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Book The Burghers of New Amsterdam and the Freemen of New York  1675 1866

Download or read book The Burghers of New Amsterdam and the Freemen of New York 1675 1866 written by New York (N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Burghers of New Amsterdam and the Freemen of New York  1675 1866

Download or read book The Burghers of New Amsterdam and the Freemen of New York 1675 1866 written by New-York Historical Society and published by Clearfield. This book was released on 2012 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The New York Historical Society  1804 1904

Download or read book The New York Historical Society 1804 1904 written by Robert Hendre Kelby and published by New York : [s.n.]. This book was released on 1905 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of Elections in the American Colonies

Download or read book History of Elections in the American Colonies written by Cortlandt Field Bishop and published by New York : Columbia college. This book was released on 1893 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Courage Above All Things

Download or read book Courage Above All Things written by Harwood P. Hinton and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a half century, John Ellis Wool (1784–1869) was one of America’s most illustrious figures—most notably as an officer in the United States Army during the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the Civil War. At the onset of the Civil War, when he assumed command of the Department of the East, Wool had been a brigadier general for twenty years and, at age seventy-seven, was the oldest general on either side of the conflict. Courage Above All Things marks the first full biography of Wool, who aside from his unparalleled military service, figured prominently in many critical moments in nineteenth-century U.S. history. At the time of his death in 2016, Harwood Hinton, a scholar with an encyclopedic knowledge of western history, had devoted fifty years to this monumental work, which has been completed and edited by the distinguished historian Jerry Thompson. This deeply researched and deftly written volume incorporates the latest scholarship to offer a clear and detailed account of John Ellis Wool’s extraordinary life—his character, his life experiences, and his career, in wartime and during uneasy periods of relative peace. Hinton and Thompson provide a thorough account of all chapters in Wool’s life, including three major wars, the Cherokee Removal, and battles with Native Americans on the West Coast. From his distinguished participation in the War of 1812 to his controversial service on the Pacific coast during the 1850s, and from his mixed success during the Peninsula Campaign to his overseeing of efforts to quell the New York City draft riots of 1863, John Ellis Wool emerges here as a crucial character in the story of nineteenth-century America—complex, contradictory, larger than life—finally fully realized for the first time.

Book Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication

Download or read book Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Handbook of Learned Societies and Institutions

Download or read book Handbook of Learned Societies and Institutions written by James David Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Forming American Politics

Download or read book Forming American Politics written by Alan Tully and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2019-12-01 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1994. In this pathbreaking book Alan Tully offers an unprecedented comparative study of colonial political life and a rethinking of the foundations of American political culture. Tully chooses for his comparison the two colonies that arguably had the most profound impact on American political history—New York and Pennsylvania, the rich and varied colonies at the geographical and ideological center of British colonial America. Fundamental to the book is Tully's argument that out of Anglo-American influences and the cumulative character of each colonial experience, New York and Pennsylvania developed their own distinctive but complementary characteristics. In making this case Tully enters—from a new perspective—the prominent argument between the "classical republican" and "liberal" views of early American public thought. He contends that the radical Whig element of classical republicanism was far less influential than historians have believed and that the political experience of New York and Pennsylvania led to their role as innovators of liberal political concepts and discourse. In a conclusion that pursues his insights into the revolutionary and early republican years, Tully underlines a paradox in American political development: not only were the pathbreaking liberal politicians of New York and Pennsylvania the least inclined towards revolutionary fervor, but their political language and concepts—integral to an emerging liberal democratic order—were rooted in oligarchical political practice. "A momentous contribution to the burgeoning literature on the middle Atlantic region, and to the vexed question of whether it constitutes a coherent cultural configuration. Tully argues persuasively that it does, and his arguments will have to be reckoned with like few that have gone before, even as he develops an array of differences between the two colonies more subtle and penetrating than any of his predecessors has ever put forth."—Michael Zuckerman, University of Pennsylvania.

Book Guide to Genealogical and Biographical Sources for New York City  Manhattan   1783 1898

Download or read book Guide to Genealogical and Biographical Sources for New York City Manhattan 1783 1898 written by Rosalie Fellows Bailey and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scottish-American Gravestones, 1700-1900, by David Dobson, contains more than 1,500 death records arranged alphabetically according to the surname of the decedent. While the transcriptions vary, all of them also give the decedent's date and place of death and the source of the information, as well as, in many instances, the names of the individual's parents, name of spouse, and even a word or two about occupation. While this diminutive volume can scarcely purport to be the final word on its subject, it nonetheless affords a substantial number of links to researchers hoping to bridge the gap between Scotland and North America.

Book New World Dutch Studies

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  • Author : Albany Institute of History and Art
  • Publisher : SUNY Press
  • Release : 1987-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780939072101
  • Pages : 216 pages

Download or read book New World Dutch Studies written by Albany Institute of History and Art and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history, culture, and lifeways of New Netherland as researched and interpreted by Dutch and American scholars.

Book New York City  1664   1710

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  • Author : Thomas J. Archdeacon
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2014-02-15
  • ISBN : 0801468914
  • Pages : 134 pages

Download or read book New York City 1664 1710 written by Thomas J. Archdeacon and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrating sophisticated demographic techniques with clearly written narrative, this pioneering book explores the complex social and economic life of a major colonial city. New York City was a vital part of the middle colonies and may hold the key to the origins of political democracy in America. Family histories, public records of births, marriages, and assessments, and records of business transactions and poll lists are among the rich sources Thomas J. Archdeacon uses to determine the impact of the English conquest on the city of New York. Among his concerns are the changing relationships between the Dutch and the English, the distribution of wealth and the role of commerce in the city, and the part played by ethnic and religious heritage in provincial politics.

Book Rebels Rising

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  • Author : Benjamin L. Carp
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2007-08-22
  • ISBN : 0199885346
  • Pages : 347 pages

Download or read book Rebels Rising written by Benjamin L. Carp and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-08-22 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cities of eighteenth-century America packed together tens of thousands of colonists, who met each other in back rooms and plotted political tactics, debated the issues of the day in taverns, and mingled together on the wharves or in the streets. In this fascinating work, historian Benjamin L. Carp shows how these various urban meeting places provided the tinder and spark for the American Revolution. Carp focuses closely on political activity in colonial America's five most populous cities--in particular, he examines Boston's waterfront community, New York tavern-goers, Newport congregations, Charleston's elite patriarchy, and the common people who gathered outside Philadelphia's State House. He shows how--because of their tight concentrations of people and diverse mixture of inhabitants--the largest cities offered fertile ground for political consciousness, political persuasion, and political action. The book traces how everyday interactions in taverns, wharves, and elsewhere slowly developed into more serious political activity. Ultimately, the residents of cities became the first to voice their discontent. Merchants began meeting to discuss the repercussions of new laws, printers fired up provocative pamphlets, and protesters took to the streets. Indeed, the cities became the flashpoints for legislative protests, committee meetings, massive outdoor gatherings, newspaper harangues, boycotts, customs evasion, violence and riots--all of which laid the groundwork for war. Ranging from 1740 to 1780, this groundbreaking work contributes significantly to our understanding of the American Revolution. By focusing on some of the most pivotal events of the eighteenth century as they unfolded in the most dynamic places in America, this book illuminates how city dwellers joined in various forms of political activity that helped make the Revolution possible.

Book For Fear of an Elective King

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  • Author : Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2014-09-08
  • ISBN : 0801471907
  • Pages : 262 pages

Download or read book For Fear of an Elective King written by Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1789, within weeks of the establishment of the new federal government based on the U.S. Constitution, the Senate and House of Representatives fell into dispute regarding how to address the president. Congress, the press, and individuals debated more than thirty titles, many of which had royal associations and some of which were clearly monarchical. For Fear of an Elective King is Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon's rich account of the title controversy and its meanings.The short, intense legislative phase and the prolonged, equally intense public phase animated and shaped the new nation's broadening political community. Rather than simply reflecting an obsession with etiquette, the question challenged Americans to find an acceptable balance between power and the people's sovereignty while assuring the country’s place in the Atlantic world. Bartoloni-Tuazon argues that the resolution of the controversy in favor of the modest title of "President" established the importance of recognition of the people's views by the president and evidence of modesty in the presidency, an approach to leadership that fledged the presidency’s power by not flaunting it.How the country titled the president reflected the views of everyday people, as well as the recognition by social and political elites of the irony that authority rested with acquiescence to egalitarian principles. The controversy’s outcome affirmed the republican character of the country’s new president and government, even as the conflict was the opening volley in increasingly partisan struggles over executive power. As such, the dispute is as relevant today as in 1789.

Book Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas

Download or read book Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas written by Christina K. Schaefer and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1998 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the period of colonial history from the beginning of European colonization in the Western Hemisphere up to the time of the American Revolution.

Book General Catalogue of the Public Library of Detroit  Mich

Download or read book General Catalogue of the Public Library of Detroit Mich written by Detroit Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: