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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The Register of New Netherland, 1626 to 1674

The Register of New Netherland, 1626 to 1674

E B O'Callaghan

Paperback

Gifts & Stationery GeneralGeneral ReferenceRegional: West

ISBN10: 9353605407
ISBN13: 9789353605407
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 30 2019
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Before there was New York, there was New Netherland. Every entry breathes with history. The Register of New Netherland, 1626 to 1674 gathers concise summaries of official acts, patents, contracts and decisions that shaped the Dutch New Netherland colony as it became Dutch-era New York. Compiled and translated by E. B. O'Callaghan, this authoritative New Netherland register translation serves as a vivid primary source edition and colonial records reference, tracing people, places and events across the full span of 1626-1674 New Netherland. Glimpses of seventeenth century Dutch America appear in the names of families, merchants, soldiers, Indigenous leaders and settlers recorded in these New York colonial documents, opening a unique doorway into early New York history and Dutch West India Company history. Invaluable for genealogy and family research, local historians, and anyone drawn to academic colonial history study, the Register reveals patterns of landholding, commerce, diplomacy and daily governance that no later narrative can fully convey. Scholars of law, empire and religion, as well as general readers curious about how a small trading outpost grew into a world city, find in these pages a compact yet far-reaching record of a formative Atlantic colony. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, the Register has been restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure, it stands as an essential companion to the story of New York and a touchstone for anyone collecting the documentary heritage of Dutch-era America.

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