patroonship

In 1685, the patroonship of Van Rensselaer became an English manor, with some 850,000 acres.

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

But to its chagrin, the settlers would buy very few; and even the company's grant of great patroonship estates failed to promote a plantation régime.

American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime Ulrich Bonnell Phillips 1905

[3] The first patroonship was Swandale, in what is now the state of

A Brief History of the United States John Bach McMaster 1892

The most successful patroonship was the Van Rensselaer (ren'se-ler) estate on the Hudson near Albany.

A Brief History of the United States John Bach McMaster 1892

After consulting with his burgomasters, he dispatched a letter to the patroon of Rensellaerwick, demanding by what right he had seized upon this island, which lay beyond the bounds of his patroonship.

Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete Washington Irving 1821

Killian Van Rensellaer was a nine day's wonder in New Amsterdam, for he carried a high head, looked down upon the portly, short-legged burgomasters, and owned no allegiance to the governor himself; boasting that he held his patroonship directly from the Lords States General.

Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete Washington Irving 1821

Helderberg, and have well nigh shaken the great patroonship of the Van

Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete Washington Irving 1821

Killian Van Rensellaer, who had come out from Holland to found a colony or patroonship on a great tract of wild land, granted to him by their Hight

Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete Washington Irving 1821

The modern Spanish word padron, meaning an employer of indentured labor, captures the economic structure of patroonship; Mr. Collins’s simperings about his “patroness,” Lady Catherine de Bourgh, in Pride and Prejudice capture the social flavor.

Alexander Hamilton, American Richard Brookhiser 1999

The modern Spanish word padron, meaning an employer of indentured labor, captures the economic structure of patroonship; Mr. Collins’s simperings about his “patroness,” Lady Catherine de Bourgh, in Pride and Prejudice capture the social flavor.

Alexander Hamilton, American Richard Brookhiser 1999