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The women of the house
how a colonial she-merchant built a mansion, a fortune, and a dynasty
By Zimmerman, Jean
- ISBN
- 978-0-15101-065-3
- Publisher
- Orlando : Harcourt, Inc., c2006.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2006
A tale of the American dream with a feminine twist, this is the chronicle of the dynasty built by Margaret Hardenbroeck Philipse, a tireless Dutch "she-merchant" who immigrated to the colony of New Amsterdam in 1659. By the time she died in 1691, she was the wealthiest woman in what was then the English colony of New York, having built an epic fortune that included breathtakingly vast land holdings. In 1783, Margaret�s great-granddaughter, Mary Philipse Morris, found herself and her family exiled to England. Thoug...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
