Lord of Philipsburg Manor

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Lord of Philipsburg Manor was a hereditary title held by the wealthy Dutch merchant and landowner who controlled a vast colonial estate along the Hudson River in what is now Westchester County, New York.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial American title
hereditary title
appliesToJurisdiction Philipsburg Manor
associatedEthnicity Dutch
associatedWith Philipse family
country Province of New York
economicBasis agriculture
land rents
milling
ethnicContext Dutch
followedBy post-Revolutionary land redistribution in New York
governanceFunction collection of rents
local judicial authority
management of manorial lands
governingPowerRelationship held of the British Crown
heritage Dutch colonial elite
historicalEra colonial America
historicalLocation British America
surface form: "British North America"
languageContext Dutch
English
legalSystem English colonial law
locatedIn Hudson Valley
surface form: "Hudson River Valley"

New York colony
Westchester County, New York
locatedInPresentDay U.S. state of New York
surface form: "State of New York"

United States of America
surface form: "United States"
partOf Hudson Valley manorial system
precededBy Dutch colonial landholding patterns
propertyTypeControlled farms
manorial estate
mills
rural landholdings
tenant farms
region Hudson River
surface form: "Lower Hudson River"

present-day Westchester County, New York
socialClass colonial landed gentry
large landholder
sovereignOver Philipsburg Manor tenants
tenure hereditary
titleHolderRole landowner
merchant
titleNature feudal-style manor lordship
titleScope vast colonial estate

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Frederick Philipse II noble title Lord of Philipsburg Manor
this entity surface form: "Lord of Philipse Manor"
Frederick Philipse I notableTitle Lord of Philipsburg Manor

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