New York's Part in History

This book gives a thorough study of the early history of New York. Written in 1915 by Sherman Williams, it gives the history of:

1. The Indians of New York

2. Sir William Johnson and the Iroquois Confederacy

3. The Struggle for Supremacy

4. New York under the Dutch

5. The Manor of Rensselaerswyck

6. New York as an English colony

7. Albany as a colonial center

8. Indian Trails

9. New York in the Revolution

10. New York in the Border Wars

11. Burgoyne's Invasion

12. Sullivan's Expedition

13. Alexander Hamilton and the Federal Constitution

14. Robert R. Livingston and the Louisiana Purchase

15. William H. Seward and the Purchase of Alaska

16. The Erie Canal and the Commercial Supremacy of the State of New York

17. Andrew Sloan Draper and the Public School System of the State of New York

Several early maps and illustrations are also included.

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