Bücher von Harold

"The Market Place is a novel by American author Harold F.The story is a study in the ethics and purposes of money-getting, in the romantic element in modern business. In it finance is presented not as being merely the province of shrewdness, or greediness, or petty personal gratification, but of great projects, of great brain-battles, a field for the exercising of talent, daring, imagination, appealing to the strength of a strong man, filling the same place in men's lives that was once filled by the incentives of war... The hero of the story, ""Joel Thorpe,"" is one of those men, huge of body, keen of brain, with cast iron nerves, as sound a heart as most men, and a magnificent capacity for bluff. He has lived and risked and lost in a dozen countries, been almost within reach of fortune a dozen times, and always missed her until, finally, in London, by promoting a great rubber syndicate he becomes a multi-millionaire. He marries the most beautiful and one of the most impecunious peeresses in England and retires to his country estate. There, as a gentleman of leisure, he loses his motive in life, loses power for lack of opportunity, and grows less commanding even in the eyes of his wife, who misses the uncompromising, barbaric strength which took her by storm and won her. Finally he evolves a gigantic philanthropic scheme of spending his money as laboriously as he made it. It is very fitting that Mr. Frederic's last book should be in praise of action, the thing that makes the world go round; of force, however misspent, which is the sum of life as distinguished from the inertia of death. In the forty-odd years of his life he wrote almost as many pages as Balzac, most of it mere newspaper copy, it is true, read and forgotten, but all of it vigorous and with the stamp of a strong man upon it. And he played just as hard as he worked-alas, it was the play that killed him! The young artist who illustrated the story gave to the pictures of ""Joel Thorpe"" very much the look of Harold Frederic himself, and they might almost stand for his portraits. I fancy the young man did not select his model carelessly... The man won his place in England much as his hero won his, by defiance, by strong shoulder blows, by his self-sufficiency and inexhaustible strength.."

It is 1781, and the war for American independence is in its sixth bloody year. In Virginia, the patriot forces of the Marquis de Lafayette meet the army of British general Lord Charles Cornwallis near Green Spring Farm. On one side of the field are two brothers from Massachusetts, Daniel and Joshua Brattle. On the other side is Sergeant Tom Martin of the British 1st Light Infantry. Each is confident of victory, but it is Cornwallis who prevails, sending Lafayette's army reeling back in defeat.Joshua Brattle is wounded, and Daniel takes him to a farmhouse where he meets Catherine Seawell and her younger sister Abigail. The women agree to help Daniel care for his injured brother. Cornwallis marches to the tobacco port of Yorktown, which he fortifies as a naval base on the orders of his superior, Sir Henry Clinton. Cornwallis worries that the war can no longer be won. Meanwhile General George Washington knows he needs to win a key victory before the winter of 1782. He conceives a complicated plan to trap Cornwallis in Yorktown by both sea and land, and so force his surrender.With the defeat at Green Spring, Daniel no longer believes independence possible. He and Catherine, who opposes the war, grow closer over the course of Joshua's long recovery. It is only at Joshua's urging that Daniel agrees to return to the Continental Army.Catherine is reunited with her missing cousin John Chester, who has joined the cavalry of Tarleton's British Legion. John takes the sisters to Yorktown. The re, the allied armies of Washington and French General Rochambeau at last arrive in Virginia. The French navy has prevented the British from reinforcing or evacuating Cornwallis, who is now trapped.Daniel Brattle accepts a promotion to captain and vows to do his duty to the last. The Americans and French march on Yorktown and establish siege lines. Hoping for reinforcement from General Clinton, Cornwallis prepares to wait. He sends his cavalry to forage the countryside, and John Chester sees his first action in a battle to defend a supply train from French cavalry.The turning point comes when the Americans storm two British redoubts. The victory gives Daniel hope, but convinces Cornwallis his position is now untenable. The British commander makes one last attempt to escape the trap, but when it fails, he agrees to surrender. Starving, sick and dispirited, the British march out of Yorktown and lay down their arms. Sergeant Tom Martin of the British 1st Light Infantry is embittered, believing the British generals and politicians have failed the redcoat soldiers.Daniel meets with Catherine and offers marriage, but she tells him she will not marry him as long as the war continues. She and Abigail will go to New York as Loyalist refugees.General Washington hosts a dinner for his British counterparts, now on parole. Washington is concerned for the future, with what his struggling new nation will achieve after this victory. Daniel pines for Catherine, but Joshua explains to his younger brother that here is the long-awaited victory that might convince the British to recognize American independence.

This volume is the twenty-first in a series devoted to presenting a transcription of the surviving serial manuscript records for the town of Wilmington, Essex County, New York, in the High Peaks region of the Adirondack Mountains. The blacksmith ledger transcribed herein was found in the old Warren/Haselton house located in the hamlet of Haselton (formerly known as Markhamville), in the town of Wilmington, when it was put up for sale by George Warren in 2006. The house had been in the Haselton and Warren families since the mid-1800s. The provenance of the ledger is not clear; initially, it was most likely to have been the ledger of Timothy Haselton, and then of his son, Daniel. It is also possible that the initial forty-eight pages involved Nathan B. Markham. Genealogists and family historians should find the Haselton blacksmith ledger of considerable value. It captures a somewhat different population than that of the village of Wilmington's general store ledger, 1852-1854. A prime example will be the very large number of entries for Chancey Wilcox. The ledger reveals a complex web of commercial relations and transactions at the sub-town level, and specifically for a hamlet located between the villages of Wilmington and Black Brook. And the entries for government service and non-farm labor will significantly add to an understanding of economic activities at the personal level. Although the ledger primarily concerns blacksmithing tasks and equipment, it also mentions a great variety of goods and tasks, ranging from traditional blacksmith work to grocery store goods. Another significant part of the ledger's contents was the important role of the iron ore industry. To aid the reader, a glossary of unfamiliar terms follows the introduction. A full name index adds to the value of this work.

This volume is the twelfth in a series devoted to presenting a transcription of the surviving serial manuscript records for the town of Wilmington, Essex County, New York, in the High Peaks region of the Adirondack Mountains. Starting in 1886, and continuing in the years covered in this volume, both the lot numbers and tract (complete with descriptive comments) are provided for taxable residents. The following information may also be recorded: number of acres, value of estate, value of personal property, total valuation, amount of tax, dog tax, whether the tax is paid, returned resident highway tax, and returned resident school tax. For lands of non-residents there is considerable information provided, but the owner's name is omitted. For some years (excluding 1892-4 and 1896), an end-of-year Town Supervisor's report (sometimes a newspaper clipping) is appended. It contains valuable information, as all town offices and officers are listed. In some cases the year-end report includes not just officers and amounts paid them, but others who were paid by the Town for services provided. Occasionally, comments are added which could prove useful or add a bit of "color" to your family portrait. The tax records have been transcribed as presented. All names have been reproduced as spelled in the original. A full name index adds to the value of this work.

This volume is the first in a series devoted to presenting a transcription of the surviving serial manuscript records for the town of Wilmington, Essex County, New York, in the High Peaks region of the Adirondack Mountains. The first ledger book for the Town of Wilmington, "lost" for many years, covers the period from the founding of the town in 1821, until 1865 (except for cattle earmarks which are covered until 1884), and contains a record of the Town of Wilmington minutes, plus much more. The minutes of annual and special town meetings are included. Entries make special note of the persons elected or appointed to various offices: e.g., Town Clerk, Town Supervisor, Assessors, Commissioners of Highways, Overseers of Highways, Path Masters, Justices of the Peace, Overseers of the Poor, Tax Collectors, Election Inspectors, Sextons, Poor Masters, Scalers of Weights and Measures, and Superintendents of Schools. Votes are recorded for provisions for the poor and schools. Surveys of new roads, and occasionally new plats, are included. Highway taxes, in the form of corvee labor or days of labor owed by individuals, are recorded for every year. Earmarks for cattle are registered and illustrated. The original ledger is not consistently chronological and is often illegible; however, the authors have attempted to transcribe the entries as presented. Names have been faithfully transcribed, and it is not unusual to find the same name spelled several different ways. A full name index adds to the value of this work.

Never underestimate the value of gossip! Emma D. Hinds, under the pen name of "Rupert," was the gossip columnist and vital records recorder for the Essex County Republican during the period covered. For researchers interested in a family's web of kith and kin, gossip columns can be an indispensable resource, adding regional, cultural, and socio-economic aspects. Numerous pieces of social history linked to individuals or families are recorded here that may not have been noted in print elsewhere. Births, marriages, and deaths are of particular value to genealogists as the period of 1877-1881 falls before Wilmington's civil vital records begin. These tidbits, clipped from a regional paper that otherwise reported little on Wilmington, provide insights into life in a town which had no newspaper. The appointment of school teachers, local schools' closing exercises, church-related meetings, sermons, the coming and going of visitors, and social occasions such as the Sabbath school picnics were all reported along with a sprinkling of disease, illness, crimes, fire, prostitution, and "demon" drink.Entries are sub-divided into personals and subjects, and then each section is further sub-divided into alphabetical listings and chronological entries. The Alphabetical Order by Person section includes the full name, date, subject, and scrapbook page number. The Listing by Event section lists the event, date, description, and page number.