Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART ONE: Foundations of a Career, 1603-1689. The Old World and the New
  • Land and Status
  • Commerce and Politics
  • PART TWO: Years of Political Upheaval, 1689-1710. New York in Rebellion
  • Public Finance and Factional Politics
  • Journey to the Seat of Empire
  • The Trials of an Apostate
  • Bellomont and the Moderates
  • Bellomont and the Leislerians
  • The Leislerians Triumphant
  • In New York and London: A "Most Unhappy Supplyant"
  • End of an Era: Cornbury, Lovelace, and Ingoldesby
  • PART THREE: Political Maturity, 1710-1728. Governor Hunter and the Palatines
  • Hunter's Search for Political Stability
  • Governors Hunter and Burnet: "A Perfect Harmony Reigning"
  • Payment in Kind for Favors Received
  • "And This, Too, Shall Pass Away"
  • Bibliographical note
  • Index.