Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: List of Mayors of Albany, New York, Erastus Corning, Gerald Jennings, Erastus Corning 2nd, Franklin Townsend, John Townsend, Thomas Michael Whalen Iii, Charles E. Dudley, Ambrose Spencer, Pieter Schuyler, Abraham Ten Broeck, Elisha Jenkins, John Boyd Thacher Ii, Evert Bancker, John Boyd Thacher, Pieter Van Brugh, Charles H. Gaus, Eli Perry, Albert Janse Ryckman, Robert Livingston the Younger, Michael N. Nolan. Excerpt: Rensselaerswyck series Abraham Ten Broeck (May 13, 1734 January 19, 1810 ) was a New York politician, businessman, and militia Brigadier General of Dutch descent. He was twice Mayor of Albany, New York and built one of the largest mansions in the area that still stands more than 200 years later. Early life Ten Broeck was the son of Dirck Ten Broeck and Margarita Cuyler. His great-grandfathers included former Albany mayors Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck and Jan Jansen Bleecker. His father was a politician and also served as Albany's mayor beginning in 1746. Abraham was sent to New York City to learn business with his sister Christina's husband, Philip Livingston . He was then sent to Europe to learn international business after his father's death in 1751, returning to Albany in 1752. Ten Broeck increased his wealth via trade while in Albany. During the 1750s, he was involved in the provincial militia. In 1759, he was elected to the city council and in 1760, he was elected to the Province of New York Assembly while continuing to serve Albany. In November 1763, he married Elizabeth Van Rensselaer, a sister of patroon Stephen Van Rensselaer II and great-granddaughter of the first native-born mayor of New York City, Stephanus Van Cortlandt . By the mid-1760s, Ten Broeck was one of Albany's wealthiest men. In 1769, his brother-in-law died at age 27 and Ten Broeck was named...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mayors of Albany, New York: List of Mayors of Albany, New York, Erastus Corning, Gerald Jennings, Erastus Corning 2nd, Franklin Townsend. To get started finding Mayors of Albany, New York: List of Mayors of Albany, New York, Erastus Corning, Gerald Jennings, Erastus Corning 2nd, Franklin Townsend, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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2010
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1155748492
Mayors of Albany, New York: List of Mayors of Albany, New York, Erastus Corning, Gerald Jennings, Erastus Corning 2nd, Franklin Townsend
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: List of Mayors of Albany, New York, Erastus Corning, Gerald Jennings, Erastus Corning 2nd, Franklin Townsend, John Townsend, Thomas Michael Whalen Iii, Charles E. Dudley, Ambrose Spencer, Pieter Schuyler, Abraham Ten Broeck, Elisha Jenkins, John Boyd Thacher Ii, Evert Bancker, John Boyd Thacher, Pieter Van Brugh, Charles H. Gaus, Eli Perry, Albert Janse Ryckman, Robert Livingston the Younger, Michael N. Nolan. Excerpt: Rensselaerswyck series Abraham Ten Broeck (May 13, 1734 January 19, 1810 ) was a New York politician, businessman, and militia Brigadier General of Dutch descent. He was twice Mayor of Albany, New York and built one of the largest mansions in the area that still stands more than 200 years later. Early life Ten Broeck was the son of Dirck Ten Broeck and Margarita Cuyler. His great-grandfathers included former Albany mayors Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck and Jan Jansen Bleecker. His father was a politician and also served as Albany's mayor beginning in 1746. Abraham was sent to New York City to learn business with his sister Christina's husband, Philip Livingston . He was then sent to Europe to learn international business after his father's death in 1751, returning to Albany in 1752. Ten Broeck increased his wealth via trade while in Albany. During the 1750s, he was involved in the provincial militia. In 1759, he was elected to the city council and in 1760, he was elected to the Province of New York Assembly while continuing to serve Albany. In November 1763, he married Elizabeth Van Rensselaer, a sister of patroon Stephen Van Rensselaer II and great-granddaughter of the first native-born mayor of New York City, Stephanus Van Cortlandt . By the mid-1760s, Ten Broeck was one of Albany's wealthiest men. In 1769, his brother-in-law died at age 27 and Ten Broeck was named...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mayors of Albany, New York: List of Mayors of Albany, New York, Erastus Corning, Gerald Jennings, Erastus Corning 2nd, Franklin Townsend. To get started finding Mayors of Albany, New York: List of Mayors of Albany, New York, Erastus Corning, Gerald Jennings, Erastus Corning 2nd, Franklin Townsend, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.