When, on January 31, 1752, Gouverneur Morris was born in the family manor-house at Morrisania, on the lands where his forefathers had dwelt for three generations, New York colony contained only some eighty thousand inhabitants, of whom twelve thousand were blacks. New York city was a thriving little trading town, whose people in summer suffered much from the mosquitoes that came back with the cows when they were driven home at nightfall for milking; while from among the locusts and water-beeches that lined the pleasant, quiet streets, the tree frogs sang so shrilly through the long, hot...
When, on January 31, 1752, Gouverneur Morris was born in the family manor-house at Morrisania, on the lands where his forefathers had dwelt for three ...
This is a a collection of anecdotes about some of the most important events in American history, written by the renowned Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt. The stories cover everything from the colonial era through the Civil War, profiling important people and battles along the way.
This is a a collection of anecdotes about some of the most important events in American history, written by the renowned Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodor...
