Almost a hero
Subtitle: Andrew Elliot, the King's moneyman in New York, 1764-1776 : his middle years : the story of His Majesty's Collector of Customs for the Port of New York and Receiver General for the Province during the epic years leading to the Declaration of Independence
By: Edward H. Hart.
Publisher: Royal Fireworks Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Unionville, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9780880929752; 9780880929769
Subjects: Elliot, Andrew, 1728-1797.; American loyalists -- Biography.; Colonial administrators -- New York (State) -- Biography.; Scots -- United States -- Biography.; Customs administration -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 18th century.; Rent -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 18th century.; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New York (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions -- 18th century.; New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; New York (State) -- Economic conditions -- 18th century.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-388) and index.
Table of contents: title: The collector and his colleagues : August-October 1764; title: Collector without peace : September 1764-February 1765; title: Doing his duty : seizure of the Lark : March 1765-October 1765; title: The Stamp Act crisis : games people played : February 1765-September 1766; title: The Quitrent quagmire : November 1765-March 1767; title: Captain Brown and a debt of 4,168 : December 1763-August 1767; title: New masters at the helm : Commissioners for America : 1767-1768; title: Much ado about collecting Quitrents : 1767-1768; title: Commissioner Elliot and the disputed boundary : 1769; title: Boycott days and sundry matters : November 1768-April 1770; title: The "many parts" of Andrew : 1770-1771; title: Food for thought : 1772-1773; title: A scare for Quitrent delinquents : 1771-1773; title: Apprehensions over tea : 1772-1773; title: Picking a plum and laying low : 1774; title: The year of the Qui Tam : 1774; title: A short vacation for the collector : 1775; title: The indispensable collector : 1775; title: Sounding out the Congress : 1775-1776; title: Flight and return : 1776.