Author: Daniel Pierce ThompsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Life, Character and Times of Ira Allen
Author: Daniel Pierce ThompsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Ira Allen
Author: J. Kevin GraffagninoPublisher: Stylus Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 0934720800
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Land speculator, revolutionary, pamphleteer, politician, and empire builder, Ira Allen (1751–1814) was a key figure on the Green Mountain frontier. In a remarkable Vermont pioneer generation that included such noteworthy leaders as Ethan Allen, Thomas Chittenden, Moses Robinson, Isaac Tichenor, and Stephen Row Bradley, Ira Allen stood out for his extraordinary energy, vision, and accomplishments. He helped create and sustain the independent State of Vermont; held such important state offices as treasurer, surveyor general, and member of the Governor’s Council; published hundreds of pages defending Vermont against a host of internal and external enemies; and represented Vermont in negotiations with the British Empire, other American states, and Congress. As an entrepreneur Allen amassed a Champlain Valley land portfolio of 120,000 acres and dreamed of developing the commercial and industrial potential of northwestern Vermont to establish profitable trade networks with Canada, England, and France. When his financial reach exceeded his grasp in the 1790s, he devised an audacious plan for a French Canadian rebellion against British authority that he hoped would restore his fortunes and turn his dreams into reality. At the end of his life, alone and destitute in Philadelphia, Allen remained true to his revolutionary roots, throwing his support behind an ill-fated filibustering expedition against Mexican control of what two decades later became Texas. J. Kevin Graffagnino’s biography ably details Ira Allen’s extraordinary life. As the first published examination of Allen’s career in nearly a century, this book shines new light on Allen and his prominent role in Vermont’s formative decades.
History of the Life of Ira Allen, Esquire
Author: Ira AllenIowa Journal of History and Politics
Author: Benjamin Franklin ShambaughPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
The Iowa Journal of History and Politics
Author: Biography by Americans, 1658-1936
Author: Edward H. O'NeillPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512804940
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
This volume is the most comprehensive bibliography of purely biographical material written by Americans. It covers every possible field of life but, by design, excludes autobiographies, diaries, and journals.
Ira Allen
Author: James Benjamin WilburPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Politicians
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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