Voluntary organizations in Pre-Revolutionary New York City, 1750-1776

<p>ln the twenty-five years preceding the Revolution, New York City experienced growth both physically and in terms of a budding awareness of community. Its population and trade expanded as great wealth poured into the port during renewed Anglo-French fighting. The same years witnessed the foundation of a college, two libraries, at least two semi-professional organizations, several charitable societies, and culminated in a strong drive to build a hospital. Such endeavors all represented the work of private men voluntarily joining together to accomplish specific tasks.</p> <p>The period before 1750 had not experienced such a blossoming of community-oriented endeavors. Instead, such activities appear to have accompanied the growth of material assets associated with later years. The following pages will recount the physical expansion and socio-economic composition of mid-eighteenth century New York City. Subsequent chapters will focus on features of this proliferation, hinting at the growing community-mindedness of New Yorkers exhibited in the formation of numerous voluntary organizations between 1750 and 1776.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year

1976

Author dc:creator

• Haley, Jacquetta Mae

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bernard Mason
• Richard M. Dalfiume
• Mary Ryan

• Associations
• institutions
• New York
• Colonial period (ca. 1600-1775)

Repository record dc:identifier

https://orb.binghamton.edu/dissertation_and_theses/324

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:orb.binghamton.edu:dissertation_and_theses-1330