15 November 1664. Letter. “Vice-director Beck to Stuyvesant; negro children whom Mrs. Stuyvesant had baptized, sent to Curaçao and then sold through mistake to the...

James Findlay Schenck (1807–1882) was a United States Navy officer who rose to the rank of rear admiral and served in both the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. A veteran naval commander, he later had the destroyer USS Schenck named in his honor.

This bibliography centers on Maria Jansz’s appearances in the Fort Orange Court Minutes and offers further reading on women’s legal, social, and economic roles in New Netherland and Colonial New York. These works explore themes of property rights, gender and law, trading networks, and transatlantic connections, highlighting the lives and agency of women in early Dutch and English colonial society.

John Theodore Scheepers (1878–1939) was a Dutch-American horticultural entrepreneur known as the “Tulip King” for popularizing tulips in the United States during the early twentieth century. He founded John Scheepers, Inc., a flower bulb importing company that helped expand tulip cultivation and garden culture across North America.

Church Records Old Bergen Church, Jersey City BAPTISMS from 1 January 1666 to 1 February 1789. Translation: HSY, (1913) 20-108 MARRIAGES from 3 December 1665...

Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick (1817–1901) was an American businessman and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin. After careers in manufacturing and milling, he became active in Wisconsin politics, serving in the state legislature before two terms in Congress.

Most of New Netherland's enslaved people were brought to the colony either through the inter-colonial or transatlantic slave trade. The first enslaved laborers arrived in New Netherland as early as 1625.

Gozen Van Schaick was an Albany-born soldier who served in colonial wars and the American Revolution, rising to brigadier general. A prominent Van Schaick heir, he also managed family lands and businesses until his death in 1789.

Translation from Gehring, Council Minutes, Volume V, 1652-1654, doc. 17, pgs. 11-12 [Monday the 12th of February 1652 at Fort Amsterdam, present the director-general, La Montagne and...

Saskia Sassen (born 1947) is a Dutch-American sociologist and professor at Columbia University known for her research on globalization, immigration, and urban economies. She coined the term “global city” and has written influential works examining how major cities shape the modern world economy.