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Staten Island's Elliottville : Abolitionist Enclave, Gilded Age Retreat, Ferry Suburb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaser, James A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abolitionists.
- Unionists (United States Civil War).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (330 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- The story of a 19th century Staten Island town that nurtured the careers of nationally significant reformers, abolitionists, and transcendentalists.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Residents Significant to Elliottville History
- Timeline History of Elliottville
- Introduction
- Chapter Overview
- A Note on Sources
- Chapter 1 Elliottville: A Suburb of Affiliation
- The Shaws and Gays
- North Shore Staten Island in the 1840s
- Dr. Elliott of Elliottville
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2 Boston People: Elliottville Takes Shape
- Three Elliottville Houses
- "Boston People"
- Chapter 3 The Years of Crisis: Elliottville, 1850 through 1865
- George William Curtis
- Elliottville and the Compromise of 1850
- A Long Golden Summer: 1856 to 1861
- Theodore Winthrop
- Staten Island and the Election of 1860
- "Goodbye the Drum Is Beating" - Robert Gould Shaw to Sarah Shaw, April 20, 1861
- Chapter 4 A Difficult Peace
- Renewed Fervor: Anna Leonowens
- Chapter 5 The Gilded Age Yachtsman: The Disillusionments of Reconstruction
- William Thorn Garner
- The Yachting Party
- Staten Island's Fifth Avenue
- Continuity of Family Life in Elliottville
- Chapter 6 The 1880s: The Ascendancy of the Middle Class
- Livingston: A New Type of Suburb
- John C. Henderson
- The Bonner Family
- Ralph Rokeby
- The Enterprising Drake de Kay
- Artists and Writers
- Maria "Midy" Morgan (1828-1892)
- Midy Morgan's House
- Chapter 7 Erastus Wiman and the Death of Elliottville
- An End to Living Cottagely
- The Duke of Staten Island
- Source Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-558-0234-4
- OCLC:
- 1520916279
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