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Cashin, Edward Joseph was born on July 22, 1927 in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Son of Edward Joseph and Margaret (O'Leary) Cashin.
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Henry Ellis (1721-1806) is recognized as the most capable of Georgia's three colonial governors. In this biography Edward J. Cashin presents the fullest account to date of Ellis's life, and shows that his tenure as governor of Georgia was but one of many accomplishments by a man of exemplary intelligence, courage, and vision. Cashin puts Ellis's life and career in the context of the great cultural migrations, encounters, and conflicts of British imperial and American colonial history. As he traces Ellis's rise from one who implemented British foreign policy to one who played a crucial hand in formulating it, Cashin reveals the inner workings of the imperial bureaucracy and shows how colonial politics were inextricably linked to the intrigues of the royal court and the vagaries of the nobility's patronage system. The book's early chapters recall Ellis's youth and formative years as a transplanted Briton in Ireland, and then tell of his seafaring exploits as he searched Canada's arctic waters for the Northwest Passage and engaged in the slave trade between Africa, the Caribbean, and the American colonies--all the while enhancing his reputation as an explorer, scientist, and man of letters. As Georgia's governor (1757-1760) Ellis came to be known as the colony's "Second Founder" (after James Oglethorpe) by recasting it into one of the more economically sound, less politically factionalized North American colonies. In his account of Ellis's governorship Cashin shows how he had to function as a local administrator and a representative of the crown, managing, for instance, the French and Indian War as it was fought both in his colony and in the halls and chambers of Parliament. The middle chapters cover Ellis's return to England in 1761. There he accepted, but eventually relinquished, an appointment as governor of Nova Scotia. Choosing instead to remain in England, Ellis drew on his knowledge of French and Spanish colonial activity, the slave trade, and Indian affairs to advise Pitt, Egremont, Halifax, and others of the king's ministry. A polished statesman, Ellis weathered the machinations surrounding George III's ascension to the throne, and influenced the course of the war with France and the terms of its peace settlement in 1763. Ellis also had a hand in the political appointments, boundary settlements, and trade decisions attendant to the epochal Proclamation of 1763, which set the course of history for Quebec, Nova Scotia, the Floridas, and the British West Indies. After his invaluable help in reorganizing Britain's expanded American empire, Ellis withdrew from public service in 1768. Cashin portrays Ellis in genteel retirement, during which he increased his absentee landholdings in Ireland and traveled in Italy, France, Belgium, and elsewhere on the Continent. In his last years, Ellis was a much-sought-after guest, and moved within a circle of friends that included Horatio Nelson, the king of Sweden, and the Abbe Raynal. More than an artful biography, this is the story of a crucial period in American and British history, as told through the experiences of one of the period's most influential, behind-the-scenes power brokers.
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(Henry Ellis (1721-1806) was the most capable of Georgia's...)
Henry Ellis (1721-1806) was the most capable of Georgia's colonial governors and an influential, behind-the-scenes power-broker. This biography places his life and career in the context of the great cultural migrations, encounters and conflicts of British imperial and American colonial history.
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Cashin, Edward Joseph was born on July 22, 1927 in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Son of Edward Joseph and Margaret (O'Leary) Cashin.
Bachelor, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1952; Master of Arts, Fordham University, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, Fordham University, 1962.
Teacher, Mount St. Michael Academy, Bronx, New York, 1949-1959;
teacher, Christopher Columbus H.S., Miami, Florida, 1959-1962;
assistant principal, Christopher Columbus H.S., Miami, Florida, 1962;
academic vice president, member of faculty, Marist College, 1963-1968;
acting president, Marist College, 1965;
professor of history, Augusta (Georgia) College, since 1969;
department chairman, Augusta (Georgia) College, 1975-1996;
director Center Study Georgia History, Augusta State University, since 1997. Consultant New York State Education Department, Albany, 1969, U. Georgia, 1979-1980, theological seminary, Barrytown, New York, 1983-1984. Chairman reading panel Georgia Committee for Humanities, 1972-1978.
Member History Common for Cause Canonization Franciscan Martyrs Georgia (1597), 1983-1993. Manuscript reader U. Georgia, U., Alabama, University of Southern California presses, Georgia History Quarterly, Pennsylvania Magazine History and Biography.
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(Henry Ellis (1721-1806) was the most capable of Georgia's...)
( Henry Ellis (1721-1806) is recognized as the most capab...)
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Board of directors Georgia Humanities Council, since 1998. Member Georgia National Register Review Board, Atlanta, 1988-1991, chairman, 1990. Treasurer History Augusts, 1976-1993.
Chairman Georgia Heritage Trust Commission, 1978-1980. Member Georgia Association Historians (president 1974-1976, editorial board Proceedings 1989-1996, Hugh McCall award 1997), Georgia History Society (curator 1978-1981, E. MertonCoulter award 1975, Malcolm and Muriel Bell award 1993), National Trust for History Preservation, Georgia Trust for History Preservation, Richmond County History Society (president 1976-1978), Georgia Conservancy, Augusta-Richmond County Museum, Augusta Authors Club.
Married Mary Ann Klug, March 30, 1969. Children: Edward L., Milette M.