Hi--

Where would I find Wright's dissertation?

Thanks

On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Edward Knoblauch wrote:

> Regarding:
> >What were the differences between "freemen" and "commoners" in Southold
> > during the 1700s?
>
> I would look to Langdon Wright's 1974 Cornell dissertation "Local Government
> in Colonial New York, 1640-1710" for a discussion in chapter four, 'Town
> Meetings and Town Magistrates,' on the differences (or non-differences)
> between the terms "freeholder," "freeman," "townsman," and "inhabitant" used
> on Long Island in this period.
>
>
> Edward Knoblauch
> Managing Editor, The Encyclopedia of New York State
>