Author: Lawrence H. Leder
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807838624
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
This is the biography of a wily Scots settler who arrived in New York in 1675 and became one of the colony's wealthiest and most powerful citizens. His career illustrates the growing breach between English and American approaches to political and administrative problems. Originally published in 1961. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Robert Livingston and the Politics of Colonial New York, 1654-1728
Author: Lawrence H. Leder
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807838624
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
This is the biography of a wily Scots settler who arrived in New York in 1675 and became one of the colony's wealthiest and most powerful citizens. His career illustrates the growing breach between English and American approaches to political and administrative problems. Originally published in 1961. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807838624
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
This is the biography of a wily Scots settler who arrived in New York in 1675 and became one of the colony's wealthiest and most powerful citizens. His career illustrates the growing breach between English and American approaches to political and administrative problems. Originally published in 1961. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Robert Livingston, 1654-1728
Author: Lawrence H. Leder
Publisher: Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va., by the University of North Carolina Press
ISBN:
Category : Founding Fathers of the United States
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Publisher: Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va., by the University of North Carolina Press
ISBN:
Category : Founding Fathers of the United States
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Becoming German
Author: Philip Otterness
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801471176
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Becoming German tells the intriguing story of the largest and earliest mass movement of German-speaking immigrants to America. The so-called Palatine migration of 1709 began in the western part of the Holy Roman Empire, where perhaps as many as thirty thousand people left their homes, lured by rumors that Britain's Queen Anne would give them free passage overseas and land in America. They journeyed down the Rhine and eventually made their way to London, where they settled in refugee camps. The rumors of free passage and land proved false, but, in an attempt to clear the camps, the British government finally agreed to send about three thousand of the immigrants to New York in exchange for several years of labor. After their arrival, the Palatines refused to work as indentured servants and eventually settled in autonomous German communities near the Iroquois of central New York. Becoming German tracks the Palatines' travels from Germany to London to New York City and into the frontier areas of New York. Philip Otterness demonstrates that the Palatines cannot be viewed as a cohesive "German" group until after their arrival in America; indeed, they came from dozens of distinct principalities in the Holy Roman Empire. It was only in refusing to assimilate to British colonial culture—instead maintaining separate German-speaking communities and mixing on friendly terms with Native American neighbors—that the Palatines became German in America.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801471176
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Becoming German tells the intriguing story of the largest and earliest mass movement of German-speaking immigrants to America. The so-called Palatine migration of 1709 began in the western part of the Holy Roman Empire, where perhaps as many as thirty thousand people left their homes, lured by rumors that Britain's Queen Anne would give them free passage overseas and land in America. They journeyed down the Rhine and eventually made their way to London, where they settled in refugee camps. The rumors of free passage and land proved false, but, in an attempt to clear the camps, the British government finally agreed to send about three thousand of the immigrants to New York in exchange for several years of labor. After their arrival, the Palatines refused to work as indentured servants and eventually settled in autonomous German communities near the Iroquois of central New York. Becoming German tracks the Palatines' travels from Germany to London to New York City and into the frontier areas of New York. Philip Otterness demonstrates that the Palatines cannot be viewed as a cohesive "German" group until after their arrival in America; indeed, they came from dozens of distinct principalities in the Holy Roman Empire. It was only in refusing to assimilate to British colonial culture—instead maintaining separate German-speaking communities and mixing on friendly terms with Native American neighbors—that the Palatines became German in America.
The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass
Author: Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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
Book Description
The Livingston Legacy
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clermont State Historic Site (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Located in Columbia County rather than present day Livingston Manor in Sullivan County.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clermont State Historic Site (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Located in Columbia County rather than present day Livingston Manor in Sullivan County.
Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs
Author: Cuyler Reynolds
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey ...
Author: Francis Bazley Lee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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
The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy
Author: Frederick Adams Virkus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patriotic societies
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patriotic societies
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
Book Description