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     • Following his military service, Imlay sought his fortune in Kentucky (then still part of Virginia) and purchased a tract of land in Fayette County in 1783.
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   • La Fayette was not freed until the peace of Campo Formio, Oct. 17, 1797, when Napoleon asked for his release. Mme. La Fayette had set out from Dunkerque Sept. 5 on a small American ship, and reached Hamburg on Sept. 13, according to Robert de Crèvecceur, Saint John de Crèvecœur sa vie et ses ouvrages, p. 208.

   XIX. Notes on Gilbert Imlay, Early American Writer

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   Who was Gilbert Imlay?

   • Gilbert Imlay (February 9, 1754 – November 20, 1828) was an American businessman, author, and diplomat.

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   Why is George Imlay called Gilbert?

   • The printing of the name as “George Imlay” would indicate that the author, who was in Paris as has been shown, could not have seen the proof, and perhaps may not have been responsible for the additions to the book. The third London edition of the Topographical Description, issued in 1797 when Imlay was in that city, has his name correctly Gilbert.

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   Who was Fanny Imlay & what did he do?

   • Imlay was known in his day as a shrewd but unscrupulous businessman involved in land speculation in Kentucky. However, he is best known today for his brief affair with British feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft, which resulted in the birth of a daughter, Fanny Imlay . Little is known of Imlay's early life.

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   Following his military service, Imlay sought his fortune in Kentucky (then still part of Virginia) and purchased a tract of land in Fayette County in 1783. He arrived there in March 1784, and quickly became involved in land speculation.

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   Mar 30, 2024 · After the war Imlay sought his fortune in the western territories, purchasing a tract of land in Fayette County, one of three territories into which Kentucky had been divided, in 1783. He arrived there in March 1784, and quickly became involved in land speculation.

   • Location: Upper Freehold, New Jersey
   • Spouse: Mary Wollstonecraft

   • Place Of Birth: New Jersey
   • Birth Date: February 9, 1754

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   La Fayette was not freed until the peace of Campo Formio, Oct. 17, 1797, when Napoleon asked for his release. Mme. La Fayette had set out from Dunkerque Sept. 5 on a small American ship, and reached Hamburg on Sept. 13, according to Robert de Crèvecceur, Saint John de Crèvecœur sa vie et ses ouvrages, p. 208.

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   Following his military service, Imlay sought his fortune in Kentucky (then still part of Virginia) and purchased a tract of land in Fayette County in 1783. He arrived there in March 1784, and quickly became involved in land speculation.

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   He moved to Fayette County about the same time as Robert. In May 1784 he entered a claim for 24,688 acres along the Ohio River in Jefferson County, but the entry was later withdrawn. The fourth son of Col. John Breckinridge was destined to become the most famous sibling.

8. link.springer.com › content › pdf‘Idle Speculation’ and Utopian Practice: Gilbert Imlay’s The ...

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   Gilbert Imlay’s The Emigrants—published in 1793, four years after the ratication of the US constitution—illustrates that there indeed is a peril inherent in the discursive link between utopia and the United States, already detectable while the nation was still in the process of formation.

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   May 16, 2016 · In most histories, he usually disappears in 1785, fleeing from his debts and the law in Kentucky, before reappearing in London with his first book in 1792. But in the interim, Verhoeven reveals, Imlay invested in the slave trade.