The Murrays Of Murray Hill

BY CHARLES MONAGHAN

Brief Description:
The Murrays were a New York Quaker mercantile family. Robert Murray arrived in New York City in 1753 and quickly established himself as a prosperous merchant who eventually owned not only ships but a mansion overlooking Kips Bay and a wharf situated in the heart of the port of New York. His son Lindley became a lawyer but also participated in the family's mercantile businesses, especially during the American Revolution. In 1784, Lindley became a refugee and eventually settled in York in England, and embarked upon a new and successful career as an author of school textbooks. His books selling well not only in England but also in the United States.

Brooklyn Urban History Press 1998 166 PP. Paper

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