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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791765603321

Autore

Roberts Warren <1933->

Titolo

A place in history [[electronic resource] ] : Albany in the age of revolution, 1775-1825 / / Warren Roberts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, N.Y., : Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, c2010

ISBN

1-4384-3331-X

1-4416-7864-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Disciplina

974.7/3

Soggetti

Albany (N.Y.) History

Albany (N.Y.) Biography

Albany (N.Y.) History 18th century

Albany (N.Y.) History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-327) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Battle of Saratoga : epic, tragedy, or comedy of manners? -- Philip Schuyler's Hudson River visitors, 1776-83 -- Mme. de La Tour du Pin's two-year stay in Albany, 1794-96 -- Albany and the Erie Canal -- Conclusion: Albany, past and present : observations and images (with some musings thrown in) -- Appendix A: Thomas Jefferson and Angelica Schuyler Church in Paris -- Appendix B: The responses of two Americans to the French Revolution : Gouverneur Morris and Thomas Jefferson -- Appendix C: Talleyrand and the XYZ Affair -- Appendix D: David's depiction of Talleyrand in The coronation of Napoleon and Joséphine.