A Revolutionary Conservative : : James Duane of New York / / Edward P. Alexander.
A biography of James Duane, an American lawyer and Revolutionary leader from New York. He was also a leader of the Yorkers against the Yankees in the New Hampshire Grants, a land spectator, and mayor whose temperament and wealth attracted strong opposition through his life.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1938] ©1938 |
| Year of Publication: | 1938 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New York State Historical Association Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Foreword, by Dixon Ryan Fox
- Preface
- Contents
- Illustrations and Maps
- I. New York: Opportunity
- II. The Law
- III. Livingstons
- IV. Duanesburgh Founded
- V. The New Hampshire Grants
- VI. Rebellion or Reconciliation
- VII. Winning a War in Congress
- VIII. New York: Reconstruction
- IX. Strengthening the Central Government
- X. Duanesburgh Forever
- Bibliography
- Index