These proprietors, called patroons, held great political power as well as judicial power over the settlers. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
The men who received these huge estates were called patroons, which is the same word as our English patron, and they had power not unlike the feudal lords of old time. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
Van Rensselaer was not only one of the greatest of the old 'patroons' who formed the landed aristocracy of Dutch New York, but he was also a Federalist. From Wordnik.com. [The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812] Reference
In this way there would be no patroons to act as masters. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Manhattan] Reference
Governor Van Twiller favored Van Rensselaer more than he did the other patroons. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Manhattan] Reference
Now this Walter Van Twiller was a relative of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, one of the patroons. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Manhattan] Reference
When New York passed into English hands, the new overlords accepted the claims of the patroons. From Wordnik.com. [A History of American Law] Reference
The farms established by these patroons were to belong to them and to their families after them. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Manhattan] Reference
Old family -- away back to the patroons -- so old she has to keep moth balls hung in her family tree. From Wordnik.com. [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference
The good blood of the patroons never flowed purer or brighter than when, as soldiers, they battled for a nation's rights. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z] Reference
The New York constitution of 1846, after the downfall of the patroons, outlawed feudal tenures and long-term agricultural leases. From Wordnik.com. [A History of American Law] Reference
Before many years had passed there was much trouble with these patroons, who did a great deal to make themselves rich, and very little for New. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Manhattan] Reference
Just so the old house had looked through all those days when it was the scene of a luxurious colonial life not excelled by that of the patroons of the. From Wordnik.com. [Virginia: the Old Dominion] Reference
The one thing that the patroons were not permitted to do was to collect the furs of animals, for these were very valuable and the Company claimed them all. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Manhattan] Reference
These were the remnants of the old Dutch patroons who were themselves early overwhelmed by immigrants from the British Isles and by British military force. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Wharton in New York] Reference
The descendant of Dutch patroons -- the aristocrats who settled the Hudson River valley in the 17th century -- FDR lived out the life of the American ruling class. From Wordnik.com. [Bruce Schulman: When Elite Get Tough] Reference
New England pattern, where patroons were unknown and impossible. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775] Reference
Neither patroons nor Company concerned themselves about the people. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775] Reference
One of these patroons, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, a wealthy merchant in. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam] Reference
In New York the manorial privileges of the great patroons were swept away. From Wordnik.com. [The Critical Period of American History] Reference
The patroons were soon at loggerheads with each other and with the Governor. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
This was excellent for such as could afford to become patroons; but what about the others?. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775] Reference
The patroons were becoming more powerful than their creators, and took things more and more into their own lordly hands. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775] Reference
These limits would include but a small portion of the territory which the patroons claimed by right of purchase from the. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam] Reference
It may well be supposed that such a tempting offer did not go a-begging, and a number of patroons were soon settled along the. From Wordnik.com. [A School History of the United States] Reference
Amsterdam, by their own governors and patroons, and by the errors which immemorial usage had ingrained in them as individuals. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775] Reference
He called upon them to define their boundaries, saying that he should recognize the patroons 'jurisdiction only to that extent. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam] Reference
Philadelphia; they partitioned vast tracts of fertile lands among favorite patroons; they built up a successful trade in furs with the. From Wordnik.com. [Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733] Reference
It was supposed that Director Minuit was too much in sympathy with the patroons, who were becoming very powerful, and he was recalled. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam] Reference
Yearly are voyageurs sent inland, -- "patroons of the woods," given bounty to stay in the wilds, luring any trade from the Nor'westers. From Wordnik.com. [Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom] Reference
Soon all the important points on the Hudson River and the Delaware were thus caught up by these patroons, wealthy merchants of the West. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam] Reference
Under the Dutch, even, it had some of these characteristic peculiarities, in its patroons; the lords of the manor of the New Netherlands. From Wordnik.com. [Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale] Reference
These patroons were really great feudal lords, who farmed out their vast estates to tenants who held the ground on various conditions. From Wordnik.com. [II. The Dutch Town under the First Three Directors. 1626-1647.] Reference
“patroons,” who held their property on quasi feudal conditions, and bore a resemblance to the seigneurs of French Canada. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Elgin]
Fremont-Tates, patroons of San Juan. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
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