Stories of early Albany
Subtitle: history on the Hudson River, 1775-1825
By: Warren Roberts.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781438433295
Subjects: Albany (N.Y.) -- History -- 18th century; Albany (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century; Albany (N.Y.) -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Table of contents: title: The Battle of Saratoga : epic, tragedy, or comedy of manners?; title: Philip Schuyler's Hudson River visitors, 1776-83; title: Mme. de La Tour du Pin's two-year stay in Albany, 1794-96; title: Albany and the Erie Canal; title: Conclusion: Albany, past and present : observations and images (with some musings thrown in); title: Appendix A: Thomas Jefferson and Angelica Schuyler Church in Paris; title: Appendix B: The responses of two Americans to the French Revolution : Gouverneur Morris and Thomas Jefferson; title: Appendix C: Talleyrand and the XYZ Affair; title: Appendix D: David's depiction of Talleyrand in the coronation of Napoleon and Joséphine.