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Thank you to all who attended the events held during the Got Class? Status and Power in Early America special series, presented by Historic Cherry Hill and Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site.

Got Class? Status and Power in Early America

In 1776 Americans may have declared that "all men are created equal," but nonetheless divided themselves into different classes. There were even hierarchies within each class. The Got Class? program series explored the subtleties of class within the American elite and down the rungs of society. Lectures, tours and dramatizations focused on three of Albany, New York's leading citizens, Stephen Van Rensselaer, III, Major-General Philip Schuyler and Philip Van Rensselaer, uncovered what it meant to be a "gentleman" in the founding era of the United States and why it was so important.


Click on the portrait to learn more about Philip Schuyler.

Click on the portrait to learn more about Philip Van Rensselaer.


Program Events offered during the series:


September 17th Kick-Off Lecture, Status and Power in Early America, by Professor Tamara Thornton, with reception.

October 15th Lecture, Shades of Gentility, by Historic Cherry Hill Curator Deborah Emmons-Andarawis.

October 20th and 22nd Dramatic House Tour, Keeping Up With the Schuylers.

October 27th bus trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Class in a Material World, with curator-led tour and behind-the-scenes preview of the American Paintings and Sculpture Galleries.

October 29th Panel Discussion on class, Class and the American Dream, held at the Main Branch of the Albany Public Library.