D. L. Noorlander argues that the Reformed Church and the West India Company forged and maintained a close union, with considerable consequences across the seventeenth century.
Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes (1822–1882) was an Ohio newspaper editor, Civil War officer, and Republican politician who represented Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1875 to 1879 after years of service in Ohio state politics.
New Netherland was a Dutch colony from 1614 to 1664, about 50 years. In 1664, the English took the colony from the Dutch by force--even though the two countries were not at war and few if any shots were fired.
In the March 2009 edition of the Marcurius (vol.25 no.1) we told you of the adventures of Olivier van Noort, the first Dutch explorer to circumnavigate the world.
Dr. Andrew A. Hendricks Dr. Andrew A. Hendricks descended from the Colonial Dutch. A native of Orange, New Jersey, his fourth-grade assignment on the Dutch...
Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes (1822–1882) was an Ohio newspaper editor, Civil War officer, and Republican politician who represented Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1875 to 1879 after years of service in Ohio state politics.
The Howard G. Hageman Citation honors Dr. Howard G. Hageman, a founder of the Friends of the New Netherland Project, later known as the Friends of New Netherland and currently the New Netherland Institute.
We just missed the 400th anniversary, but here’s the information. It’s worth a look as it’s yet another example of the often understated but important role of the early Dutch in the history of the world.
Privateers, naval warfare, and Atlantic rivalry shaped the world of New Netherland. The Dutch West India Company’s raids on Iberian ships—and the spoils they brought—were vital to the colony’s survival and prosperity in seventeenth-century New Amsterdam.
Ralph Voorhees (1835–1907) and his wife Elizabeth Rodman Voorhees were philanthropists whose charitable gifts supported education, including the founding of Voorhees College and major donations to Rutgers and several American colleges.
