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Almost a hero : Andrew Elliot, the King's moneyman in New York, 1764-1776 : his middle years : the story of His Majesty's Collector of Customs for the Port of New York and Receiver General for the Province during the epic years leading to the Declaration of Independence Edward H. Hart

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Biog. E 278 .E45 H36 2005
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hart, Edward H., 1927-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Elliot, Andrew, 1728-1797.
Elliot, Andrew.
American loyalists--Biography.
American loyalists.
Colonial administrators--New York (State)--Biography.
Colonial administrators.
Scots--United States--Biography.
Scots.
Customs administration--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.
Customs administration.
Rent--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.
Rent.
New York (N.Y.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New York (N.Y.).
New York (N.Y.)--Economic conditions--18th century.
New York (State)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New York (State).
New York (State)--Economic conditions--18th century.
Physical Description:
409 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Unionville, NY : Royal Fireworks Press, c2005.
Contents:
The collector and his colleagues : August-October 1764
Collector without peace : September 1764-February 1765
Doing his duty : seizure of the Lark : March 1765-October 1765
The Stamp Act crisis : games people played : February 1765-September 1766
The Quitrent quagmire : November 1765-March 1767
Captain Brown and a debt of 4,168 : December 1763-August 1767
New masters at the helm : Commissioners for America : 1767-1768
Much ado about collecting Quitrents : 1767-1768
Commissioner Elliot and the disputed boundary : 1769
Boycott days and sundry matters : November 1768-April 1770
The "many parts" of Andrew : 1770-1771
Food for thought : 1772-1773
A scare for Quitrent delinquents : 1771-1773
Apprehensions over tea : 1772-1773
Picking a plum and laying low : 1774
The year of the Qui Tam : 1774
A short vacation for the collector : 1775
The indispensable collector : 1775
Sounding out the Congress : 1775-1776
Flight and return : 1776.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0880929758 (alk. paper)
0880929766
OCLC:
60189709
Publisher Number:
9780880929752
9780880929769

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