Guide to Genealogical and Biographical Sources for New York City (Manhattan), 1783-1898
Guide to Genealogical and Biographical Sources for New York City (Manhattan), 1783-1898

Author: Rosalie Fellows Bailey

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 0806348011

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Scottish-American Gravestones, 1700-1900, by David Dobson, contains more than 1,500 death records arranged alphabetically according to the surname of the decedent. While the transcriptions vary, all of them also give the decedent's date and place of death and the source of the information, as well as, in many instances, the names of the individual's parents, name of spouse, and even a word or two about occupation. While this diminutive volume can scarcely purport to be the final word on its subject, it nonetheless affords a substantial number of links to researchers hoping to bridge the gap between Scotland and North America.

John Sutter
John Sutter

Author: Albert L. Hurtado

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 9780806137728

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Re-examines the life of John Sutter in the context of America's rush for westward expansion in a fully documented account of the Swiss expatriate and would-be empire builder and his times.

A Counterfeiter's Paradise
A Counterfeiter's Paradise

Author: Ben Tarnoff

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-03-06

Total Pages: 459

ISBN-13: 1101574836

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"This tale of counterfeiting is a treat for everyone...a delightful history lesson...Admirable and altogether charming." -The Washington Post As Ben Tarnoff reminds us in this entertaining narrative history, get-rich-quick schemes are as old as America itself. Indeed, the speculative ethos that pervades Wall Street today, Tarnoff suggests, has its origins in the counterfeiters who first took advantage of America's turbulent economy. In A Counterfeiter's Paradise, Tarnoff chronicles the lives of three colorful counterfeiters who flourished in early America, from the colonial period to the Civil War. Driven by desire for fortune and fame, each counterfeiter cunningly manipulated the political and economic realities of his day. Through the tales of these three memorable hustlers, Tarnoff tells the larger tale of America's financial coming-of-age, from a patchwork of colonies to a powerful nation with a single currency.