The Flushing Remonstrance, 1657
Introduction Seventeenth-century settlers in Flushing drafted a protest that became a watershed of religious freedom in the New World. Let’s both put this remarkable … More The Flushing Remonstrance, 1657 »
Introduction Seventeenth-century settlers in Flushing drafted a protest that became a watershed of religious freedom in the New World. Let’s both put this remarkable … More The Flushing Remonstrance, 1657 »
Note: This description has been abstracted from: Henry Wilson Scott. The Courts of the State of New York: Their History, Development and Jurisdiction (1909) … More The Court of the Burgomasters and Schepens, 1650-1660 »
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When Director-General Pieter Stuyvesant arrived in New Netherland in 1647, he requested the people to select eighteen representatives, from among whom he would appoint … More The Nine Men and the 1649 Remonstrance of the Commonality of New Netherland »
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To encourage agricultural settlement in New Netherland, the Dutch West India Company issued a Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions on June 7, 1629 to … More The 1629 Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions »
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Disputes between the Company and the patroons continued and, in January 1640, the Dutch parliament sought a final settlement between the Company and the … More The 1640 Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions »