Title: Irons in the fire : the business history of the Tayloe family and Virginia's gentry, 1700-1860 /
Authors: Kamoie, Laura Croghan.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Tayloe, John,; Tayloe, John,; Tayloe, John,; Plantation owners Virginia Prince William County Biography.; Businessmen Virginia Prince William County Biography.; Gentry Virginia Prince William County History.; Iron industry and trade Virginia Prince William County History.; Prince William County (Va.) Biography.; Prince William County (Va.) Social life and customs.; Prince William County (Va.) Economic conditions.
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.