Includes bibliographical references and index.

Moravians -- Stapleton -- Profitable war -- Marriage -- Economic man -- Mr. Ogden and Mr. Gibbons -- Mouse and Bellona -- Proud fugitive -- Gibbons vs. Ogden -- Union line man -- Blackmail on the Hudson -- The sound and beyond -- Of an old Dutch root -- Matters familial and social -- Southern route -- A finer head than Webster's -- I'll ruin you -- Atlantic crossing -- The specious name of enterprise -- Harlem corners -- Hudson River & New York Central -- The Vanderbilt bronze -- Frank -- Against the world.

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