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This is a book about the descendants of Thomas Macy in the United
States of America, extending from 1583 to date. One will find in
this book the lineage of such individuals as R. H. Macy, the
founder of Macy''s Department Stores; General George Nelson Macy.
Provost Marshall of the Army of the Potomac; Ezra Cornell, the
founder of Cornell University; Elizabeth Powell, the first Dean of
Women of Swarthmore College and Josiah Macy, for whom the Josiah
Macy Foundation honors. Included in this book are the ancestors of
Benjamin Franklin. A few of the surnames included are Folger,
Starbuck, Pinkham, Wolf, Barnard, Coffin, Worth, Swain, Gardner,
Hussey, Jenkins, Walton, Pearson, Stanton, Mendenhall, Davis,
Coleman, Chase and Flory. Volume I contains the first 9 generations
and a part of the 10th, Volume II contains the remainder of the
10th generation to generation 15, the endnotes of which there are
over 20,000 and the index.
A child's wish melds the soul of a kind-hearted simpleton to a toy
BEAR. Secret for three generations the GUARDIAN wakes in time of
need. Surviving the sinking of the TITANIC the BEAR passes into the
hands of the JEWISH community. Aboard the rescue ship CARPATHIA it
travels on...to the gas chambers of AUSCHWITZ. The BEAR brings with
it...A HISTORY OF FEAR.
The Civil War as well, as time, took its toll in all counties of
the South. The War of 1812 saw the destruction of the 1790 census
of Virginia, as well as other states, and the Civil War resulted in
many burned records throughout the South. Fortunately, though many
of the will books containing copied wills were burned, many of the
original documents often survived the destruction. The records
contained in this publication include: Wills: From 1750s to 1860;
Deeds, Leases, Mortgages and Other Instruments: To 1800; Marriage
Records 1824-1828; State Census 1782 and 1784; and Revolutionary
War pensioners in Hampshire County, 1835. The index, which contains
approximately 11,000 entries, has been carefully compiled and while
all has been alphabetically arranged in the body of the book, every
name appears in the index. Additionally, all married women are
listed under maiden name as well as their married name, where this
information could be determained. Paperback, (1939), 2006, 2011,
Index, 174 pp.
This book is an exact transcription from the 1880 Census schedules
of Cheatham County, Tennessee, household by household. The names
and ages of all identified family members are included. Other
household members of a different surname are also listed, as well
as the occupations of the occupants. A transcription, such as this,
in sequence, from the original schedules is very useful in placing
the relationships of neighboring families.
The First Census of the United States (1790) comprised an
enumeration of the inhabitants of the present states of
Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, and
Virginia. Unfortunately, during the War of 1812, when the British
burned the Capitol at Washington, the returns for several states
were destroyed. However, the census records for North Carolina
survived and were available for this 1908 publication. In March
1790, North Carolina had a population of 393,751, out of the
Nation's total population of approximately 3,920,000. The
information provided in this census includes the Name of Head of
Family, the number of free white males of 16 years and upward in
the household, the number of free white males and under living in
the household, the number of free white females, all other free
persons, and the number of slaves. Populations are also recorded
for Towns and Counties.
This book explores the strengths and weaknesses of the English state in the sixteenth century. It examines the relationship between monarchy and people in Cornwall and Devon, and the complex interaction between local and national political culture. Popular resistance to the Reformation, and the rebellions of 1497 and 1548-9, are set against the strategies employed by the crown to cultivate the allegiance of its subjects. Royal propaganda, both literary and visual, is identified as a key factor in the development of patriotism and the nation state. This book offers a fresh understanding of government at the allegedly dangerous edges of Tudor England.
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