Author: Patricia U. Bonomi
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801455332
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
First published in 1971 and long out of print, this classic account of Colonial-era New York chronicles how the state was buffeted by political and sectional rivalries and by conflict arising from a wide diversity of ethnic and religious identities. New York’s highly volatile and contentious political life, Patricia U. Bonomi shows, gave rise to several interest groups for whose support political leaders had to compete, resulting in new levels of democratic participation.
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.
A Factious People
Author: Patricia U. Bonomi
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801455332
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
First published in 1971 and long out of print, this classic account of Colonial-era New York chronicles how the state was buffeted by political and sectional rivalries and by conflict arising from a wide diversity of ethnic and religious identities. New York’s highly volatile and contentious political life, Patricia U. Bonomi shows, gave rise to several interest groups for whose support political leaders had to compete, resulting in new levels of democratic participation.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801455332
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
First published in 1971 and long out of print, this classic account of Colonial-era New York chronicles how the state was buffeted by political and sectional rivalries and by conflict arising from a wide diversity of ethnic and religious identities. New York’s highly volatile and contentious political life, Patricia U. Bonomi shows, gave rise to several interest groups for whose support political leaders had to compete, resulting in new levels of democratic participation.
Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley
Author: Cuyler Reynolds
Publisher:
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Category : Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
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Category : Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey
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Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
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Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York
Author: Stephen C. Hutchins
Publisher:
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Category : Administrative and political divisions
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Each edition contains "the names and origin of the civil divisions, and the names and dates of election or appointment of the principal state and county officers from the Revolution to the present time."
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Category : Administrative and political divisions
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Each edition contains "the names and origin of the civil divisions, and the names and dates of election or appointment of the principal state and county officers from the Revolution to the present time."
Genealogies of the State of New York
Author: Tunis Garret Bergen
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Category : Long Island (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
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Category : Long Island (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Calendar of Historical Manuscripts in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, N.Y.: English manuscripts, 1664-1776
Author: New York (State). Secretary's Office
Publisher:
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Category : Manuscripts, Dutch
Languages : en
Pages : 924
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Manuscripts, Dutch
Languages : en
Pages : 924
Book Description
English manuscripts, 1664-1776
Author: New York (State). Secretary's Office
Publisher:
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Category : Manuscripts, Dutch
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Manuscripts, Dutch
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
The New York Red Book
Author:
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description