Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface. “The Velim Lyth Bare”: A Note on Absence and Other Sources
Prologue. The Most Well-Connected Man in America Receives a Letter from Congress, and Is Put Out of Business
Chapter 1. A Season of Great Uncertainty: New York, October 1774
Chapter 2. A Disastrous Arrival: New York, October 1758
Chapter 3. Building a Network: 1759–1760
Chapter 4. London in a Box
Chapter 5. This Wandering Theatre: Newport, New York, Charleston, 1761–1763
Chapter 6. Heart of Oak, and Other Transatlantic Transformations: April 1764–October 1766
Chapter 7. Murder in the Greenroom, and Other London Interludes: 1764–1765
Chapter 8. Sailing on an Unwelcomed Ship: 1765–1766
Chapter 9. The Politics of Frugality: 1767–1769
Chapter 10. Associations and Binges: 1770
Chapter 11. Lords of the Turf: Maryland, 1770–1771
Chapter 12. Great Reckonings in Small Rooms: 1773–1774
Chapter 13. Christopher Gadsden’s Wharf: Charleston, Summer 1774
Chapter 14. The Second America: New York, Winter 1774
Epilogue. Final Reckonings: New York, January 1775
Notes
Works Cited
Index