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William Tryon and the Course of Empire
William Tryon’s role in the affairs of British America during the last years of the empire, and his inability to stem the collapse of that empire, makes for a fascinating story. Royal governor of North Carolina from 1765 to 1771 and then of New York from 1771 to 1780, Tryon became a general in the British army attempting to quell the American rebellion. This biography covers his life in service to the Crown through the end of the American Revolution. Paul Nelson argues that Tryon was a talented colonial administrator and a successful, even popular, governor largely because he understood American thinking on such basic constitutional issues as taxation, finance, and trade policy. British ho...
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
"Publications of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia": v. 53, 1901, p. 788-794.
Swedish Holsteins in America, from 1644 to 1892
Matts Hollsten (1644-1708) was born in Philadelphia two years after the second immigration of Swedes to America. Includes Shainline and related families.
