New York Patriots

Their Lives, Contributions, and Burial Sites Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr have traveled across the eastern USA to the graves of over 200 founding fathers (and mothers) responsible for the birth of the United States of America. This special volume about New York includes those that lived, worked, and or died in Empire State. Included in this volume are biographies and grave information for 23 of these luminaries who made significant contributions to the Revolutionary cause. In this volume: George Clinton: “The Father of the Empire State” John Alsop: Merchant House of Alsop   Simon Boerum: “Congressman from Brooklyn”   James Duane: Conservative Founder   William Duer: “The Panic of 1792”   William Floyd: Major General in the Congress   Horatio Gates: Hero of Saratoga   Alexander Hamilton: The Federalist   Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton: The General’s Daughter   George Robert Twelves Hewes: “The Shoemaker and the Tea Party”   John Jay: The First Chief Justice   Rufus King: The Last Federalist Candidate for President   Francis Lewis: “All That Glitters Is Not Gold”   Robert Livingston: The Chancellor   William Livingston: “First Governor of New Jersey” Gouverneur Morris: The Penman of the Constitution   Lewis Morris III: “The Last Lord of Morrisania”   Thomas Paine: “The Mouthpiece of the American Revolution”   William Paterson: Author of the New Jersey Plan   Philip John Schuyler: Father-in-Law of Hamilton   Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben: The Prussian General   Hugh Williamson: “The Ben Franklin of North Carolina”   Henry Wisner: Gunpowder Patriot   Index   by Farrell, Farley, & Knorr Page Count: 158 Trim Size: 6 x 9 Publish Date: December 3, 2024 Imprint: Sunbury Press Genre: History BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic