Author: Alexander Clarence Flick
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
New York History
Author: Alexander Clarence Flick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Traders and Gentlefolk
Author: Cynthia A. Kierner
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 150173153X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Including among their number a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the founder of an ironworks, the Livingstons were a prominent family in the political, economic, and social life of colonial New York. Drawing on a rich array of sources, Cynthia Kierner vividly recreates the history of four generations of Livingstons and sheds new light on the development of both the elite ideology they represented and of the wider culture of early America. Although New York's colonial elite have been considered self-interested political intriguers, Kierner contends that the Livingstons idealized gentility and public-spiritedness, industry and morality. She shows how New York's most successful traders became gentlefolk without abandoning their entrepreneurial values, how they forged a distinct culture, and how the Revolution ultimately occasioned the rejection of elite political authority. Traders and Gentlefolk focuses on the lives of four members of the family: Robert Livingston, a Scottish emigrant who, with his wife Alida Schuyler, attained substantial political influence and acquired Livingston Manor; their son Philip, whose outstanding commercial talents secured his descendants' financial security; Philip's son, William, an outspoken civic leader and energetic supporter of American independence; and Robert R. Livingston, a jurist and diplomat whose aristocratic temperament prevented him from playing a vital role in post-Revolutionary politics.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 150173153X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Including among their number a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the founder of an ironworks, the Livingstons were a prominent family in the political, economic, and social life of colonial New York. Drawing on a rich array of sources, Cynthia Kierner vividly recreates the history of four generations of Livingstons and sheds new light on the development of both the elite ideology they represented and of the wider culture of early America. Although New York's colonial elite have been considered self-interested political intriguers, Kierner contends that the Livingstons idealized gentility and public-spiritedness, industry and morality. She shows how New York's most successful traders became gentlefolk without abandoning their entrepreneurial values, how they forged a distinct culture, and how the Revolution ultimately occasioned the rejection of elite political authority. Traders and Gentlefolk focuses on the lives of four members of the family: Robert Livingston, a Scottish emigrant who, with his wife Alida Schuyler, attained substantial political influence and acquired Livingston Manor; their son Philip, whose outstanding commercial talents secured his descendants' financial security; Philip's son, William, an outspoken civic leader and energetic supporter of American independence; and Robert R. Livingston, a jurist and diplomat whose aristocratic temperament prevented him from playing a vital role in post-Revolutionary politics.
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial
Author: William Richard Cutter
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Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Publisher:
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Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Contributions to the History of Ancient Families of New Amsterdam and New York
Author: Edwin Ruthven Purple
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385423902
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385423902
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Genealogies of the State of New York
Author: Tunis Garret Bergen
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Category : Long Island (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Category : Long Island (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey ...
Author: Francis Bazley Lee
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Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Publisher:
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Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley
Author: Cuyler Reynolds
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Category : Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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Category : Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs
Author: Cuyler Reynolds
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Category : Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley
Author: William Richard Cutter
Publisher:
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Category : Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Category : Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record
Author: Richard Henry Greene
Publisher:
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description