PDF – Volume 4, Council Minutes, 1638-1649 transcription PDF – Volume 4, Council Minutes, 1638-1649 translation (scanned book images) This volume of Council Minutes contains the earliest...
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Volume II of the Register of the Provincial Secretary offers van Laer’s translations of 17th-century Dutch records, reorganized by O’Callaghan and preserved in the New York State Archives.
The Register contains a wide range of legal documents—from land deeds and commercial contracts to marriage agreements and criminal declarations—offering a rich record of personal, civil, and economic life.
Since 1974, over 7,000 pages of Dutch colonial records have been translated and published in twelve volumes. This collection presents the introductions from the New Netherland Documents series.
This updated guide to Dutch manuscripts on New Netherland catalogs primary sources across U.S. repositories, with descriptions, locations, and some links to online translations, transcriptions, and images.
Dagomar Degroot reveals how the Dutch Republic thrived during the Little Ice Age, turning climate challenges into opportunities in trade, warfare, and culture—offering timely insights for today’s climate crisis.
Snowshoe Country is an environmental and cultural history of winter in the colonial Northeast, closely examining indigenous and settler knowledge of snow, ice, and life in the cold.
Russell Shorto's bestselling history packs a wallop of a story, moving from the halls of power in London and The Hague to bloody naval encounters on the high seas to the uncharted wilderness Manhattan once was.
"For anyone seeking to answer the question, 'What was New Netherland?' this little volume is a handy, richly packed resource. It gives you the background, the actors, the action, and the legacy. In clear prose, it covers a lot of history in a few pages."
