Almost a hero : 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

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Main Author: Hart, Edward H., 1927-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Unionville, NY : Royal Fireworks Press, c2005.
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260 |a Unionville, NY :  |b Royal Fireworks Press,  |c c2005. 
300 |a 409 p. :  |b ill., map ;  |c 23 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a The collector and his colleagues : August-October 1764 -- Collector without peace : September 1764-February 1765 -- Doing his duty : seizure of the Lark : March 1765-October 1765 -- The Stamp Act crisis : games people played : February 1765-September 1766 -- The Quitrent quagmire : November 1765-March 1767 -- Captain Brown and a debt of 4,168 : December 1763-August 1767 -- New masters at the helm : Commissioners for America : 1767-1768 -- Much ado about collecting Quitrents : 1767-1768 -- Commissioner Elliot and the disputed boundary : 1769 -- Boycott days and sundry matters : November 1768-April 1770 -- The "many parts" of Andrew : 1770-1771 -- Food for thought : 1772-1773 -- A scare for Quitrent delinquents : 1771-1773 -- Apprehensions over tea : 1772-1773 -- Picking a plum and laying low : 1774 -- The year of the Qui Tam : 1774 -- A short vacation for the collector : 1775 -- The indispensable collector : 1775 -- Sounding out the Congress : 1775-1776 -- Flight and return : 1776. 
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