A compilation of Dutch Colonial laws (1647–1658) from New Netherland, addressing daily life, trade, behavior, taxes, property, and governance in early America.
Barent Gardenier (c.1776–1822) was a New York lawyer and Federalist who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1807 to 1811. Known as a strong orator, he survived a duel with Congressman George W. Campbell in 1808.
PDF – Volume 12, Correspondence, 1654-1658 translation (scanned book images) This volume contains five years of the official correspondence of New Netherland’s Director-General Petrus Stuyvesant....
Barent Gardenier (c.1776–1822) was a New York lawyer and Federalist who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1807 to 1811. Known as a strong orator, he survived a duel with Congressman George W. Campbell in 1808.
PDF – Volume 11, Correspondence, 1647-1653 translation (scanned book images) This collection of official correspondence records the first six years of Petrus Stuyvesant’s tenure as...
Peter Gansevoort (1749–1812) was a Continental Army officer during the American Revolution, best known for defending Fort Stanwix in 1777 against a larger British force. He later served as a brigadier general in both the New York militia and the U.S. Army.
PDF – Volume 8, Council Minutes, 1656-1658 (published book) Purchase the translation of Volume 8 (published book) from Syracuse University Press here
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (born 1946) is a New Jersey Republican who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2019. A member of the Frelinghuysen political dynasty, he previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly and as a Morris County freeholder.
PDF – Volume VI: Council Minutes, 1655–1656 Purchase the translation of Volume 6 (published book) from Syracuse University Press here
Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (1691–1747) was a Dutch Reformed minister who arrived in New Jersey in 1720 and became a leading revivalist preacher in the Raritan Valley. He was the patriarch of the Frelinghuysen family political dynasty.
