Stated first edition. Inscribed by author on ffep: "For Jim Wood: Who helped keep the Lindley Murray flame alive. With warm regards, Charles Monaghan." Tight binding, clean interior. Maroon boards with bright gold lettering; mild wear to corners and spine edges, corners bumped. DJ preserved in mylar, has not been price clipped,($25.00) minor wear. Text unmarked. "the first book ever written about the New York Quaker merchant family that gave its name to the Manhattan neighborhood of Murray Hill." 166 pp.

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Title

The Murrays of Murray Hill

Publisher

Urban History Press, Brooklyn, NY

Publication Date

1998

Language

English

ISBN 10

0966243005

ISBN 13

9780966243000

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Printing

1st Printing

Condition

Very Good -

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Very Good

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Book by Monaghan, Charles

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A carefully researched history of the prominent Quaker family for whom the Murray Hill section of Manhattan is named. The Murrays, a devout, perpetually energetic family, first settled in Manhattan in the 1760s. During the latter half of the 18th century the Murrays became connected, through marriage, with a number of influential Manhattan families. They enjoyed great success as merchants, only to see their position in society challenged, and their family fragmented, by the revolution. Some members of the family became well-known for their patriotism; others, including the eldest son, Lindley, were led by their loyalist sympathies to choose exile. Monaghan, a longtime editor and critic, persuasively argues that the little-known Lindley was in fact terrifically influential in his time: His school textbooks sold, in the period up to 1840, some 12.5 million copies in the US. It's not only the success of Lindley's textbooks that makes him important; the implicit anti-slavery tenets of the books (inspired by Lindley's embrace of the ideas of such Enlightenment figures as David Hume) shaped American opinion in the North in crucial ways. A lively portrait of a fascinating family, their milieu, and their influence on their turbulent age. -- Copyright �1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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