Author: Thomas Hamilton MurrayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Irish Rhode Islanders in the American Revolution
Author: Thomas Hamilton MurrayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Irish Rhode Islanders in the American Revolution
Author: Thomas Hamilton MurrayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The Banisters of Rhode Island in the American Revolution
Author: Marian Mathison DesrosiersPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476639655
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
When Thomas Banister fought for the British during the American Revolution, his farm and business were confiscated. He was exiled in far-off Nova Scotia, before he returned to a secluded life on Long Island. His older brother, John Banister married with a child, swore allegiance to the United Colonies, then witnessed the destruction of his Newport lands by the British Army. Convinced British laws supported remuneration, John left for England, where he sought justice for four years. His wife, Christian Stelle Banister, managed the family property and raised their son while the state threatened confiscation and the French Army lived in Newport. Tracing the lives of three young Americans during the Revolution, this study of the Banister family of Rhode Island contributes to an understanding of the war's effects on the lives of ordinary people.
The Irish Vanguard of Rhode Island
Author: Thomas Hamilton MurrayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irish Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society
Author: American-Irish Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Contains the Society's meetings, proceedings, etc.
Irish Immigrants in the Land of Canaan
Author: Kerby A. MillerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195348224
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
Irish Immigrants in the Land of Canaan is a monumental and pathbreaking study of early Irish Protestant and Catholic migration to America. Through exhaustive research and sensitive analyses of the letters, memoirs, and other writings, the authors describe the variety and vitality of early Irish immigrant experiences, ranging from those of frontier farmers and seaport workers to revolutionaries and loyalists. Largely through the migrants own words, it brings to life the networks, work, and experiences of these immigrants who shaped the formative stages of American society and its Irish communities. The authors explore why Irishmen and women left home and how they adapted to colonial and revolutionary America, in the process creating modern Irish and Irish-American identities on the two sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Irish Immigrants in the Land of Canaan was the winner of the James S. Donnelly, Sr., Prize for Books on History and Social Sciences, American Council on Irish Studies.
Irish Rhode Islanders in the American Revolution
Author: Thomas H. MurrayPublisher:
ISBN: 9780832864704
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
How the Irish Won the American Revolution
Author: Phillip Thomas TuckerPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1634503872
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
When the Continental Congress decided to declare independence from the British empire in 1776, ten percent of the population of their fledgling country were from Ireland. By 1790, close to 500,000 Irish citizens had immigrated to America. They were was very active in the American Revolution, both on the battlefields and off, and yet their stories are not well known. The important contributions of the Irish on military, political, and economic levels have been long overlooked and ignored by generations of historians. However, new evidence has revealed that Washington’s Continental Army consisted of a far larger percentage of Irish soldiers than previously thought—between 40 and 50 percent—who fought during some of the most important battles of the American Revolution. Romanticized versions of this historical period tend to focus on the upper class figures that had the biggest roles in America’s struggle for liberty. But these adaptations neglect the impact of European and Irish ideals as well as citizens on the formation of the revolution. Irish contributors such as John Barry, the colonies’ foremost naval officer; Henry Knox, an artillery officer and future Secretary of War; Richard Montgomery, America’s first war hero and martyr; and Charles Thomson, a radical organizer and Secretary to the Continental Congress were all instrumental in carrying out the vision for a free country. Without their timely and disproportionate assistance, America almost certainly would have lost the desperate fight for its existence. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
The Journal
Author: American-Irish Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Beginning in 1924, Proceedings are incorporated into the Apr. no.