Irons in the fire : the business history of the Tayloe family and Virginia's gentry, 1700-1860 Laura Croghan Kamoie

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kamoie, Laura Croghan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tayloe, John, 1687-1747.

Tayloe, John.

Tayloe, John, 1721-1779.

Tayloe, John, 1771-1828.

Plantation owners--Virginia--Prince William County--Biography.

Plantation owners.

Businessmen--Virginia--Prince William County--Biography.

Businessmen.

Prince William County (Va.)--Biography.

Prince William County (Va.).

Gentry--Virginia--Prince William County--History.

Gentry.

Prince William County (Va.)--Social life and customs.

Iron industry and trade--Virginia--Prince William County--History.

Iron industry and trade.

Prince William County (Va.)--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

x, 222 p. : ill., map, ports., geneal. charts ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007.

Contents:

Introduction : the Tayloes, the Virginia gentry, and the early American economy

"To the great benefit of this poor country" : John Tayloe and the roots of entrepreneurship

Building the Tayloe estate : land, slaves, and the foundation of Virginia's regional economy

Neabsco and Occoquan : iron, slaves, and the success of John Tayloe II

Adjustments at Mount Airy : John Tayloe III and post-revolutionary Virginia

John Tayloe III, engaged in the business of the new nation

Epilogue : the Tayloes and change in antebellum Virginia

Appendix A : Tayloe family genealogy

Appendix B : the Chesapeake iron industry

Appendix C : The one hundred.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-212) and index.

ISBN:

9780813926377 (alk. paper)

0813926378 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

77270835