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Author Zimmerman, Jean.

Title The women of the house : how a colonial she-merchant built a mansion, a fortune, and a dynasty / Jean Zimmerman.

Publication Info. Orlando : Harcourt, Inc., [2006]
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Location Call No. Status
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  974.71 ZIM    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  B PHILIPSE    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  B-PHILIPSE, M.    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xv, 399 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-380) and index.
Contents Prologue : 1685 -- pt. 1. 1659-1691 : Margaret -- 1. Her new world -- 2. A map of Manhattan -- 3. Wild diamonds -- 4. A wedding, a child, and a funeral on the ditch -- 5. Education of a she-merchant -- 6. A marriage of love and trade -- 7. The superior authority over both ship and cargo -- 8. The house Margaret built -- 9. A surfeit of sugar -- pt. 2. 1692-1783 : Catherine, Joanna, Mary -- 10. The church of Catherine -- 11. Not doubting of her care -- 12. Fashion babies -- 13. A hard winter and hell -- 14. A castle on the heights -- 15. Fire in the sky -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Sources -- Index.
Subject Philipse, Margaret Hardenbroeck.
Philipse, Margaret Hardenbroeck -- Family.
Phillips family.
Women merchants -- New Netherland -- Biography.
Merchants -- New Netherland -- Biography.
New Netherland -- Biography.
New Netherland -- Commerce -- History.
New Netherland -- Social conditions.
New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775 -- Biography.
ISBN 015101065X
9780151010653
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