In 1696 the British government required that all loyal citizens affirm their allegiance to King William III, who had displaced King James II in 1688. The surviving oath rolls in the American colonies include lists of names from New York, Virginia, Barbados, Bermuda, and many of the smaller islands in the Caribbean for which few records now survive. This book is an invaluable record for the historian and genealogist alike.
In 1696 the British government required that all loyal citizens affirm their allegiance to King William III, who had displaced King James II in 1688. ...
The culmination of more than thirty years of research, Olympians of the Sawdust Circle is an attempt to identify every major and minor player in the American circus world of the nineteenth century. This A-Z guide lists: surname, given name, dates of birth and death (if known), type of entertainment (and function) with which the individual was associated, and the companies and dates by whom the person was employed. Every researcher and library interested in American circus history will need this seminal guide. An absolutely astonishing piece of scholarship.
The culmination of more than thirty years of research, Olympians of the Sawdust Circle is an attempt to identify every major and minor player in the A...
