Author: Norman Davis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Westchester County is an original shire; it was formed in 1683 although it was settled much earlier. Hence, the county and its families have a long and illustrious history. The first settlers were primarily Dutch, English, and French Huguenots; Irish, Sco
Westchester Patriarchs
Author: Norman Davis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Westchester County is an original shire; it was formed in 1683 although it was settled much earlier. Hence, the county and its families have a long and illustrious history. The first settlers were primarily Dutch, English, and French Huguenots; Irish, Sco
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Westchester County is an original shire; it was formed in 1683 although it was settled much earlier. Hence, the county and its families have a long and illustrious history. The first settlers were primarily Dutch, English, and French Huguenots; Irish, Sco
The Leisler Papers, 1689-1691
Author: Peter R. Christoph
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815628200
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Jacob Leisler has been more an icon in historical writing than a person. That the icon has served very different groups over the centuries only shows that is has had little to do with the real person. In his own century he was both the fanatical and villainous despot and the martyred hero. In later times he was a forerunner of American democracy, and a symbol of colonial rebelliousness. He has also been pilloried in the Catholic press, not without justification, although Catholics were not among those treated most harshly during his administration. To Marxist theoreticians he was a voice for the proletariat; to National Socialist propagandists he was a German martyr. In short, much that has been written about Leisler has had to do with the interests of various groups and causes, many of them unrelated, or only distantly related, to anything happening in Leisler's time. It is only today that articles and books are beginning to appear in which his career is examined dispassionately. Many of the untruths are so ingrained that one must almost begin by saying what is not true before going on to discuss what is true about Leisler. Suffice it to say that, despite a long tradition of popular writing that he was base-born, resentful of being outside the mainstream of colonial life and commerce, and failing in his enterprises, he none of these. For much of our enlightenment we are indebted to the research by David William Voorhees, who has assembled copies of several thousand documents from private institutions and government archives from throughout Europe and North America.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815628200
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Jacob Leisler has been more an icon in historical writing than a person. That the icon has served very different groups over the centuries only shows that is has had little to do with the real person. In his own century he was both the fanatical and villainous despot and the martyred hero. In later times he was a forerunner of American democracy, and a symbol of colonial rebelliousness. He has also been pilloried in the Catholic press, not without justification, although Catholics were not among those treated most harshly during his administration. To Marxist theoreticians he was a voice for the proletariat; to National Socialist propagandists he was a German martyr. In short, much that has been written about Leisler has had to do with the interests of various groups and causes, many of them unrelated, or only distantly related, to anything happening in Leisler's time. It is only today that articles and books are beginning to appear in which his career is examined dispassionately. Many of the untruths are so ingrained that one must almost begin by saying what is not true before going on to discuss what is true about Leisler. Suffice it to say that, despite a long tradition of popular writing that he was base-born, resentful of being outside the mainstream of colonial life and commerce, and failing in his enterprises, he none of these. For much of our enlightenment we are indebted to the research by David William Voorhees, who has assembled copies of several thousand documents from private institutions and government archives from throughout Europe and North America.
The Burling Books
Author: Jane Thompson-Stahr
Publisher: Jane k thompson
ISBN: 9780961310400
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1664
Book Description
Includes Barnes, Bedell, Bowne, Brown, Carpenter, Cornell, Cruger, DeZeng, Dusenbury, Ferris, Field, Ford, Griffin, Gummere, Hallock, Haviland, Hunt, Ketcham, Kimble, Lawrence, Lowerre, Mott, Nelson, Norrington, Parsons, Pixley, Roesch, Rogers, Sampson, Schieffelin, Shotwell, Smith, Street, Thompson, Titus, Underhill, Vail, Vincent, Way, Weeks, White, Wood. S0000HB - $80.00
Publisher: Jane k thompson
ISBN: 9780961310400
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1664
Book Description
Includes Barnes, Bedell, Bowne, Brown, Carpenter, Cornell, Cruger, DeZeng, Dusenbury, Ferris, Field, Ford, Griffin, Gummere, Hallock, Haviland, Hunt, Ketcham, Kimble, Lawrence, Lowerre, Mott, Nelson, Norrington, Parsons, Pixley, Roesch, Rogers, Sampson, Schieffelin, Shotwell, Smith, Street, Thompson, Titus, Underhill, Vail, Vincent, Way, Weeks, White, Wood. S0000HB - $80.00
The Westchester Historian
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Westchester County (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Westchester County (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record
The Guide to Genealogical Research for Westchester County, New York
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"This guide is designed to point the researcher toward logical directions by listing the various research facilities and repositiories of records in Westchester County. It covers Westchester County to the present and the Bronx before 1900"--Page 3.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"This guide is designed to point the researcher toward logical directions by listing the various research facilities and repositiories of records in Westchester County. It covers Westchester County to the present and the Bronx before 1900"--Page 3.
The Ancestry of Henry James Lawless, Jr. Book Two: Maternal Ancestry
Author:
Publisher: E J Kennedy
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Publisher: E J Kennedy
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The patriarchs
The Golden Rule
Chronicle of a Border Town. History of Rye, Westchester County, New York, 1660-1870, Including Harrison and the White Plains Till 1788. Illustrated by Abram Hosier
Author: Charles Washington Baird
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description