A Beautiful and Fruitful Place
A Beautiful and Fruitful Place

Author: Elisabeth Paling Funk

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2011-09-07

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1438435975

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New Netherland's distinctive regional history as well as the colony's many relationships with Europe and the seventeenth-century Atlantic world are featured in the second collection of papers from the widely praised annual Rensselaerwijck Seminar. Leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic critique and offer the latest research on a dynamic range of topics: the age of exploration, domestic life in New Netherland, the history and significance of the West India Company, the complex era of Jacob Leisler, the southern frontier lands of the colony, relations with New England, Dutch foodways in the Hudson Valley and their use of beer, the endurance of the Dutch legacy into 19th century New York, and contemporary genealogical research on colonial Dutch ancestors. Cogent and informative, these papers are an indispensable source for better understanding the lives and legacies of the long ago New Netherland colony.

Genealogical and Biographical Notes
Genealogical and Biographical Notes

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Publisher: Peter Haring Judd

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0880821906

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Jan Pietersen Haring was probably born in Hoorn Holland. He married Grietje Cosyns, daughter of Cosyn Gerretse van Putten and Vroutje. in about 1666 in New York City, New York. He died in 1683. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in New York.

Music in New Jersey, 1655-1860
Music in New Jersey, 1655-1860

Author: Charles H. Kaufman

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9780838622704

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Employs nearly 4,000 names of music teachers, performers, instrument, makers, and tradesmen who contributed to the musical upbringing of one of our nation's earliest-settled regions. Also includes a study of sacred and secular music, concert life, music education, publications, and the music trades in New Jersey in this period.

America's First River
America's First River

Author: Thomas S. Wermuth

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2009-09-25

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9780615308296

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Examines the many facets of the Hudson’s rich history, distinctive regional culture, and important contributions to the development of modern America. Since its inception in 1984, The Hudson River Valley Review has taken an eclectic and interdisciplinary approach to a region that has long been recognized for its role in American colonial history; its important contributions to American arts, letters, and architecture; its role in the economic development of the nation; and its significant and ongoing contributions to American culture and history. This collection of essays brings together eighteen of the best essays from the Review’s first twenty-five years of publication. From natives and newcomers to twentieth-century leaders, the authors of these essays examine the many facets of the Hudson’s rich history, distinctive regional culture, and important contributions to the development of modern America.