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Title: Historical exhibit of New York State at Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Va., April 26-December 1, 1907 : an explanatory list of articles, replete with chronological material that will guide the visitor and furnish a useful reference to the student of American history
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Reynolds, Cuyler, 1866-1934 John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Subjects: Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907)
Publisher: Albany : J.B. Lyon Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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PETER STUYVESANTDirector-General of New Netherland for the Dutch West India Co.,1646-1664, in which latter year he was forced to surrender to the Englishfleet. He lived on his farm in New York known as Bouwerij (Bowery),and his pugnacious character has given him prominence in history. Bornin Holland, 1602; died at New York, August, 1682. From the originalpainting loaned to N. Y. Historical Society by Robert Van RensselaerStuyvesant.
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PATROON KILIAEN VAN RENSSELAER. Colonizer of Rensselaerswyck, later the site of Albany, for whom hisagent in America purchased the enormous tracts of land from the MohawkIndians, 24 miles wide on each side of the Hudson River, and extendingnorth and south 24 miles, the first deed on July 2j, 1630. This portraitpainted in Holland, and owned by Dr. Howard Van Rensselaer, Albany.1907.

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