Excerpted from Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America. Copyright (c) 2025 by Russell Shorto. Used with permission of the ...
Dr. Janny Venema, associate director of the New Netherland Project, will present the address "The Legacy of the New Netherland Colony for the United States" on Thursday, April 10, at 11 a.m. at Hope ...
In “Taking Manhattan,” author Russell Shorto writes about the deal that New Netherland Director General Peter Stuyvesant made with English military officer Richard Nicolls to transfer the Dutch colony ...
Introduction : "a blessèd country, where milk and honey flow" -- Reconnaissance and exploration -- Population and immigration -- Authority, government, and justice -- Trade, agriculture, and artisans ...
What many people believe to be the Dutch’s role in forming the America of today might fall short of the full story. A bigger part of that tale is now on display, as the Schenectady County Historical ...
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