Colonial New York as a Model for Our Nation 

In our fourth 2022 Leisler Institute collaboration, Patricia Bonomi discusses Colonial New York as a Model for our Nation. New York contributed vital elements to the formation of the United States and this talk highlights the special significance of New York’s religious and racial diversity, its unique geography, and its tumultuous politics.
Patricia U. Bonomi is Professor Emerita at New York University, where she taught American history for 27 years, specializing in the colonial and early national periods. She is a Guggenheim Fellow and a Fellow of the Seminar on Early American History & Culture at Columbia University, where she earned her Ph.D. in 1970. Her books include A Factious People: Politics and Society in Colonial New York; Under the Cope of Heaven: Religion, Society, and Politics in Colonial America; and The Lord Cornbury Scandal: The Politics of Reputation in British America.
The Jacob Leisler Library Lectures are made partially possible through the generous support of the Van Dyke Family Foundation and Hudson River Bank and Trust.