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A Documentary History of the Dutch Congregation of Oyster Bay, Pamphlet No. 1
Written between 1902 and 1907, this work consists of ten leaflets by Henry Augustus Stoutenburgh (1842-1919.) Volumes 1 and 2 published by the Press of E. Storer, Volumes 3 through 10 by Knickerbocker...
A Documentary History of the Dutch Congregation of Oyster Bay, Pamphlet No. 10
Written between 1902 and 1907, this work consists of ten leaflets by Henry Augustus Stoutenburgh (1842-1919.) Volumes 1 and 2 published by the Press of E. Storer, Volumes 3 through 10 by Knickerbocker...
A Documentary History of the Dutch Congregation of Oyster Bay, Pamphlet No. 4
Written between 1902 and 1907, this work consists of ten leaflets by Henry Augustus Stoutenburgh (1842-1919.) Volumes 1 and 2 published by the Press of E. Storer, Volumes 3 through 10 by Knickerbocker...
A Documentary History of the Dutch Congregation of Oyster Bay, Pamphlet No. 6
Written between 1902 and 1907, this work consists of ten leaflets by Henry Augustus Stoutenburgh (1842-1919.) Volumes 1 and 2 published by the Press of E. Storer, Volumes 3 through 10 by Knickerbocker...
A Documentary History of the Dutch Congregation of Oyster Bay, Pamphlet No. 7
Written between 1902 and 1907, this work consists of ten leaflets by Henry Augustus Stoutenburgh (1842-1919.) Volumes 1 and 2 published by the Press of E. Storer, Volumes 3 through 10 by Knickerbocker...
A Documentary History of the Dutch Congregation of Oyster Bay, Pamphlet No. 8
Written between 1902 and 1907, this work consists of ten leaflets by Henry Augustus Stoutenburgh (1842-1919.) Volumes 1 and 2 published by the Press of E. Storer, Volumes 3 through 10 by Knickerbocker...
A Documentary History of the Dutch Congregation of Oyster Bay, Pamphlet No. 9
Written between 1902 and 1907, this work consists of ten leaflets by Henry Augustus Stoutenburgh (1842-1919.) Volumes 1 and 2 published by the Press of E. Storer, Volumes 3 through 10 by Knickerbocker...
A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty
Originally intended as a burlesque of historiography and heroic styles of epic poetry, the work became more serious as the author proceeded. Diedrich Knickerbocker, the putative narrator, begins with a...
A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times: Being Contributions Toward a History of the Lower Mohawk Valley
Professor Pearson's unique collection of facts has been at the service of all who sought to write on the subject and much has appeared from time to time from others, which was strictly his work. In the...
A Manual of the Reformed Church in America (Formerly Reformed Protestant Dutch Church) 1628-1878
The present edition of this Manual covers the history of the Reformed Church in America for the first 250 years of its existence. Besides a brief Introduction upon the Reformed Church in general, Part...
A Manual of the Reformed Church in America: (Formerly Reformed Protestant Dutch Church) 1628-1922
That body of Christians whose present official title is "The Reformed Church in America," has, during its history, been known by various names. The letters from Holland addressed to the early churches...
Affairs and Men of New Amsterdam: in the Time of Governor Peter Stuyvesant (Compiled From Dutch Manuscript Records of the Period)
The following historic particulars, relating to the condition, men, and affairs of New Amsterdam, in Governor Stuyvesant's time, have been translated from the records of proceedings of the Schout, Burgomasters,...
Commemorative Biographical Record of Dutchess County, New York
The importance of placing in book form a biographical history of representative citizens both for its immediate worth and for its value to coming generations is admitted by all thinking people, and within...
Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Dutchess and Putnam, New York
The importance of placing in book form a biographical history of representative citizens both for its immediate worth and for its value to coming generations is admitted by all thinking people, and within...
Contributions to the History of Ancient Families of New Amsterdam and New York
A proper respect for the memory of ancestors is not only laudable, but deeply implanted in the hearts of the good and wise of all civilized nations. To affect indifference to matters that pertain to family...
Dutch New York
This book deals with the life, hardships, struggles, manners, customs, joys, sorrows, beliefs, superstitions, and worldly possessions of the first white settlers in New Netherland. It tries to reproduce...
History of the School of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, in the City of New York, from 1633 to the Present Time
This volume gives the History of the School of the Reformed Dutch Church in this city as far as it can be ascertained from surviving documents in various sources. This school was co-eval with the first...
Men and Things in Albany Two Centuries Ago
I now propose to take you on a tour about the streets within the purlieus of these quaint old walls, for the purpose of pointing out, by the aid of the map, some interesting localities as they existed...
New York Illustrated: a Pictorial Delineation of Street Scenes, Buildings, River Views, and Other Features of the Great Metropolis
What Boswell said of London is scarcely less true of New York. Its aspects are manifold, and, while each man finds in it the Mecca of his pursuits, it comprehends not one class alone, but the whole of...
Our Firemen: A History of the New York Fire Departments, Volunteer and Paid
This early record recaptures the history and heroism that has always characterized the firefighters we rely on. Well known among fire enthusiasts and researchers, until now the book has been rare and expensive...
Our Police Protectors: History of the New York Police from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
In the fall of 1883, fears were entertained that the Police Pension Fund would soon have become depleted. Under the decision of the Court of Appeals in the case of John Ryan against the Board, money to...
Portraits of Noted Physicians of New York 1750-1900
This volume although a Tribute is designed for historical reference to perpetuate the faces of men largely famous in their day. Their deeds have elsewhere been but faintly chronicled because of the absurd...
Random Recollections of Albany, from 1800 to 1808
While the Annals of Albany were in the course of publication, I learned that Mr. Gorham A. Worth, president of the City Bank of New York, had written some reminiscences of Albany; whereupon I wrote to...
Records of Domine Henricus Selyns of New York, 1686-7
A small manuscript volume of Domine Selyns dated 1686 in which there is a register of the members of the church arranged according to the streets. These streets are found below Wall Street and east of...
Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York: Marriages from 11 December, 1639 to 26 August, 1801
Presents in an accurate and succinct form the initiative of the discovery and settlement and the introduction of religious and civilized customs and las into New Netherland and New York -- particularly...
Social New York Under the Georges, 1714-1776: Houses, Streets, and Country Homes With Chapters on Fashions, Furniture, China, Plate, and Manners
The purpose I have had in view in the following work has been to show clearly the social conditions of the prosperous class in New York during the period sometimes known as "The Golden Age of New York"...
Tercentenary of New England Families, 1620-1920
The present work, "Tercentenary of New England Families," presents in the aggregate an amount and variety of genealogical and personal information and portraiture unequalled by any kindred publication....
The Dutch of the Netherlands in the Making of America
Neither our flag nor our history can be explained from European feudalism, landed nobles, empires, thrones, kingdoms, or State Churches, for we have none of these in our republic. The United States of...
The Goede Vrouw (Good Women) of Mana-ha-ta at Home and in Society, 1609-1760
I am emboldened to lay before the public the results of my researches into the lives of the women who, by their industry, their courage, and their piety, helped to create a colony in the New World, and...
THE LIFE AND DEATH of JOHN OF BARNEVELD, ADVOCATE OF HOLLAND
This is a historical book. Early in the year (1618) Maurice set himself about revolutionizing the provinces on which he could not yet thoroughly rely. The town of Nymegen since its recovery from the Spaniards...
The Origin of the Name Manhattan: With Historical and Ethnological Notes
That Manahatin, in accordance with Algonquian custom and this analysis, was descriptive of the topography of the island at the date of its discovery and its settlement, all the early Dutch pictures of...
The Rise of the Dutch Republic
A remarkable work of amateur scholarship that familiarized readers with the dramatic events of the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule in the 16th century.
The Social History of Flatbush: and Manners and Customs of the Dutch Settlers in Kings County
The Rev. Thomas M. Strong, D.D., for nearly forty years beloved pastor of the Reformed Church, Flatbush, collected, as far as practicable, facts pertaining to the early settlement of the town. These facts...
The Story of New Netherland, the Dutch in America
Despite official documents, book-titles, and memorial tablets, there was never any such place or state as New Netherlands, nor any admiral named "van" Tromp, nor any Dutch clergyman with the title of "Dominie."...