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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: From loyalists to loyal citizens
    sub title: the DePeyster family of New York
  name:
    name part: McKito, Valerie H.
    name part: 1977-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: biography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2015
    copyright date: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xi, 248 pages ; 23 cm.
  abstract: Challenges the traditional perception that Loyalists were ostracized as traitors to the United States, after the American Revolution. The DePeyster family of New York was one of the first families of New Amsterdam, ranking among the wealthiest of New York during the early days of the American Republic. The DePeysters were also unapologetic Loyalists, serving in the King's forces during the American Revolution. After the war, the four sons left the United States for Canada and Great Britain. Ten years later, one son, Frederick DePeyster, returned to New York, embraced his Loyalist past, and utilized his British connections to become a prominent and successful merchant. The DePeysters went on to become true patriots, zealously supporting US interests in the War of 1812. This book examines the forces at work in the lives of the DePeyster family and the decisions they made to navigate their way from loyal subjects of the British crown to loyal citizens of the United States. How this transformation occurred challenges many of the preconceived ideas we hold both about the Revolution and the formation of the American identity in the years following the war.
  table of contents: Introduction: The disappearance of the loyalists -- The DePeyster tradition -- Canadian exile -- Sibling relations -- Building a fortune -- Preparing the next generation -- Continuing the tradition -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: DePeyster genealogy 1 -- Appendix B: DePeyster genealogy 2 -- Appendix C: DePeyster genealogy 3 -- Appendix D: DePeyster genealogy 4 -- Appendix E: DePeyster genealogy 5.
  note: Valerie H. McKito.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us-ny
    geographic code: n-us---
    geographic code: n-cn-nk
  subject:
    name:
      name part: DePeyster, James
      name part: 1726-1799
  subject:
    name:
      name part: DePeyster, Frederick
      name part: 1758-1834
  subject:
    name:
      name part: De Peyster family
  subject:
    topic: American loyalists
    geographic: New York (State)
    geographic: New York
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Upper class
    geographic: New York (State)
    geographic: New York
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Businessmen
    geographic: New York (State)
    geographic: New York
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    geographic: New York (N.Y.)
    topic: History
    temporal: Revolution, 1775-1783
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    geographic: United States
    topic: History
    temporal: Revolution, 1775-1783
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Exiles
    geographic: New Brunswick
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    geographic: New York (N.Y.)
    topic: History
    temporal: 1775-1865
    genre: Biography
  classification: E278.D47 M35 2015
  classification: 974.7/030922 B
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Excelsior editions
  identifier: 9781438458106
  identifier: 143845810X
  identifier: 9781438458120
  identifier: 2014044510
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 150710
    record change date: 20170928105824.0
    record identifier: in00003601105