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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Sketches of the Moon and Barclay Families
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Publisher:
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Sketches of the Moon and Barclay Families
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Thomas Barclay (1728-1793)
Author: Priscilla H. Roberts
Publisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 9780934223980
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
"This is the first-ever biography of Thomas Barclay, the first American consul to serve the United States abroad and the man who, in 1786, successfully negotiated our first treaty with an Arab, African, or Muslim nation. It is the story of an Ulster-born immigrant building his fortune as a Philadelphia merchant in international trade, then losing it as he gives priority to his adopted country's fight to gain and build on independence. It tells how, after emigrating to Philadelphia in the 1760s, Barclay became a leading member of the Irish community, a successful merchant/ship owner, and political activist. This biography follows his move to France with his wife and three small children when the Continental Congress named him consul in 1781. There, before an American consular service existed, before Congress knew a consul from a consul general, Thomas Barclay did whatever was needed, wherever it was needed. To shipping, naval, and other tasks, Congress added an audit of American public expenditures in Europe since 1776. Then Jefferson and Adams added diplomacy in Barbary, where Barclay negotiated a rare tribute-free treaty of commerce and amity with the Sultan of Morocco. His personal relationships with Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson reveal as much about them as about him. On assignment for President Washington in 1793, he became the first American diplomat to die in a foreign country in the service of the United States."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 9780934223980
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
"This is the first-ever biography of Thomas Barclay, the first American consul to serve the United States abroad and the man who, in 1786, successfully negotiated our first treaty with an Arab, African, or Muslim nation. It is the story of an Ulster-born immigrant building his fortune as a Philadelphia merchant in international trade, then losing it as he gives priority to his adopted country's fight to gain and build on independence. It tells how, after emigrating to Philadelphia in the 1760s, Barclay became a leading member of the Irish community, a successful merchant/ship owner, and political activist. This biography follows his move to France with his wife and three small children when the Continental Congress named him consul in 1781. There, before an American consular service existed, before Congress knew a consul from a consul general, Thomas Barclay did whatever was needed, wherever it was needed. To shipping, naval, and other tasks, Congress added an audit of American public expenditures in Europe since 1776. Then Jefferson and Adams added diplomacy in Barbary, where Barclay negotiated a rare tribute-free treaty of commerce and amity with the Sultan of Morocco. His personal relationships with Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson reveal as much about them as about him. On assignment for President Washington in 1793, he became the first American diplomat to die in a foreign country in the service of the United States."--BOOK JACKET.
Genealogies in the Library of Congress
Author: Marion J. Kaminkow
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806316659
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 978
Book Description
Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806316659
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 978
Book Description
Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.
Lottie Moon
Author: Regina D. Sullivan
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807139319
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Regina Sullivan's captivating biography of Charlotte "Lottie" Moon is the first comprehensive portrait of the legendary Southern Baptist missionary. Moon, who began her mission work in China in 1885, helped inspire the creation of the Woman's Missionary Union - an auxiliary of the Southern Baptist Convention- which grew to have over one million members and become one of the most influential religious organizations in the United States.
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807139319
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Regina Sullivan's captivating biography of Charlotte "Lottie" Moon is the first comprehensive portrait of the legendary Southern Baptist missionary. Moon, who began her mission work in China in 1885, helped inspire the creation of the Woman's Missionary Union - an auxiliary of the Southern Baptist Convention- which grew to have over one million members and become one of the most influential religious organizations in the United States.
Entering the Fray
Author: Jonathan Daniel Wells
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826272088
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The study of the New South has in recent decades been greatly enriched by research into gender, reshaping our understanding of the struggle for woman suffrage, the conflicted nature of race and class in the South, the complex story of politics, and the role of family and motherhood in black and white society. This book brings together nine essays that examine the importance of gender, race, and culture in the New South, offering a rich and varied analysis of the multifaceted role of gender in the lives of black and white southerners in the troubled decades of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Ranging widely from conservative activism by white women in 1920s Georgia to political involvement by black women in 1950s Memphis, many of these essays focus on southern women’s increasing public activities and high-profile images in the twentieth century. They tell how women shouldered responsibilities for local, national, and international interests; but just as nineteenth-century women’s status could be at risk from too much public presence, women of the New South stepped gingerly into the public arena, taking care to work within what they considered their current gender limitations. The authors—both established and up-and-coming scholars—take on subjects that reflect wide-ranging, sophisticated, and diverse scholarship on black and white women in the New South. They include the efforts of female Home Demonstration Agents to defeat debilitating diseases in rural Florida and the increasing participation of women in historic preservation at Monticello. They also reflect unique personal stories as diverse as lobbyist Kathryn Dunaway’s efforts to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment in Georgia and Susan Smith’s depiction by the national media as a racist southerner during coverage of her children’s deaths. Taken together, these nine essays contribute to the picture of women increasing their movement into political and economic life while all too often still maintaining their gendered place as determined by society. Their rich insights provide new ways to consider the meaning and role of gender in the post–Civil War South.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826272088
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The study of the New South has in recent decades been greatly enriched by research into gender, reshaping our understanding of the struggle for woman suffrage, the conflicted nature of race and class in the South, the complex story of politics, and the role of family and motherhood in black and white society. This book brings together nine essays that examine the importance of gender, race, and culture in the New South, offering a rich and varied analysis of the multifaceted role of gender in the lives of black and white southerners in the troubled decades of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Ranging widely from conservative activism by white women in 1920s Georgia to political involvement by black women in 1950s Memphis, many of these essays focus on southern women’s increasing public activities and high-profile images in the twentieth century. They tell how women shouldered responsibilities for local, national, and international interests; but just as nineteenth-century women’s status could be at risk from too much public presence, women of the New South stepped gingerly into the public arena, taking care to work within what they considered their current gender limitations. The authors—both established and up-and-coming scholars—take on subjects that reflect wide-ranging, sophisticated, and diverse scholarship on black and white women in the New South. They include the efforts of female Home Demonstration Agents to defeat debilitating diseases in rural Florida and the increasing participation of women in historic preservation at Monticello. They also reflect unique personal stories as diverse as lobbyist Kathryn Dunaway’s efforts to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment in Georgia and Susan Smith’s depiction by the national media as a racist southerner during coverage of her children’s deaths. Taken together, these nine essays contribute to the picture of women increasing their movement into political and economic life while all too often still maintaining their gendered place as determined by society. Their rich insights provide new ways to consider the meaning and role of gender in the post–Civil War South.
Virginiana in the Printed Book Collections of the Virginia State Library: Subjects
Author: Virginia State Library
Publisher:
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Biographical Books, 1876-1949
Author: R.R. Bowker Company
Publisher: R. R. Bowker
ISBN: 9780835216036
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1826
Book Description
"This book is a companion volume to Biographical books, 1950-1980, completing a comprehensive one hundred and five year bibliography of biographical and autobiographical works published or distributed in the United States"--Preface.
Publisher: R. R. Bowker
ISBN: 9780835216036
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1826
Book Description
"This book is a companion volume to Biographical books, 1950-1980, completing a comprehensive one hundred and five year bibliography of biographical and autobiographical works published or distributed in the United States"--Preface.
Women Medical Doctors in the United States Before the Civil War
Author: Edward C. Atwater
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1580465714
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
An invaluable reference work chronicling the lives of over 200 women who received medical degrees in the United States before the Civil War.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1580465714
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
An invaluable reference work chronicling the lives of over 200 women who received medical degrees in the United States before the Civil War.
Adam Hoops, Thomas Barclay, and the House in Morrisville Known as Summerseat, 1764-1791
Author: Priscilla H. Roberts
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Summerseat is an 18th century Georgian manor house that was saved from dereliction and decay twice in the 20th century by the good citizens of Morrisville. Summerseat was not only the headquarters of General George Washington for a week in December 1776, but was also owned by four prominent 18th century Americans: Adam Hoops, Thomas Barclay, Robert Morris, and George Clymer. This volume discusses: Summerseat in History, Summerseat the House, and its first two owners, Hoops and Barclay. Appendices: Adam Hoops and Benjamin West; Summerseat Inventory; Transcriptions of Adam Hoop's Properties; Summerseat in the 20th Century; and Mapping Summerseat. Illustrations.
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Summerseat is an 18th century Georgian manor house that was saved from dereliction and decay twice in the 20th century by the good citizens of Morrisville. Summerseat was not only the headquarters of General George Washington for a week in December 1776, but was also owned by four prominent 18th century Americans: Adam Hoops, Thomas Barclay, Robert Morris, and George Clymer. This volume discusses: Summerseat in History, Summerseat the House, and its first two owners, Hoops and Barclay. Appendices: Adam Hoops and Benjamin West; Summerseat Inventory; Transcriptions of Adam Hoop's Properties; Summerseat in the 20th Century; and Mapping Summerseat. Illustrations.