Irons in the fire
Subtitle: the business history of the Tayloe family and Virginia's gentry, 1700-1860
By: Laura Croghan Kamoie.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813926377
Subjects: Tayloe, John, -- 1687-1747; Tayloe, John, -- 1721-1779; Tayloe, John, -- 1771-1828; 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
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the Tayloes, the Virginia gentry, and the early American economy; title: "To the great benefit of this poor country" : John Tayloe and the roots of entrepreneurship; title: Building the Tayloe estate : land, slaves, and the foundation of Virginia's regional economy; title: Neabsco and Occoquan : iron, slaves, and the success of John Tayloe II; title: Adjustments at Mount Airy : john Tayloe III and post-revolutionary Virginia; title: John Tayloe III, engaged in the business of the new nation; title: Epilogue : the Tayloes and change in antebellum Virginia; title: Appendix A : Tayloe family genealogy; title: Appendix B : the Chesapeake iron industry.