Annals of Staten Island (Classic Reprint): From Its Discovery to the Present Time - Couverture souple

John Jacob Clute

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 133160625X ISBN 13 : 9781331606253

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Staten Island: A Colonial Portrait — a detailed history drawn from church records, deeds, and local chronicles that traces Staten Island from discovery to the formation of its early communities.

This nonfiction study surveys the island’s geography, governance, and daily life across the colonial era and into the beginnings of its modern communities. It compiles a breadth of primary-source material to illuminate how early residents shaped the island’s social and political landscape.

• Explains the island’s early discovery, settlement, and evolving boundaries
• Draws on church records, property deeds, and local chronicles for its narrative
• Outlines key people, families, and events that influenced life on Staten Island
• Includes historical apparatus such as appendices listing officials, records, and local place names

Ideal for readers of local history and anyone interested in how Staten Island grew from its colonial roots into a lasting community.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Annals of Staten Island: From Its Discovery to the Present Time

This work was undertaken at the suggestion of several citizens of the county, who were aware that the writer, during a residence of between forty and fifty years, had accumulated a large amount of interesting materials relating to the history of Staten Island. These were collected from time to time, for the purpose of publishing them in our local journals in the form of historical sketches, and not with the ulterior view of giving them to the public in their present form. They have now, however, been arranged, so far as was practicable, in chronological order, and a large amount of new matter introduced. For the local anecdotes and personal incidents, which might be extended almost indefinitely, the writer is indebted to the memories of several old people who have now passed away, some of whom were almost centenarians when they died, but whose memories abounded in reminiscences, and with whom he was on terms of close intimacy. He has thus preserved the memory of many events of local interest, which otherwise would have passed into oblivion.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 133160625X
• ISBN 13: 9781331606253
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 480
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