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Part
1 : Colonial and Mercantile America
Chapter 1 : Patroons
and Manor Lords
The Van Rensselaers - mighty patroons of Rensselaerswyck
The Livingston family - manor lords, economic factors and statesmen
Other manor lords and related families
The Morrises of
Morrisania
Chapter
2 : A Southern Aristocracy of Planters
The settlement
of Virginia and the emergence of a planter aristocracy
Nathaniel Bacon's rebellion
The Randolph family - Virginia Burgesses and American Statesmen
The Carters of Corotoman - richest dynasty of Virginia
Plantation owners and presidents
The Lees of Virginia -
American Patriots and Soldiers of the Old South
Other dynasties of planters and politicians
Chapter
3 : Shipping merchants
Brahmin families from Salem to Boston
The China traders / J & T.H.
Perkins & Co
Merchants of New York City
Chapter
4 : The Landlords of New York
The Astors
The Goelets
Chapter 5 : Bankers
I - Bankers of the Early Republic
Chapter 6 : Early Industrialists
Introduction of the textile mills
Iron foundries and metal traders
Firearms and ammunition
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