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See how 17th-century records were preserved at the NYC Municipal Archives. Read about the ordinances of New Amsterdam, issued by General Stuyvesant starting soon after his arrival in 1647. Explore illustrations of 17th-century New York life from the NYC Municipal Library.
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A translation by Edmund B. O’Callaghan is available in...
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This volume included the early New Amsterdam ordinances, as...
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“The grit of New York’s earliest days is still to be found,...
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In New York City, numbers tell the story: 100,000 men joined...
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In June 1665, New Amsterdam was reincorporated under English law as New York City, named after the Duke of York (later King James II). He was the brother of King Charles II , who had been granted the lands.
5 Ιουν 2018 · Lectures & History. The Story of New Amsterdam. The Global / Atlantic Context. To understand the origins of early New York, we must understand the culture that created it. In the seventeenth century, the Netherlands was Europe’s leading commercial power.
17 Νοε 2012 · The best known of these, Adrian van der Donck’s 1655 Beschrijvinghe van Nieuw-Nederlandt (A Description of New Netherland), is an invaluable resource for historians and archaeologists interested in seventeenth-century New York in particular and eastern North America in general.
A translation by Edmund B. O’Callaghan is available in Records of New Amsterdam, edited by Berthold Fernow (1897), available here through Google Books. The following original Dutch manuscripts are now available: Ordinances of New Amsterdam, May 31, 1647 - Oct. 21, 1661.
The New Amsterdam Project explores New York's origins and connects critical themes from that formative period—tolerance, free trade, and water—to our world today. New York has always been the engine of American ideas and innovation.
21 Σεπ 2018 · We are turning back the clock to the very beginning of New York City history with this special two-part episode, looking at the very beginnings of European settlement in the area and the first significant Dutch presence on the island known as Manhattan.
