The Women of the House: How a Colonial She-Merchant Built a Mansion, a Fortune, and a Dynasty

Author/Contributor(s):	Zimmerman, Jean
Publisher:	Mariner Books
Date:	08/06/2007
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

The remarkable Margaret Hardenbroeck Philipse arrived in New Amsterdam from Holland in 1659, and promptly built an empire of trading ships, furs, and real estate. Zimmerman deftly traces the astonishing rise of Margaret and the Philipse women who followed her.