Genesis of the Dynasty [London, 1790]

 

The first page of As You Like It, printed in the Second Folio of 1632 (source)

I am no villain; I am the youngest son of Sir
  Rowland de Boys; he was my father, and he
  is thrice a villain that says such a father begot
  villains.  --- Orlando, As You Like It, Act. 1, Scene 1,

"No one knows what induced William to leave his comfortable life as a stationer in London." --- Klein, Ch. 1.

1795 (Apr) William Harriman, a  stationer in London, and a previous sympathizer with the American Revolutionary cause, finally emigrates to America, bringing with him his wife, his six children, and his wife's sister. They settle in New Haven, Connecticut, where he becomes known as the "well-to-do Englishman."

Washington's inauguration at Philadelphia
by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863- 1930)

(source)

1793 (Mar. 4) George Washington is inaugurated for second term as President in the Senate Chamber of Congress Hall in Philadelphia, where he gives the shortest inauguration speech ever.

Fellow Citizens: I am again called upon by the voice of my country to execute the functions of its Chief Magistrate....This oath I am now about to take, and in your presence: That if it shall be found during my administration of the Government I have in any instance violated willingly or knowingly the injunctions thereof, I may (besides incurring constitutional punishment) be subject to the upbraidings of all who are now witnesses of the present solemn ceremony.

 
1793 (Feb. 1) France declares war on Great Britain. The two nations will be at war until 1815.

1793 (Jan. 23) Execution of Louis XVI, King of France.

1790 (Jun. 29) Birth of Orlando Harriman, one of four sons of William Harriman, in London. He is named by his mother's sister, Rosamond Holmes, after her favorite character in Shakespeare.

In Shakespeare, Orlando is the younger son of the deceased Sir Rowland de Boys, and the brother of Oliver. Orlando is brave, chivalrous, tender, modest, smart, strong, handsome and beloved by all. He is portrayed as exceptionally strong in both body and in his devotion to love. It is these qualities that make Rosalind fall for him as well.

At the start of the play Orlando complains about the harsh treatment given to him by his brother, Oliver, and says that Oliver will not even give him the paltry sum of 1000 crowns left to him in their father's will.

1783 Peace treaty signed by United States and Great Britain.

1761 George III, King of England.

1638 Founding of New Haven by English Puritans.
 
1599 As You Like It, William Shakespeare.

The play is set in a duchy in France, but most of the action takes place in a location called the Forest of Arden. This may be intended as the Ardennes, a forested region covering an area located in southeast Belgium, western Luxembourg and northeastern France, or Arden, Warwickshire, near Shakespeare's home town, which was the ancestral origin of his mother's family—who incidentally were called Arden.

As You Like It follows its heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle's court, accompanied by her cousin Celia to find safety and, eventually, love, in the Forest of Arden.

Scholars have long disagreed about the merits of the play. George Bernard Shaw complained that As You Like It is lacking in the high artistry of which Shakespeare was capable. Shaw liked to think that Shakespeare wrote the play as a mere crowdpleaser, and signalled his own middling opinion of the work by calling it As You Like It – as if the playwright did not agree. Tolstoy objected to the immorality of the characters and Touchstone's constant clowning. Other critics have found great literary value in the work. Harold Bloom has written that Rosalind is among Shakespeare's greatest and most fully realised female characters. Despite critical disputes, the play remains one of Shakespeare's most frequently performed comedies.

source:  Maury Klein, The Life & Legend of E.H. Harriman,. Univ. of North Carolina Press. Chapel Hill & London (2000).