New York Patriots

Their Lives, Contributions, and Burial Sites

By: Lawrence Knorr, Joe Farley, Joe Farrell

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr have traveled across the eastern USA to the graves of over 200 founding fathers (and mothers) responsible for the birth of the United States of America. This special volume about New York includes those that lived, worked, and or died in Empire State. Included in this volume are biographies and grave information for 23 of these luminaries who made significant contributions to the Revolutionary cause.

In this volume:

• George Clinton: “The Father of the Empire State”
• John Alsop: Merchant House of Alsop
• Simon Boerum: “Congressman from Brooklyn”
• James Duane: Conservative Founder
• William Duer: “The Panic of 1792”
• William Floyd: Major General in the Congress
• Horatio Gates: Hero of Saratoga
• Alexander Hamilton: The Federalist
• Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton: The General’s Daughter
• George Robert Twelves Hewes: “The Shoemaker and the Tea Party”
• John Jay: The First Chief Justice
• Rufus King: The Last Federalist Candidate for President
• Francis Lewis: “All That Glitters Is Not Gold”
• Robert Livingston: The Chancellor
• William Livingston: “First Governor of New Jersey”
• Gouverneur Morris: The Penman of the Constitution
• Lewis Morris III: “The Last Lord of Morrisania”
• Thomas Paine: “The Mouthpiece of the American Revolution”
• William Paterson: Author of the New Jersey Plan
• Philip John Schuyler: Father-in-Law of Hamilton
• Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben: The Prussian General
• Hugh Williamson: “The Ben Franklin of North Carolina”
• Henry Wisner: Gunpowder Patriot
• Index