense jungle of Papua New Guinea. Some sixty years later, Major George Eyster V would find himself in the same sweltering and nearly impenetrable rain forest searching for evidence of MIAs. Coming from a long line of military officers dating back to the Revolutionary War, army service was Eyster’s family legacy. After a disillusioning tour of duty in Iraq and almost ending his army career, he accepts a posting to JPAC instead, an elite division whose sole mission is to bring all fallen soldiers home to the country for which they gave their lives. While Eyster’s search for McCown proves difficult, what emerges at the end of the unforgettable mission is an inspiring true tale of loss and redemption.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307946460
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
In 1944 Major Marion “Ryan” McCown Jr., an earnest young Marine Corps pilot, came under attack by enemy fire and went down with his plane, lost to the dense jungle of Papua New Guinea. Some sixty years later, Major George Eyster V would find himself in the same sweltering and nearly impenetrable rain forest searching for evidence of MIAs. Coming from a long line of military officers dating back to the Revolutionary War, army service was Eyster’s family legacy. After a disillusioning tour of duty in Iraq and almost ending his army career, he accepts a posting to JPAC instead, an elite division whose sole mission is to bring all fallen soldiers home to the country for which they gave their lives. While Eyster’s search for McCown proves difficult, what emerges at the end of the unforgettable mission is an inspiring true tale of loss and redemption.