Author: Title Guarantee and Trust Company (New York, N.Y.)Publisher:
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Category : Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Early Days of the Island of Manhattan and Its Environs, 1626-1776
Author: Title Guarantee and Trust Company (New York, N.Y.)Publisher:
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Category : Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909: The period of discovery (565-1626); the Dutch period (1626-1664). The English period (1664-1763). The Revolutionary period, part I (1763-1776)
Author: Isaac Newton Phelps StokesPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1196
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Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association with the Quarterly Journal
Author: New York State Historical AssociationPublisher:
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909: The period of discovery (565-1626); the Dutch period (1626-1664). The English period (1664-1763). The Revolutionary period, part I (1763-1776)
Author: Isaac Newton Phelps StokesPublisher:
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Category : American newspapers
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Quarterly Journal of the New York State Historical Association
Author: New York State Historical AssociationPublisher:
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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How to See New York and Its Environs, 1776-1876
Author: Robert MacoyPublisher:
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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The Island at the Center of the World
Author: Russell ShortoPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1400078679
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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In a riveting, groundbreaking narrative, Russell Shorto tells the story of New Netherland, the Dutch colony which pre-dated the Pilgrims and established ideals of tolerance and individual rights that shaped American history. "Astonishing . . . A book that will permanently alter the way we regard our collective past." --The New York Times When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, the truth about its thriving, polyglot society began to disappear into myths about an island purchased for 24 dollars and a cartoonish peg-legged governor. But the story of the Dutch colony of New Netherland was merely lost, not destroyed: 12,000 pages of its records–recently declared a national treasure–are now being translated. Russell Shorto draws on this remarkable archive in The Island at the Center of the World, which has been hailed by The New York Times as “a book that will permanently alter the way we regard our collective past.” The Dutch colony pre-dated the “original” thirteen colonies, yet it seems strikingly familiar. Its capital was cosmopolitan and multi-ethnic, and its citizens valued free trade, individual rights, and religious freedom. Their champion was a progressive, young lawyer named Adriaen van der Donck, who emerges in these pages as a forgotten American patriot and whose political vision brought him into conflict with Peter Stuyvesant, the autocratic director of the Dutch colony. The struggle between these two strong-willed men laid the foundation for New York City and helped shape American culture. The Island at the Center of the World uncovers a lost world and offers a surprising new perspective on our own.
Constitution and By-laws; Vol. 1, 1901
Author: New York State Historical AssociationPublisher:
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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1626 1926 Tercentenary of the City of New York
Author: Collegiate Reformed Dutch ChurchPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282125783
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Excerpt from 1626 1926 Tercentenary of the City of New York: A Tribute to the Settlement of Manhattan Island, Now New York, by the Dutch, Early in the Seventeenth Century; This Monograph Issued to Commemorate the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Purchase of the Island by Peter Minuit The Consistory of the Collegiate Reformed Dutch Church, which organization is now approaching her own three hundredth anniversary, desires to recognize the Tercentenary Celebration of the City, especially because Peter Minuit, whose purchase of Manhattan Island forms the basis of the celebration, became the first Elder of their Church when it was formally organized in 1628. With this in view. The Consistory has issued this Monograph as a tribute to this auspicious occasion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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