The credit for golf in its modern form is generally given to the Scots, but they certainly did not invent it from scratch.
Meeting of the City Council of Amsterdam, November 3, 1649 https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/scans/5025/1.19/start/40/limit/10/highlight/8 https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/scans/5025/1.19/start/40/limit/10/highlight/9
When Kiliaen van Rensselaer purchased the land for his patroonship on the upper Hudson in 1631, Fort Orange--the Dutch West India Company's permanent trading post in the region--was seven years old.
In New Amsterdam, 10 June 1645, English clergyman Francis Doughty (“François Doutey” in the source) filed a complaint against Englishman William Gerritsz accusing him of writing a “scandalous” song about Doughty and his daughter Mary.
The credit for golf in its modern form is generally given to the Scots, but they certainly did not invent it from scratch.
Amsterdam City Archives https://archief.amsterdam/inventarissen/scans/5075/54.2.1/start/100/limit/10/highlight/4
The credit for golf in its modern form is generally given to the Scots, but they certainly did not invent it from scratch.
In the inaugural Translator’s Corner in the March, 2025 e-Marcurius, Deborah Hamer translated Testimony Regarding Cornelis Pieters van Purmerent’s Labor from the City Archives in Amsterdam, Notarial...
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