General Thomas Posey [[electronic resource] ] : son of the American Revolution / / John Thornton Posey
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| Titolo: |
General Thomas Posey [[electronic resource] ] : son of the American Revolution / / John Thornton Posey
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| Pubblicazione: | East Lansing, Mich., : Michigan State University Press, 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (334 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.3/092 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Generals - United States |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Campaigns |
| Northwest, Old History 1775-1865 | |
| Southwest, Old History | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-308) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Introduction; 1. "... born of respectable parentage...." (1750-1774); 2. "The glorious cause" (1775-1778); 3. "The fort's our own!" (1778-1779); 4. "The veracity of Posey was as unquestioned as his courage." (1780-1782); 5. "... we are to loose you, perhaps for ever...." (1783-1793); 6. "... a most amiable wife and sweet little family of children ...." (1793-1800); 7. "I was not born to riches or... high birth, or great family. " (1800-1810); 8. "I am not ... above shewing an example to my fellow citizens ...." (1810-1813); 9. " ... under your auspices, we have become as one people." (1813-1816) |
| 10. " ... he knew him and gave him his hand." (1816-1818)Appendices; A. " ...being in Company with her revives my former Passion for your Low Land Beauty ...."; B. "The unfortunate and most unhappy John Price Posey" ....; Select Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Revolutionary War general Thomas Posey (1750-1818) lived his life against the backdrop of one of the most dramatic periods in American history. Posey, who played a minor role in the actual War for Independence, went on to participate in the development and foundation of several states in the transappalachian West. His experiences on the late 18th- and early 19th-century American frontier were varied and in a certain sense extraordinary; he served as Indian agent in Illinois Territory; as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, as U.S. Senator from Louisiana, and as Governor of Indiana duri |
| Titolo autorizzato: | General Thomas Posey |
| ISBN: | 0-87013-946-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910781571103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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