| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 468 pages) |
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Excelsior editions |
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Excelsior editions.
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| Contents |
Foreword; Acknowledgments; Early New York, the 1600s and 1700; 1 New York's First Constitution: Sketching a Map for Becoming American; Wishful Thinking; An Undefined Existence; Both Visionary and Provincial; Grappling with "the People"; John Jay's Vision; A Matter of Property; 2 Re-Examining Slavery in New York; 3 The Battle on Snowshoes; Marching the Lake; Converging into Battle; The Rangers Retreat; Casualties Mount; A Legendary Escape; "A Vast Cold & Tedious Day"; 4 Navigating the Deep; Location, Location, Location; A Vibrant Whaling City; The Shipping News |
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Like the Tide, Fall, Then Rise5 Citizen vs. Citizen; An Old, Peaceable Practice; Government Support for Arbitration; A Barrel of Brandy; The Dog in the Larder; 6 In the Matter of Goody Garlick; A Sudden Death; Neighbor against Neighbor; Witch ... or Scapegoat?; Brief Trial, Terse Verdict; An Execution Averted; 7 The Princes of Queens; The Politics of Horticulture; Monticello's Shopping List; A Love of Botany; Remains of Its Heyday; 8 Good Peter and the Governor; Rivals for the Prize; Spokesmen for Both Sides; Faceoff at Fort Herkimer; Trump Card; 9 The She-Merchant of Manhattan |
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Benefits and LucreMarrying Well; Precious Cargo; Mansion on the Hudson; 10 New York Patriot; A Prospective Biography; Breakthrough; 11 The Importance of Flushing; 12 A Peaceful Indian Nation; First in the Valley; Victims of the Europeans; The Power of Deeds; 13 Spies of the Revolution; Target: Treason; An Elaborate Network; Important Friends; Ladies' Man; André as Unwitting Source; The Unknown Spy; 14 Evacuation Day; The British Leave; A Holiday in the Making; National Trauma, Then Decline; 15 In Search of Truth; Bell; Isabella; The Birth of Sojourner; New York in the 1800s |
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16 The Poetry and Prose of the Emancipation Proclamation17 Writing and "Righting" the History of Woman Suffrage; 18 Speaking with the Dead: The Fox Sisters; 19 Saratoga Springs: Evolution of a Resort; Frontier Springs Cure the Afflicted; The Beginnings of a Health Resort; The Fashionable Arrive; Railroads Open Saratoga to the Less Wealthy; Gambling and Horse Racing; Resort Grows to Host Thousands; 20 West Point: The "Key to America"; Foreign Aid at West Point; A Traitor in Their Midst; No Support for an Academy; The Need for Education; A Change of Heart for Jefferson |
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21 Reclaiming a ReputationA Knack for "Dirty Assignments"; Waning Fortune; Riots in the Streets; "Righting" History; Postscript; 22 The Ongoing Fable of Baseball; Origins of the Game; Who Really Invented Baseball?; 23 Self-Taught American Scientist; Poor Relations; Self-Taught Scientist; The Albany Interlude; Unparalleled Prominence; 24 Rebellion in the Catskills; "Shoot the Horses!"; The Anti-Renters Speak; Codes and Disguises; Funds for "Entertainment" and Weapons; The Cause Gains Political Support; 25 The Boy Murderer; A Brief, Murderous Life; Reconstructing a Child; 26 A Case of Trouble |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 10, 2020) |
| SUBJECT |
New York archives
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| Subject |
NEW YORK (STATE)--HISTORY
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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| SUBJECT |
New York (State) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091447
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| Subject |
New York (State)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2016059179 |
| ISBN |
9781438464497 |
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1438464495 |
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