Author: New-York Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Muster Rolls of New York Provincial Troops. 1755-1764
Author: New-York Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1891. Muster Rolls of New York Provincial Troops 1755-1764
Author: New-York Historical SocietyPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806351829
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
This volume contains the muster of the various regiments and smaller organizations of troops from the province of New York that served during the Seven Years' War in America--the war that eliminated France once and for all as a power in the New World. The muster rolls cover the entire period of that war, from 1755 to 1763, except for the records from 1757, which are lost. Genealogists will find a mine of information here, including the numbers and designations of the companies, the names of the privates and officers, and personal information such as height, age, complexion, place of birth, trade, localities where enlisted, and dates of enlistment. Also of special interest to both genealogists and those interested in the colonial history of New York is the Appendix, which includes a list of all acts of the legislature under which the various regiments and troops were raised, equipped, paid, and subsisted, as well as the official orders of New York governors relative to the war; lists of commissioned officers, deserters, and deceased soldiers; a book of military appointments and other military information from 1759, 1760, and 1761; and a list of warrants issued to captains for bounty and enlistment monies.
The European Invasion of North America
Author: Michael G. LaramiePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
This comprehensive resource follows the pivotal and often overlooked efforts of the Iroquois Confederacy, the Dutch, the French, and the English colonies to control the strategic waterways of the Hudson-Champlain corridor from their discovery to the fall of New France. From Champlain and Hudson's initial voyages some 400 years ago, to the surrender of Montreal in 1760, The European Invasion of North America: Colonial Conflict Along the Hudson - Champlain Corridor, 1609–1760 offers unprecedented coverage of the 150-year struggle between New World rivals along this natural invasion route—a struggle which would ultimately determine the destiny of North America. Unlike other volumes on this period, The European Invasion of North America includes extensive coverage from the French and Dutch as well as British perspectives, examining events in the context of larger colonial confrontations. Drawing on hundreds of firsthand accounts, it recaps political maneuvers and blunders, military successes and failures, and the remarkable people behind them all: cabinet ministers in Paris, Amsterdam, and London; colonial leaders such as Stuyvesant, Frontenac, and Montcalm; shrewd diplomats of the Iroquois Confederacy; and soldiers and families on all sides of the conflict. It also highlights the growing friction between Britain and her American colonies, which would soon lead to a different war.
Patriots and Spies in Revolutionary New York
Author: A. J. SchenkmanPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493047051
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Spies! Loyalists! Tories! Conspiracy! Strange messages? Codes in invisible ink? The American Revolution was first and foremost a civil war that tore at the very fabric of families as well as society. Patriots were determined to separate from England; while Loyalists were just as determined to defeat what they saw as a rebellion. Many do not know that during several critical periods the war was almost fatally undermined by English sympathizers or in some cases opportunistic Patriots. Patriots and Spies in Revolutionary New York is a compilation of twelve stories regarding important moments in New York State's history during the American Revolution.
Washington's Headquarters in Newburgh
Author: A J SchneckmanPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614236968
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
We know that Widow Hasbrouck opened her home to Washington in 1782, but the Hasbrouck family history itself has been distorted over the years by myths and legends. Much like the story of Washington chopping down the cherry tree, legend has it that the Hasbroucks and Washington would take a daily sojourn to the family orchards, where Jonathan Hasbrouck would first taste the general's fruit to ensure it was not poisoned. The truth is that Jonathan and Washington never met. In this revealing book, A.J. Schenkman finally dispels the rumors and relates the history of a prominent Newburgh family whose homestead ultimately became the nation's first publicly owned historic site in 1850.
Muster Rolls of New York Provincial Troops, 1755-1764
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 621
Book Description
The year 1757 is missing.
Year Book of the Dutchess County Historical Society
Author: Dutchess County Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dutchess County (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
South Dakota Historical Collections
Author: Jack Tar vs. John Bull
Author: Jesse LemischPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317731905
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
This classic study explores the role of merchant seamen in precipitating the American revolution. It analyzes the participation of seamen in impressment riots, the Stamp Act Riot, the Battle of Golden Hill, and other incidents. The book describes these events and explores the social world of the seamen, offering explanations for their actions. Focusing on the culture, politics, and experiences of early American seamen, this legendary study played an important role in the development of histories of the common people and has inspired generations of social and early American historians. Lemisch's later related article, Jack Tar in the Streets, was named one of the ten most important articles ever published in the prestigious William and Mary Quarterly. Long unavailable, this edition includes an index and an appreciative foreword by Marcus Rediker, author of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, Pirates, and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700-1750 (Ph.D. Dissertation, Yale University, 1962)
Don Troiani's Black Soldiers in America's Wars: 1754–1865
Author: John U. ReesPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0811773728
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Using a masterful combination of artistry and accuracy, Don Troiani has dedicated his career to transforming our understanding of the military soldier. Don now turns his talents to capturing the under-recognized African-American soldiers as they fought in the French and Indian War, the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the American Civil War. Don’s battle paintings, figure studies, and artifact collection are teamed with historian John Rees’s insightful text. This long-needed work combines Troiani’s magnificent art—the dramatic battle paintings and authentically illustrated uniformed soldier studies—with Rees’s introductory chapters on the four wars. Using primary sources, Rees gives a true picture of the contributions of the many Black soldiers over the 100-year history. Together Troiani and Rees provide the most comprehensive, authoritative, and well-researched study of the Black soldier in early America.