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Irons in the fire : the business history of the Tayloe family and Virginia's gentry, 1700-1860
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- Creator
- Laura Croghan Kamoie
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007
- Physical Details
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- x, 222 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780813926377, 0813926378
- OCLC
- ocm77270835
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-212) and index.
- Introduction : the Tayloes, the Virginia gentry, and the early American economy -- "To the great benefit of this poor country" : John Tayloe and the roots of entrepreneurship -- Building the Tayloe estate : land, slaves, and the foundation of Virginia's regional economy -- Neabsco and Occoquan : iron, slaves, and the success of John Tayloe II -- Adjustments at Mount Airy : John Tayloe III and post-revolutionary Virginia -- John Tayloe III, engaged in the business of the new nation -- Epilogue : the Tayloes and change in antebellum Virginia -- Appendix A : Tayloe family genealogy -- Appendix B : the Chesapeake iron industry --Appendix C : The one hundred
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.