"He says," announced the Swiss, "that he is cousin and agent of the seignior they call the patroon, and his name is Van Corlaer.". From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of Fort St. John] Reference
A patroon was a landholder who was granted one of these great estates in exchange for bringing fifty new settlers into the colony. From Wordnik.com. [History of American Women] Reference
"Billy is 25 years old, and is known as the patroon of my boat for many years; in all probability he may resist; in that event 50 dollars will be paid for his HEAD.". From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
Livingston was a great patroon of the Hudson Valley. From Wordnik.com. [The Fire of His Genius: Robert Fulton and the American Dream] Reference
The man who brought colonists from Holland was called a patroon. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Manhattan] Reference
The patroon system of peopling the colony had proven a total failure. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Manhattan] Reference
It is fortunate that the patroon system, unlike slavery, was ultimately uprooted without revolution. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
For the Baron of Torh was lord of Conawaga, not Schohira, whose patroon was Lord Thasperas of Kormon. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquering Sword of Conan]
In the Dutch patroonships on the Hudson, settlers owed perpetual fealty to the patroon, and, more importantly, perpetual rent. From Wordnik.com. [A History of American Law] Reference
I said naught, but was surprized, for Brocas was lord of Conawaga, and not Schohira, whose patroon was Lord Thespius of Kormon. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquering Sword of Conan]
A patroon would be granted a large tract of land if they agreed to bring over settlers and colonize the land at their own expense. From Wordnik.com. [History of American Women] Reference
At all events, the feelings of the workman for his 'patroon,' as the old name still in use calls the employer, are none of the kindest. From Wordnik.com. [Dutch Life in Town and Country] Reference
Then we learned that Emma was to be married without delay from the stone manor house under the Taconics where her people had dwelt since patroon days. From Wordnik.com. [The Collectors] Reference
Mecca, the same year I went with my patroon thither, offered this renegado that if he would serve them on this journey they would defray his charges throughout. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
They settled in the patroon house home of the head of the colony, which was the best dwelling at Rensselaerswyck, consisting of two cellars, two rooms, and an attic. From Wordnik.com. [History of American Women] Reference
On interrogating the patroon, or master, of her, he informed us that the vessel with the precious metal had sailed from Mexico two months before, and had arrived at the Havannah. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
"Beginning with us, I suppose," said the young patroon. From Wordnik.com. [Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times] Reference
"Do you think you are the only patroon, my lord Stephen?". From Wordnik.com. [Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times] Reference
She and her sister, your aunt Lucy, were wards of the patroon. From Wordnik.com. [Queechy] Reference
Mrs. Schuyler, herself a great-granddaughter of the first patroon, Killian Van. From Wordnik.com. [The Conqueror] Reference
Van Rensellaer as rising in importance and becoming a mighty patroon in the land. From Wordnik.com. [Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete] Reference
Lady Dorinda, to whom patroon suggested the barbarous but splendid vision of a western pasha. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of Fort St. John] Reference
Fleda was no stranger to these details and had learned long ago what was meant by 'wards' and 'the patroon.'. From Wordnik.com. [Queechy] Reference
Fleda was no stranger to these details, and had learned long ago what was meant by "wards" and "the patroon.". From Wordnik.com. [Queechy, Volume I] Reference
Upon the death of his father, Billy went to England to see the world and rub off a little of the patroon rust. From Wordnik.com. [The Contrast] Reference
He was the younger half-brother of the patroon, and probably the first of the name who came to New Netherland. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam] Reference
Pavonia, and the lands away south even unto the Navesink Mountains, and was, moreover, patroon of Gibbet Island. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
These great patroon estates were confirmed by the English governors, who in their turn followed a similar policy. From Wordnik.com. [The Frontier in American History] Reference
From the time of the patroon grants along the lower Hudson, great estates had been the common form of land tenure. From Wordnik.com. [The Frontier in American History] Reference
In the year 1661, the Company purchased of Melyn, the patroon, for about five hundred dollars, all his rights to lands on Staten Island. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam] Reference
The first patroon had died in 1646, the second, his oldest son Johannes, had also died, and the present heir was the latter's son Kiliaen. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680] Reference
"Would the boldest chemist out of Amsterdam cut off and salt the member of any honest burgher without leave of the patroon?" suggested Van. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of Fort St. John] Reference
The great estates along the Hudson, owned by men like Van Rensselaer, a descendant of the old Dutch patroon, or Phillipse and Courtland and. From Wordnik.com. [Beginnings of the American People] Reference
Their inhabitants, about a hundred in number, were for the most part rude Dutch farmers, tenants of Van Rensselaer, the patroon, or lord of the manor. From Wordnik.com. [The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century] Reference
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