The New York Tercentenary An Exhibition of The History of New Nether land 1524-1674 ARRANGED AND DESCRIBED BY VICTOR HUGO PALTSITS Chief of the American History Division and Keeper of Manuscripts NEW YORK THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY MCMXXVI The New York Tercentenary An Exhibition of The History of New Nether land 1524-1674 ARRANGED AND DESCRIBED BY VICTOR HUGO PALTSITS Chief of the American History Division and Keeper of Manuscripts NEW YORK THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY MCMXXVI 15ft ■ NO? REPRINTED DECEMBER 1926 FROM THE BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1926 PRINTED AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY form p219[xii-20-26 3c] TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Bibliography - -- -- -- -- -- 2 Record Guides -----------4 Documentary Collections -------- 5 Topography — Land Rights — Streets, Etc. - - - - 6 The Indians of Manhattan Island and Elsewhere - - - 8 New Netherland — General Works - ----- 9 New Amsterdam — General Works - - - - - - 12 Regional — New Amsterdam and New Harlem - -16 Regional — The Bronx - - - - - - - - -18 Regional — Hudson River Localities and Rensselaerswyck 1 9 Regional — Delaware — New Jersey — Long Island — Staten Island ---------- 22 National and Racial Elements ----- -24 Law and Religion - - - 26 Economics and Government - - -- -- -- 28 Social History ----------- 29 Education ------------29 Voyage of Giovanni da Verrazzano, 1524 - 30 Voyage of Estevam Gomez, 1525 - - - - - - - 31 Voyage of Henry Hudson, 1609 - -- -- -- 33 United New Netherland Company, Chartered in 1614, and Dutch West India Company, Chartered in 1621 - - 36 New Netherland — First Administration: Cornelis Jacob- sen May, 1624} Second Administration: Willem Ver- hulst, 1625 - -- -- -- -- - 38 New Netherland — Third Administration: Peter Minuit, 1626—32 j Purchase of Manhattan Island and Found- ing of New Amsterdam --------40 New Netherland — Fourth Administration: Bastiaen Jansz. Krol, 1632—33} Fifth Administration: Wouter VAN TwiLLER, 1633—38 - -- -- -- - New Netherland — Sixth Administration: Willem Kieft, 1638-47 New Netherland — Seventh Administration: Peter Stuy- vesant, 1647-64 - - The English Interregnum — Administrations of Richard Nicolls, 1664—68, and Francis Lovelace, 1668—73 - New Netherland — Last Dutch Administration: Antony Colve, 1673-74 - - -- -- -- -- New York Celebrations: 1914 - 1915 - 1924 - THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY AN EXHIBITION OF THE HISTORY OF NEW NETHERLAND Arranged and Described By Victor Hugo Paltsits Chief of the American History Division and Keeper of Manuscripts IN 1624 the first settlement within the confines of the present Empire State of New York was made by the Dutch West India Company at Fort Orange (now Albany). In 1626 other colonists arrived at Manhattan Island with Peter Minuit, and in that year there had been effected its settle- ment, the purchase of the island from the Indians, and consolidation of all families in New Netherland at the southern end, which was called Fort Amsterdam. This settlement was never wholly disintegrated. It was never abandoned. In these beginnings are rooted the origin of the City of New York. For several years prior to the year 1926, there was great expectancy among numerous organizations of men and women, historically minded, that the year 1926 would produce a climax of celebrations in the city and under official auspices worthy of the leading city of the western hemisphere. Work- ing drawings for exhibitions and pageantry had been completed for use on several floors of the Grand Central Palace, where for a month or more it was designed to corral thousands of visitors and focus attention upon the great birthday of the city. Not only did this feature of a celebration die still-born, but no other significant observance of the city's attainment in the historical firmament was carried out. The exhibition in the Main Exhibition Room of the Library was prepared in coordination with the expected celebrations. It turned out to be an event by itself, as well as the only one from which the public could derive an understanding of the foundations of New York history. It was arranged in forty-five flat showcases and on sixteen sides of upright standards. The ex- hibition was organized systematically. The arrangement of one-half was primarily bibliographical, regional, and topical. The other half was par- ticularly chronological, from the first recorded discovery of New York Harbor by Verrazzano in 1 524 to the end of the Dutch jurisdiction in 1674, [ 1 1 2 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY or a period of one hundred and fifty years. The materials out of which the historian must reconstruct this past were displayed in a remarkably complete series, which included original Dutch records and other manuscripts, con- temporary maps and views, rare early publications and numerous modern books and pamphlets. It would be unfitting to close this note without an expression of thanks to the American Numismatic Society, the Pierpont Morgan Library, and Bron- son Winthrop, Esq., for the items lent by them and described in detail in the list below. The list preserves the record of the display cards and titles of the items that were shown. The exhibition began on March 22d, and continued through September 6th (Labor Day), registering a total of 80,899 visitors. CONSPECTUS OF THE EXHIBITION BIBLIOGRAPHY Muller, Frederik, Amsterdam Catalogue of books relating to America, including a large number of rare works printed before 1700, amongst which a nearly complete col- lection of the Dutch publications on New-Netherland, from 1612 to 1820. [Amsterdam, 1850.] Asher, Georg Michael A bibliographical and historical es- say on the Dutch books and pamph- lets relating to New-Netherland and to the Dutch West-India Company. Amsterdam, 1854-67. Still an indispensable guide to every stu- dent of the history of New York under the Dutch. Tiele, Pieter Anton Nederlandsche bibliographic van land- en volkenkunde. Amsterdam, 1884. The titles relating to New Netherland add nothing new to the earlier Bibliographical essay by Asher. RlJKSMUSEUM VAN OuDHEDEN, Leiden The Pilgrim fathers. Exhibition of documents from public and private collections at Leiden relating to the Dutch settlements in North- America. August, 1888. [Leiden, 1 888.] Prepared on the occasion of the visit of members of the Holland Society of New York to Holland in 1 888. A list of Dutch Americana fills p. 19—28. This catalogue is also inserted in the Year book of the Holland Society of New York for 1888-89, between p. 80 and 81. Flagg, Charles Allcott, and Judson T. Jennings Bibliography of New York colon- ial history. Albany, 1901. A useful and practical reference guide to the printed materials relating to the Dutch and English periods to 1776, though not par- ticularly accurate in spots. Published by the New York State Library as Bulletin — Bibliography 24. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 3 Bibliography, continued The New York. Public Library Check list of works relating to the history (general, political, etc.) of the City of New York in The New York Public Library. In: Bulletin, v. 5 ( 1 90 1 ), p. 97- 127. Shows what the Library had in 1901. Considerably augmented since that date. Check list of maps and atlases re- lating to the City of New York, 1610-1 900, in The New York Public Library. In: Bulletin, v. 5 (1901), p. 60- 73. Shows what the Library had in 1901. Considerably augmented since that date. Van Stockum's Antiquariaat, The Hague A catalogue of rare Dutch pamph- lets relating to New Netherland and to the Dutch West- and East-India Companies. The Hague, 1911. The New York. Public Library New York City and the develop- ment of trade; a reading list. New York, 1914. For popular use. NlJHOFF, MARTINUS The Hollanders in America. A choice collection of books, maps and pamflets. The Hague, 1925. Issued as his Catalogue 518. Mac kay, Constance D'Arcy Suggestions for the dramatic cele- bration of the 300th anniversary of the purchase of Manhattan, 1626- 1926. Typewritten manuscript. Compiled and arranged for the Commun- ity Drama Service of The Playground and Recreation Association of America. Andrews, William Loring New Amsterdam, New Orange, New York. New York, 1 897. The first iconographic guide prepared for collectors of prints of New York City. Copperplates by E. D. French. Edition limited to 30 copies on Imperial Japan paper and 170 on American hand-made paper. Grolier Club, New York A catalogue of plans and views of New York City from 1651 to 1860 exhibited at the Grolier Club, De- cember, 1897. New York, 1897. Andrews, William Loring The iconography of the Battery and Castle Garden. New York, 1901. The New York Public Library Check list of engraved views of the City of New York in The New York Public Library. In: Bulletin, v. 5 (1901), p. 222- 226. Shows what the Library had in 190 1 . Con- siderably augmented since that date. Colonial Order of the Acorn — New York Chapter Views of early New York. New York, 1904. Copperplate reproductions by Edwin Davis French include the Hartgers, Montanus, and Allard views. Edition limited to 213 copies. Fridenberg, Robert, editor Illustrated catalogue of the no- table collection of views of New York and other American cities formed by Mr. Percy R. Pyne 2d. Catalogue descriptions written by Mr. Robert Fridenberg. New York [1917]. Special edition prepared in connection with the sale of the collection by the American Art Association. 4 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Bibliografhy, continued Jordan, Joshua Hawkins Catalogue of a loan exhibition of rare views of old New York. New York, 1909. The exhibit was held at the Lawyers Title Insurance and Trust Company. Weitenkampf, Frank The Eno collection of New York City views. New York, 1925. Illus- trated. Catalogue of the collection presented to The New York Public Library by Amos F. Eno. Separate issue from Bulletin, v. 25, p. 327-354, 385-435. RECORD GUIDES O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey, editor. Calendar of N. Y. colonial manu- scripts, indorsed land papers; in the office of the Secretary of State of New York. 1643-1803. Albany, 1864. It is an inventory to an important series of 63 large volumes of original manuscripts, con- sisting of documents, maps, surveys, etc., upon which grants of land were made, preserved in the Land Office of the Secretary of the State of New York, Albany. Calendar of historical manuscripts in the office of the Secretary of State, Albany, N. Y. Albany, 1865-66. 2 v. Part I — Dutch manuscripts, 1630—1664. Part II — English manuscripts, 1664— 1776. These calendars have brief entries, more in the nature of an inventory. Since many of the original records to which they relate were burned in the Albany Capitol fire of March, 1911, the calendars have now peculiar in- terest, though they are not nearly accurate. Index to volumes one, two and three of translations of Dutch manu- scripts. Albany, 1870. This printed index relates to translations that O'Callaghan made of Dutch manuscripts in the archives of the State of New York. Some of these translations as well as the origi- nal records were destroyed in the Albany Capitol fire of March, 1911. Holland Society of New York Dutch West India Company man- uscripts. In: Year book for 1892, p. 1 50— 152. Banta, Theodore Melvin Dutch records in the City Clerk's Office, New York. New York, 1900 It is a special edition limited to 20 copies. First appeared in Year-book of The Holland Society of New York for 1900. Important for the location of real estate in New Amsterdam. Holland Society of New York Dutch records in the City Clerk's Office, New York. In: Year book for 1900, p. 110- 182, and for 1901, p. 121-176. Fernow, Berthold, and A. J. F. VAN LAER Calendar of Council minutes, 1668-1783. Albany, 1902. This is a calendar of the English Execu- tive Council minutes of the province of New York, issued as History bulletin 6 by the New York State Library. Holland Society of New York Inventory and digest of early church records in the library of the society. In: Year book for 1912, p. 1-51, 206-207. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 5 Record Guides, continued Corwin, Edward Tanjore Recent researches in Holland and the ecclesiastical records of the State of New York. Read Dec. 28, 1906. In: Papers of the American Society of Church History, series 2, v. 1 (1908), p. 43-66. Also issued separately, and in the reprint of the Pafers, 1913, p. 51-78. The author also contributed a similar article to the Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society, v. 1 (1901-02), p. 161-188. DOCUMENTARY COLLECTIONS Kelby, Robert Hendre The New York Historical Society. 1804-1904. New York, 1905. The history of this venerable society and a list of its publications, many of which are shown throughout the present exhibition. New York Historical Society Proceedings for 1 843-1 849. New York, 1 844-49. 7 v. The principal articles relating to New Netherland and Manhattan Island are: De Witt's New Netherland (1844); Brodhead's observations respecting two ancient maps of New Netherland (1845); De Rasiere's letter and portions of Wassenaer (1847); George H. Moore's Peter Minuit (1849). O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey, editor The documentary history of the State of New- York. Albany, 1 849- 51. 4v. 8°. There is also an edition in 4 v. in 4°, pub- lished in 1850-5 1. Of the two editions the quarto is to be preferred. Among the papers printed here are texts relating to the Indians, to early settlements, and to New York City or parts thereof. Documents relative to the colonial history of the State of New York, procured in Holland, England and France by John Romeyn Brodhead. Albany, 1856-61. 10 v. and index. Continued or supplemented by v. 12—15, edited by Berthold Fernow, from archives in possession of the State of New York. Albany, 1877-83. The Holland documents in v. 1 and 2 of the O'Callaghan series have peculiar value for the history of New Netherland. There are some early items in the English documents that bear upon the Dutch occupation. The three volumes collected and edited by Fernow relate principally to settlements on the Hud- son, on Long Island, and on the Delaware, though some documents bear also upon Man- hattan Island history. A volume devoted to Manhattan Island was planned but never pre- pared for publication. Valentine, David Thomas, and others, editors. Manual of the corporation of the City of New York, commonly known as Valentine's Manual, 1841-2 to 1 870. 28 v. The volumes to 1866, inclusive, were ed- ited by David T. Valentine, Clerk of the Common Council; those of 1868 and 1869 were issued by J. Shannon, and 1870 by John Hardy. No Manuals were published for the calendar years 1846 and 1867. Each volume contains a record of the year's administration of the city. This once despised material has become the soundest evidence for the historian and economist. The supplementary materials, embracing contributed historical articles, extracts, trans- lations from or copies of records, etc., are less sound; because the texts are often not copied correctly, and deductions of contributors are too often untrustworthy. This mass of un- systematic material, in the hitherto uncritical use of it, has done much to discredit the 6 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Documentary Collections, continued Valentine, David Thomas, and others, continued written history of Manhattan Island during the Dutch and English periods. A complete set in perfect condition ex- hibited, the volumes opened to subjects related to the Dutch regime and earliest English period. An index to the historical additions was published by Otto Hufeland in 1900, and lists of the illustrations appeared in the Man- uals of 1 857 and 1863, in Pasko's Old New York, v. 1, and more particularly in a separate volume published by the Society of Icono- philes in 1906. TOPOGRAPHY — LAND RIGHTS — STREETS, ETC. Macauley, James The natural, statistical and civil history of the State of New-York. New York, 1 829. 3 v. The first volume is devoted to physiog- raphy and natural history; the second to the Indians and to general history to 1750. The third continues to the period of publication. Severely compilatory and a strange medley, viewed in the light of modern knowledge. COZZENS, ISSACHAR, Jr. A geological history of Manhattan or New York Island. New York, 1843. The earliest separate monograph on the subject. Hoffman, Murray A treatise upon the estate and rights of the corporation of the City of New York, as proprietors. New York, 1853. This is the first edition. Here appeared a fictitious view of Hudson's ship at anchor, September 13, 1609. At p. 320 there is a folded plan of grants as far north as the Fresh Water. Superseded by the second edition in 1862. Treatise upon the estate and rights of the corporation of the City of New York, as proprietor. New York, 1862. 2v. Second edition. Materially revised in its historical and legal data. The second volume is an "Appendix" of notes and diagrams. Hoffman, Murray, continued Valuable for tracing the development of the water front and for studying the city's jurisdiction over streets, ferries, and markets. Viele, Egbert Ludovickus The topography and hydrology of New York. New York, 1 865. Contains a large topographical map show- ing the original watercourses and made land of Manhattan Island. This map is exhibited in a related upright case. Reissued on five sheets in 1874. Gerard, James Watson, Jr. A treatise on the title of the cor- poration and others to the streets, wharves, piers, parks, ferries, and other lands and franchises in the City of New York. New York, 1872. An important guide to the evolution of title in the city of New York. Includes ancient streets and roads. The old streets of New York un- der the Dutch. New York, 1874. A paper read before the New York His- torical Society. Post, John J. Old streets, roads, lanes, piers and wharves of New York, showing the former and present names. New York, 1 882. A useful street catalogue. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 7 Topography — Land Rights — Streets, etc., continued Arnoux, William Henry The Dutch in America. New York, 1890. This historical argument was presented to the Court of Appeals of the State of New York in the Third Avenue Elevated R. R. case with respect to the ownership of the streets and the rights or easements therein. Black, George Ashton The history of municipal owner- ship of land on Manhattan Island. New York, 1891. A scientific monograph which traces the municipal ownership of land from the grants to the city in 1658 to the ordinance of 1844. Issued as v. 1, no. 3 of the Columbia University studies in history, economics and ■public law. Hill, George Everett, and G. E. Waring, Jr. Old wells and water-courses of the island of Manhattan. [New York, cop. 1897.] Issued as series 1, nos. 10 and 11 of the Half Moon series. Papers on historic New York. Smith, Floyd R., and A. C. Perry, J*- Geography of New York ; the state — the city. New York [cop. 1904]. A school text-book in which there is in- cluded a sketch of the early history. It has pictures that are fanciful or bogus. Peterson, Arthur Everett Landmarks of New York. An his- torical guide to the metropolis. New York, 1923. Published by the City History Club of New York. Emerson, Frederick Valentine A geographic interpretation of New York City. In: Bulletin of American Geo- graphical Society, v. 40 and 41 (1908-09). Also published separately. United States. Geological Survey Geologic atlas — New York City folio. Washington, D. C, 1902. Besides the maps which show the geological composition of the earth's surface on and around rVlanhattan Island, there is an ac- companying text. Thoroughly scientific. In a related upright case are shown the historical and surficial sheets of the geology of Greater New York. Hobbs, William Herbert The configuration of the rock floor of Greater New York. Washington, 1905. Issued as Bulletin no. 270 of the U. S. Geological Survey. Has geological information of great value to construction engineers with respect to ex- cavations and foundations. Gratacap, Louis Pope Geology of the City of New York. New York, 1909. This is the third edition, enlarged. It was first published in small form in 1901. In this enlarged form it has 65 illustrations and four geological maps of Manhattan Island, and an astounding list of the rocks and minerals of which the island is composed. Kelley, Frank Bergen Historical guide to the City of New York. New York [1913]. Revised edition. Prepared for the City History Club of New York. 8 TH1. NKW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY THE INDIANS OF MANHATTAN ISLAND AND ELSEWHERE New Netherland Papers Extract from a private letter of Director-General Stuyvesant to the Directors at Amsterdam. November 7, 1655. He says the Dutch are stirring up the Indians in New Netherland and that he him- self is called "the great Sachem with the wooden leg." Megapolensis, Joannes, Jr. A short sketch of the Mohawk In- dians in New Netherland. Translated into English for Hazard's His- torical collections, v. 1 (1792), and revised for New York Historical Society's Collec- tions, series 2, v. 3, part 1 (1857). The original Dutch tract was printed in 1644 and only two copies are known. The English version follows a reprint of the Dutch text in Beschrijvinghe van Virginia, 1651. Benson, Egbert Memoir, read before the His- torical Society of the State of New- York, 31st December, 1816. New York, 1817. Memoir on Dutch and Indian names in New Netherland. Memoir read before the Historical Society of the State of New York, December 31, 1816. Second edition, with notes. Jamaica, 1825. Also reprinted from a copy with the au- thor's last corrections, in Collections of New York Historical Society, series 2, v. 1, part 1 (1848), p. 77-148. Beauchamp, William Martin Aboriginal place names of New York. Albany, 1907. Forms Bulletin 108 (Archeology 12) of the New York State Museum. A handy and useful work. O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey, translator A brief and true narrative of the hostile conduct of the barbarous natives towards the Dutch nation. Albany, 1863. A petition from New Netherland, dated October 31, 1655. On p. 21-48 there are illustrative documents, as the treaty with the Indians of August, 1645, and pieces of 165 5— 1656. Tooker, William Wallace The origin of the name Manhat- tan, with historical and ethnological notes. New York, 1901. (Algon- quian series, no. 1.) It is here revised and enlarged. The author concludes that the name was derived from Manahatin, the oldest form, and is descriptive, signifying "the island of hills." Ruttenber, Edward Manning Footprints of the Red Men. In- dian geographical names in the valley of Hudson's River. Newburgh, 1906. In: Proceedings of New York State Historical Association, v. 6 (1906). There was also a separate issue. Manhattan and its local names on p. 13ff. Johnson, Edward Payson The friendly relations of the In- dians and early Dutch settlers of the upper Hudson. In: Year book of the Holland So- ciety of New York for 1 907, p. 121— 137. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 9 The Indians of Manhattan Island and Elsewhere, continued Skinner, Alanson The Indians of Manhattan Island and vicinity. New York, 1909. Issued by the American Museum of Nat- ural History as an exhibition Guide leaflet, no. 29, in connection with the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, September, 1909. Wissler, Clark, editor The Indians of Greater New York and the lower Hudson. New York, 1909. Forms Anthropological fafers, v. 3, of the American Museum of Natural History. Includes The Lenape Indians of Staten Island, by Alanson Skinner; Aboriginal re- mains on Manhattan Island, by James K. Finch; The Indians of Washington Heights, by R. P. Bolton. Atkins, Thomas Astley Relations of the Dutch and the In- dians prior to the massacre of 1655. In: Proceedings of New York State Historical Association, v. 9 (1910), p. 237-255. Skinner, Alanson The Indians of Greater New York. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1915. A readable as well as interesting portrayal of the subject; treats also of the archaeology of the Indians in the greater city. Forms no. 3 of a series called Little his- tories of North A merican Indians. Armbruster, Eugene L. The Indians of New England and New Netherland. [New York,] 1918. Issued in an edition of 200 copies. NEW NETHERLAND — GENERAL WORKS Smith, William The history of the province of New-York. London, 1757. First general history of New York. Moulton, Joseph White History of the State of New-York including its aboriginal and colonial annals. New-York, 1 824-26. 2 v. Part 2 is entitled: Novum Belgium. These volumes have been responsible for numerous errors in New York history. They can be used only by specialists with great cau- tion. Yates, whose name is also given on the title of v. 1, wrote none of them. Dunlap, William History of the New Netherlands [sic], province of New York, and state of New York. New York, 1839-40. 2v. Of very little use now. Lambrechtsen, Nicolaas cornelis Korte beschrijving van de ontdek- king en der verdere lotgevallen van Nieuw-Nederland. Middelburg, 1818. An excellent treatise for so early a date, as it was mainly written in 1813—1815. The author made good use of Dutch sources then almost unknown to American writers. In 1819 an English translation was made by Frangois Adriaan van der Kemp, which, with notes added, was printed in Collections of the New York Historical Society, series 2, v. 1 (1841), p. 75-123. Watson, John Fanning Historic tales of olden time: con- cerning the early settlement and ad- vancement of New- York City' and State. New York, 1832. A book based in the main on his earlier work written in 1828 and Moulton's His- 10 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY New Netherland — General Works, continued Watson, John Fanning, continued torica! notices. Some of the pictures are stupid, as "Fort Amsterdam Village — 1623"; Stuyvesant on horseback, and the Stadt Huys or City Hall put down as "built 1602." Watson, John Fanning Annals and occurrences of New York City and State, in the olden time. Philadelphia, 1846. This work has many errors, judged in the light of modern knowledge. If used critically it may still serve here and there. A chapter on "Ancient memorials" is suggestive of the value of documentary materials. Some of the pictures are fanciful and therefore to be avoided. Part of the text was written in 1828 as an appendix to his Annals of Philadelphia, oi is taken from his Historic tales of olden time (New York, 1832). "The reader of the present day will find the book worthless, except for an occasional fact which he may need to complete some picture of life and personalities of a past time." — Professor Herbert L. Osgood, in Larned's Literature of American history, p. 374. Proposals for publishing, by sub- scription, the second volume of the History of New Netherland, by E. B. O'Callaghan, M. D. Printed subscription form, not filled in. O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey History of New Netherland ; or, New York under the Dutch. New York, 1846-48. 2 v. Dr. O'Callaghan was the first historian to write a history of New Netherland derived from a mass of original sources in the archives of the State of New York, in England, and in Holland. He was the first to explore and use the Rensselaerswyck papers. The publication of these volumes, the labor of years, netted no pay to the author. v. 1 takes the history through 1646; v. 2 covers 1647-1664. O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey, continued The appendices of both volumes contain documents. There is an issue in which both volumes are dated 1848; also a second edition of 1 85 5. The author's set with numerous revisions, etc., intended for a new edition, revealing new sources of information, is also exhibited. The Register of New Netherland; 1626-1674. Albany, 1865. It is a civil list, with some introductory annals of New Netherland. Brodhead, John Romeyn History of the State of New York. New York, 1853-71. 2 v. A constructive work of great value and accurately written from primary sources, many of which had never been used before by his- torians. In the early period it is now subject to revision. A second edition of v. 1 appeared in 1859. This is also shown. Manuscript for a third volume was prepared, but never printed, and is now lost. Schuyler, George Washington Colonial New York; Philip Schuyler and his family. New York, 1885. 2 v. Principally a Schuyler genealogy. The introduction, in three parts, discusses patroonships in New Netherland, the Durch on the Delaware, and the relations of New Netherland with New England. Papers relating to the first settle- ment of New York by the Dutch . . . and the description and first settle- ment of New Netherland. Edin- burgh, 1888. 2v. Forms Collectanea Adamantaa, xx vi I. The title is misleading, v. 1 is a "List of the early immigrants," for 1657-1664, taken from the Documentary history of New York, and v. 2 has a description of New Netherland from Wassenaer. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 1 1 New Netherland — General Works, continued Fernow, Berthold New Netherland, or the Dutch in North America. In: Justin Winsor's Narrative and critical history of America , v. 4, p. 395-442, with a critical essay on the sources of information. Holland Society of New York Early immigrants to New Nether- land. List of owners of lots in New Amsterdam. In: Year book for 1896, p. 124- 129, 167-177. Passengers to New Netherland. In: Year book for 1902, p. 1-37. Fiske, John The Dutch and Quaker colonies in America. Boston and New York, 1903. 2v. This is the illustrated "de luxe" edition. It was originally published without illus- trations in 1899. Always readable, but not always sound. Jameson, John Franklin, editor Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664. New York, 1909. (Orig- inal narratives of early American his- tory.) The most important single volume of early source material for the history of New York during the Dutch regime. The documents have illuminating introductions, are annota- ted, and the English translations are better than those that were printed hitherto. Irving, Washington The author's apology. Manu- script written at Sunnyside, 1 848, by Washington Irving for his History of New York by Diedrich Knicker- bocker. Griffis, William Elliot The story of New Netherland; the Dutch in America. Boston and New York, 1909. A popular story. The New Netherland register, v. 1, no. 1-8 (1911). New York, 1911. Published and edited by Dingman Ver- steeg. Devoted to the publication of material relating to the early history of New York. No more published. Irving, Washington Original manuscript note book, dated 1 808-1 809. 40 pages, mainly for the Knickerbocker History. Full old rose levant slip case. Seligman Irving Collection. Exposed pages have reference to the "ma- jestic galley" of Peter Stuyvesant as it "plows up the majestic bosom of the Hudson." Manuscript note book for Knick- erbocker's History of New York, in- scribed on inside cover "Book of Washington Irving of Sunnyside." Seligman Irving Collection. The exposed pages refer to Stuyvesant, Van Rensselaer, Beeckman, and other Dutch worthies who figure in Irving's History. A history of New York. By Die- drich Knickerbocker. New York, 1809. 2 v. An uncut copy of the first edition of this literary skit on the Dutch in New York, in the original boards binding. "A manuscript with learning fraught, Or some nice pretty little skit Upon the times, and full of wit." Verplanck, Gulian Crommelin An anniversary discourse deliv- ered before the New- York Historical Society, December 7, 1818. New York, 1818. Contains a protest against Washington Irving's Knickerbocker History. Reviewed in North American review, v. 8, p. 414-445. 12 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY NEW AMSTERDAM Moulton, Joseph White View of the City of New-Orange, (now New-York,) as it was in the year 1673. With explanatory notes. New York, 1825. The view is a poor copy of the Restitutio type, from a hand copy made by Du Simitiere in 1769. New York 170 years ago with a view, and explanatory notes. New York, December, 1 843. The view is the Restitutio type and was copied from a hand copy of the engraved view that he found among the Du Simitiere manuscripts in the Library Company of Phila- delphia. The copy was made by Du Simitiere in 1769. History of the State of New- York. Part ii. Novum Belgium. New York, 1826. Showing reproduction of the view from Beschrijvinghe van Virginia, Amsterdam, 1651. Goodrich, Andrew T., publisher The Picture of New- York. New York [circa 1828]. In this edition, which differs materially from that of 1825, there is added a "Chrono- logical history of the City of New- York," from 1609 to Jan. 1, 1 8 2 8, on p. 1-135. Valentine, David Thomas History of the City of New York. New York, 1853. The appendix contains a descriptive list from early grants and deeds (1637—1680) of places on Manhattan Island, and endeavors to identify them with respect to their modern locations. There are also lists of inhabitants in 1653, 1655, 1674; the Selyns list of mem- bers of the Dutch Church, 1 686, etc. It has been alleged that John Paulding is the virtual author of this history. Valentine makes acknowledgment to Paulding for par- -GENERAL WORKS ticular aid, but in the copyright as in the book, Valentine's claim to authorship is very definite. Davis, Asahel History of New Amsterdam ; or, New York as it was, in the days of the Dutch governors. [New York,] 1854. A popular account. Booth, Mary Louise History of the City of New York. New York, 1859. This popular work was for some years after its publication the only complete history of the city. Reissued in 1860, 1865, 1866. With ad- ditions and alterations in 1867 (2 v.). Again revised and brought down to date (1880). Modern research has put much of it out of date. The editions of 1867 and 1880 are also shown. Stone, William Leete History of New York City from its discovery to the present day. New York, 1868. This is the first edition on thin paper and without illustrations. There is another thin paper edition with- out illustrations, published by R. D. Cooke of New York, 1876, as The Centennial his- tory. This is also shown. History of New York City from the discovery to the present day. New York, 1872. The best edition, on thick paper, with many illustrations. It is a compilation. "It is more truly an account of events which occurred in the city than a history of the city itself; a large proportion of these events, however, really belong to the history of the province." ■ — Professor Herbert L. Osgood in Larned's Literature of American history, p. 373. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 13 Nezv Amsterdam — General Works, continued Richmond, John Francis New York and its institutions, 1609-1872. New York, 1872. Still has some use for the institutional history of the city. Lamb, Martha Joanna Reade Nash History of the City of New York: its origin, rise, and progress. New York and Chicago, 1877-80. 2 v. Also a new edition in three volumes, New York, 1877-96, with additions for the pe- riod 1880-1896, by Mrs. Burton Harrison. Lossing, Benson John History of New York City (1609- 1884). New York [cop. 1884] . 2 v. Severely criticised and called "formless and scrappy to the last degree," in The Na- tion, v. 47, p. 39. Todd, Charles Burr The story of the City of New York. New York, 1 888. A picturesque story of the city to the year 1830. Darling, Charles William New Amsterdam, New Orange, New York, n.p., 1 889. Of no particular use. Roosevelt, Theodore New York. New York and Lon- don, 1891. (Historic towns.) Professes to give new interpretations rather than new facts, and "to sketch the workings of the town's life, social, commercial, and political, at successive periods, with their sharp transformations and contrasts; and to trace the causes which gradually changed a little Dutch trading hamlet into a huge American city." Janvier, Thomas Allibone In old New York. New York, 1894. A well-written popular account, with the narrative sometimes imaginary. Wilson, James Grant, editor The Memorial history of the City of New- York. New York, 1 892-93. 4 v. The first volume includes the period of New Amsterdam and the Dutch in New Neth- erland. The chapters are by various con- tributors and have a varying quality. Some important manuscripts were given in facsimile here for the first time. Moss, Frank The American metropolis from Knickerbocker days to the present time. New York City life in all its various phases. New York, 1 897. 3 v. Popular and uncritical. Runk, Edward J. Annals of greater New York. New York, 1897. An uncritical compilation. Half Moon Series. New York, 1897- 98. There are 24 monographs in 24 parts, by different authors, forming two volumes, edited by Maud Wilder Goodwin and others. Interesting but must be used with caution on account of incompleteness, faulty deduc- tions, and numerous errors of fact. Half Moon Series. Historic New York ; being the . . . series of the Half Moon papers. New York, 1898- 99. 2 v. This is the republication, extended with notes, maps, and illustrations. 14 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY New Amsterdam — General Works, continued Van Pelt, Daniel Leslie's History of the Greater New York. New York [cop. 1898]. 3 v. Popular and unreliable. Zeisloft, E. Idell, editor The new metropolis ; memorable events of three centuries, 1 600— 1 900 ; from the island of Mana-hat- ta to Greater New York at the close of the nineteenth century. New York [cop. 1899]. A volume of text, illustrated, and two oblong portfolios with cardmounted views. Includes some early New York views. Van Rensselaer, Mariana Gris- wold, Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer New York and its historians. In: North American review, v. 171 (1900), p. 724-733, 872-883. Two fine chapters, in the first of which the author points out the prejudiced, erron- eous, and careless writing of the history of the City of New York by earlier historians, and the bad effect which Washington Irving's lampoon History by Diedrich Knickerbocker has had. The second part gives an excellent sketch of the rise of scholarly historical re- search in New York and its fruition in the pioneer works of O'Callaghan and Brodhead. Colton, Julia Maria Annals of old Manhattan, 1 609— 1664. New York [cop. 1901]. A compilation. Most of the illustrations lack authenticity. Wilson, Rufls Rockwell New York: old & new; its story, streets, and landmarks. Philadelphia & London, 1903. 2 v. Illustrated. Popular compilation. Ulmann, Albert A landmark history of New York. Also the origin of street names, and a bibliography. New York, 1901. Told in story form "particularly to in- terest the young," but having in view also the interest of the teacher and the student of history. Most of the earlier pictures are fictitious. The book gives the wording of many land- mark tablets, but does not criticise them, to show that some of them are erroneous either as to location or data. Innes, J. H. New Amsterdam and its people; studies, social and topographical, of the town under Dutch and early Eng- lish rule. New York, 1902. The first serious attempt to treat the seven- teenth-century city monographically with re- spect to its topography and its social organiza- tion. Janvier, Thomas Allibone The founding of New York. A series of articles written for the New York Times, May 25-31, 1903. In commemoration of the 250th anni- versary of the founding of municipal govern- ment in the City of New York. Mounted clippings. Versteeg, Dingman The City of New Amsterdam. In: Year book of the Holland So- ciety of New York for 1 903, p. 1 72- 204. Hemstreet, Charles The Story of Manhattan. New York, 1907. The author says it is "the history of New York City . . . told as a story." Most of the pictures are bogus and there are many errors in the text. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 15 New Amsterdam — General Works, continued MacAtamney, Hugh Cradle days of New York (1609- 1825). New York, 1909. Merely a compilation. Van Rensselaer, Mariana Gris- wold, Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer History of the City of New York in the seventeenth century. New York, 1909. 2 v. v. 1 : New Amsterdam to 1 664. v. 2: New Orange and New York, 1 664 — 1691. This is a capital work — the first really serious endeavor to write a history of the city under the Dutch and early English admin- istrations, in which the affairs of the city have been emphasized and in which the provincial history has been made a background in per- spective. The "reference notes" at the end of each chapter and the catalogue of 5 50 titles at the end of the second volume show how exten- sively her researches have been carried on. Leonard, John William History of the City of New York, 1609-1909. New York, 1910. An uncritical compilation. Brown, Henry Collins Book of old New- York. New York, 1913. A picture book. Shepherd, William Robert The story of New Amsterdam. New York, 1917. A separate issue from the Year book of the Holland Society of New York, 1917. The author has partly rewritten the work for a tercentenary edition, announced to ap- pear in the autumn of 1926. Stokes, Isaac Newton Phelps The iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909. This monumental work will be completed in six volumes. The contents so far as they relate to the period of the present exhibition are as fol- lows: v. 1 (1915): Chapter I: The period of discovery, 1524—1609; the Dutch period, 1609—1664. Chapter II: The first years of the English period. v. 2 (1916): The early cartography of the vicinity of Manhattan Island; First Dutch surveys, 1614—1616; First maps and globes published in Holland showing Manhattan Island, 1617—163 5; English maps of the region after Hudson, 1610—1646; Second Dutch surveys, 1630—1650, including the Minuit maps, Manatus maps, and Janssonnius- Visscher map and successors; Maps of Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, and Indian sources, etc.; the Castello plan, 1660; Dutch grants map and key thereto. v. 3 (1918): The Landmark map with reference key thereto. v. 4 (1922): Historical chronology to 1674, covering more than 300 pages, double columns, in very small (7-point) type; not- able reproductions of sources. v. 5 (in press) : To contain the rest of the Historical chronology (1776—1909), with additions, etc., to the earlier period. v. 6: This will be an elaborate index, etc. The thousands of pages of text and hun- dreds of views, maps, plans, facsimiles of documents, and other illustrative matter, all done in the best fashion of the typographic and graphic arts, together with its mass of solid information drawn from original sources, render this work an enduring monument. For no other city is there a work at all com- parable to it. ' 16 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY REGIONAL NEW AMSTERDAM AND NEW HARLEM New Amsterdam Gazette. His- torical sketches and reminiscences of the Dutch regime of New Amster- dam and the New Netherlands [sic], v. 1 (1883). New York, 1883. Edited and published by Morris Coster. Old New York; a journal re- lating to the history and antiquities of New York City. New York, 1889— 91. 2 v. Originally issued in twelve numbers. v. II, p. 1 ff. Pearl Street; v. II, pp. 251 ff., 3 57 ff., 426 ff., are Dutch records of New York from 1 647, etc. Edited by W. W. Pasko. New Amsterdam year book. no. 1-3 (1897-99). New York [1897- 99]. Edited by Morris Coster. Bellamy, Blanche Wilder Governor's Island. [New York, 1897.] Issued as v. 1, no. 4 of the Half Moon series. Appeared later as series 1, no. 12 of the reissue called Historic Nezv York. Smith, Edmund Banks Governor's Island ; its military history under three flags, 1637-1913. New York, 1913. By the then chaplain of Governor's Island. Lamb, Martha Joanna Reade Nash Wall Street in history. New York, 1883. In three chapters, the first covering 1642— 1774, the last coming down to 1883. Also in Magazine of American history, 1883, v. 9, p. 305-334, 401-427; v. 10, p, 1-30. Goodwin, Maud Wilder Fort Amsterdam in the days of the Dutch. [ New York, 1897.] Issued as v. 1, no. 8 of the Half Moon scries. Also published as series 1, no. 1 in the reissue known as Historic Nezv York. The Story of the Fort, with pho- togravure of New York in 1643. New York [1900?]. The picture is a modern conception drawn by E. L. Henry, and should not be considered as an historical fact. Issued by the Title Guarantee & Trust Company. Trask, Spencer Bowling Green. New York, 1 898. A separate issue. Also in Half Moon series, v. 2, no. 5 (May, 1898), and in the reissue known as Historic Nezv York, v. 2, p. 163-208. Hill, Frederick. Trevor The story of a street; a narrative history of Wall Street from 1644 to 1908. New York and London, 1908. Appeared originally as six chapters in Har-per's magazine, 1908, v. 116, p. 686- 693,' 837-846; v. 117, p. 126-135, 299- 307, 455-463, 614-622. Enton, James V. An old street of New York [Pearl Street]. In: American historical magazine, v. 2-3 ( 1 907—08). Jenkins, Stephen The greatest street in the world. The story of Broadway . . . New York and London [1911]. This volume, which grew out of a lecture, is a compilation derived mainly from secon- dary printed books. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 17 Regional — Nezv A msterdam and Nezv Harlem, continued Gerard, James Watson Anneke Jans Bogardus and her farm. In: Harper's magazine, v. 70 (May, 1885), p. 836-849. Nash, Stephen Payne Anneke Jans Bogardus ; her farm, and how it became the property of Trinity Church, New York. New York, 1896. Putnam, Ruth Annetje Jans' farm, with some tid- ings of its first possessors and the later fruits it bore. New York, 1 897. In: Historic New York, series 1, p. 119-158. Tuttle, Henry Croswell Abstracts of farm titles in the City of New York, East Side, between 75th and 120th Streets. New York, 1878. Yorkville and Harlem. Hewitt, Edward Ringwood, and Mary Ashley Hewitt The Bowery. [New York, 1 897.] Issued as v. 1, no. 12 of the Half Moon series. Later appeared as series 1, no. 11 in the reissue called Historic Nezv York. Rikeman, Ann A. The evolution of Stuyvesant Vil- lage (New York City). Mamaro- neck, 1899. Sketchy and inaccurate in the earlier pe- riod. It is suggestive for the later years. Mott, Hopper Striker The New York of yesterday. A descriptive narrative of old Bloom- ingdale. New York, 1908. Illus- trated. A good regional history. Post, John J. Abstract of title of Kip's Bay Farm in the City of New York . . . also, The early history of the Kip family. New York, 1894. 3 v. Under its primitive Dutch grant, before it was the property of the Kip family, this farm was a tobacco plantation of Hall and Holmes. Original Manuscript Records of the Town of New Haerlem, 1662-1788. 9 v. The pages exhibited are: Earliest extant Dutch Court record of New Haerlem, January 13, 1662. Appointment of schout, secretary, and schepens by Gov. Colve. These men, apart fiom other duties, sat as the magistrates of the town. Date, October 4, 1674. Tax list, March 6, 1673. Names of the owners of lands and lots, amount possessed by each and tax computed according to the tax rate. Entered record by the town-clerk, Jan Lamontagne, Jr., of the petition of the in- habitants of New Haerlem, to Richard Nic- olls, first English governor of New York, respecting land patents and their confirma- tion, March 1 5, 1666/7. Account of Secretary Bayard for salary and making translations of land patents. Accounts of the town for 1679—1682, including an entry for glazing the town- house. Acknowledgment of sale of land, signed by Captain James Carteret, who had married, in 1673, a daughter of Captain Thomas Delavall, member of the Executive Council of the province of New York. Instrument dated November 21, 1679. Record of quit rents of Harlem lands, May 6, 1706. Inventory of the effects of Jacqueline Parisis, widow of Daniel Tourneur, August 22, 1700. Agreement of the inhabitants of Harlem for a division of the undivided lands of the town, May 19, 1711. 18 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Regional — New Amsterdam and New Harlem, continued Original Deacon's Book of the Dutch Church of Harlem, 1 672— 1694 (with some gaps). The page shown contains a record of the Sunday and Friday collections. Selden, Dudley Conveyances on record in Regis- ter's Office. New York, 1 838. Mainly relates to the conveyance of lots in the Harlem Commons. On p. 117-175 are patents and confirmations issued in 1666 and 1686 by English governors of New York. Riker, James Mr. Riker's manuscript Harlem notes j a chronological record. Under date of January 16, 1673, is a "List of Town' Papers." Harlem (City of New York) ; its origin and early annals. New York, 1881. The original edition of this useful local history, the result of patient research cover- ing a quarter of a century. It portrays the land system, social and economic conditions, and government of this town during the sev- enteenth century. Riker, James Revised history of Harlem (City of New York.) Its origin and early annals. New York, 1904. Edition "revised from the author's notes and enlarged by Henry Pennington Toler, and edited by Sterling Potter." There are considerable additions to the genealogies. Ehrlich, Morris William Historic traces on upper Manhat- tan. [New York,] 1910. . Only a few copies were struck off of this compiled historical map, showing the lines and landmarks of New Haerlem, as well as the present lines of city streets. Pirsson, John W. The Dutch grants, Harlem pat- ents and tidal creeks. New York, 1889. Relates to titles to meadows in the bay of Hell Gate, the Harlem Mill Creek, the Harlem Mill Pond, Montagne's Point, Mon- tagne's Flat, and Van Keulen's Hook. Dutch records and patents are in an ap- pendix. Pierce, Carl Horton New Harlem, past and present. New York, 1903. Issued in support of the claimants for Harlem lands. Documents are given in ap- pendices. REGIONAL — THE BRONX Bronx Board of Trade The Borough of the Bronx ; a city within a city. New York, 1909. Issued on the tercentenary of Hudson's discovery. Jenkins, Stephen The story of the Bronx. New York and London, 1912. A useful compilation. The author was a school teacher in the region of which the book treats. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 19 REGIONAL HUDSON RIVER LOCALITIES AND RENSSELAERSWYCK Munsell, Joel The annals of Albany. Second edi- tion. Albany, 1869. 9 v. A few volumes exhibited for their con- tents respecting Rensselaerswyck. Collections on the history of Al- bany, from its discovery to the pres- ent time. Albany, 1 865-7 1 . 4 v. Weise, Arthur James The history of the city of Albany, New York. Albany, 1884. A pretty good local history. Reynolds, Cuyler Albany chronicles ; a history of the city arranged chronologically. Al- bany, 1906. Useful compilation. Albany's tercentenary. America's oldest city, 1624-1 924 ; historical narrative, souvenir. [Albany, 1924.] The official publication in commemoration of the founding of the first Dutch settlement within the confines of the State of New York. Bronze Medal in commemora- tion of the 300th anniversary of the founding of Albany. 1624-1924. Vervelen, Daniel Acknowledgment of indebtedness to Marten Gerritsen for 1800 guil- ders. Made before Ludovicus Cobes, secretary of Albany, and attested by him. Dated Feb. 6, 1668/9. Orig- inal manuscript. Map of the colony of Rensselaers- wyck, about 1632. Facsimile. From Van Rensselaer Bozuier manuscrifts (Albany, 1908). Plans of Albany and the fort of Albany, Kingston, the fort of Sche- nectady, and the Indian fort at the Flats, facsimile on one sheet. Proof plate for John Miller's New Yorke considered and improved, 1695 (Cleveland, 1903). Rensselaerswyck Photograph of the contract made on Manhattan Island August 6, 1630. Signed by Director-General Minuit and his Council. The original manuscript is now owned by the New York State Museum at Albany. Photograph of the deed confirma- tory of the Indian purchase made on Manhattan Island, August 13, 1630. Signed by Director-General Minuit and his Council. The original is owned by The New York Public Library and is also exhibited with the Minuit chronological group. Jessurun, J. Spinoza Catella Kiliaen van Rensselaer van 1623 tot 1636. 's-Gravenhage, 1917. The title is misleading. It is not pri- marily a biography, but treats of the planning, planting, and development of the colony of Rensselaerswyck under the patroonship of Kiliaen van Rensselaer. Manhattan Island figures in the narrative as the port of entry and the seat of provincial control. The value of the book lies in the author's use of the latest sources and their reinterpreta- tion, though the book does not furnish much new information. Spooner, Walter Whipple The Van Rensselaer family. In: American historical magazine , v. 2 (1907), p. 1-23, 129-143, 187- 212. 20 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Regional — Hudson River Localities and Rensselaerswyck^ continued Van Laer, Arnold Johan Ferdinand The patroon system and the col- ony of Rensselaerswyck. In: Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, v. 8 (1909), p. 222-233. ROEVER, NlCOLAAS DE Kiliaen van Rensselaer en zijne kolonie Rensselaerswijck. In: Oud-Hollandy jaarg. 8 (1890), p. 29-74, 241-296. Van Laer, Arnold Johan Ferdinand, editor. Van Rensselaer Bowier manu- scripts, being the letters of Kilaen van Rensselaer, 1630—1643, and other documents relating to the col- ony of Rensselaerswyck. Translated and edited by A. J. F. van Laer. Albany, 1908. Most of the papers relate to the colony of Rensselaerswyck; but there is very valuable in- formation touching upon the early history of New Amsterdam and other parts of New Netherland, and relative to the personal his- tory of early settlers. It is an indispensable body of primary materials, presented in a creditable manner by an editor who holds high rank in this field of Dutch documen- tation. Minutes of the Court of Fort Orange and Beverwvck, 1652-1656. Albany, 1920. Minutes of the Court of Rens- selaerswyck, 1648-1652. Albany, 1922. Paltsits, Victor Hugo, editor. Inventory of the Rensselaerswyck manuscripts. Edited from the orig- inal manuscript in The New York Public Library. New York, 1924. The original manuscript is also shown, gift of Howard Townsend, Esq., a descendant of the Van Rensselaers and one of the last offi- cers of the estate. New Netherland Papers Petition of Johan van Rensselaer, patroon of Rensselaerswyck, and his partners, to the Burgomasters of Am- sterdam in Holland asking interven- tion and corrections of abuses by Stuyvesant against the liberties of the said colony. Undated, but about 1650. Extracts from a letter of Director- General Stuyvesant and council to the Directors at Amsterdam. August 1 1, 1656. Indians are bold when drunk — Senecas bring about 4,000 beavers — People of Fort Orange and Beverwyck have built a small church — Ask for church bells weighing 200 or 300 pounds. Beernink, G. De geschiedschrijver en rechtsge- leerde Dr. Arend van Slichtenhorst en zijn vader Brant van Slichten- horst, stichter van Albany. Arnhem, 1916. A work valuable for the history of the colony of Rensselaerswyck. Has an appendix of documents, 1 625— 1653. Brant van Slichtenhorst was not the actual founder of Albany as alleged. He became Director of the colony of Rensselaerswyck in 1647, arrived with his commission in March, 1648, and continued in that post till 1652. His death occurred in 1666. Salmon, Lucy Maynard The Dutch West India Company on the Hudson. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1915. By the professor of American history at Vassar College. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 21 Regional — Hudson River Localities and Rensselaerswyck, continued Fernow, Berthold, editor Documents relating to the history and settlements of the towns along the Hudson and Mohawk rivers (with the exception of Albany), from 1630 to 1684. Albany, 1881. Issued as v. 13 (old series) or v. 2 (new series) of Documents relating to the colonial history of the State of New York. Pearson, Jonathan A history of the Schenectady pat- ent in the Dutch and English times ; being contributions toward a history of the lower Mohawk valley. Al- bany, 1883. Griffis, William Elliot Arendt van Curler, first superin- tendent of Rensselaer wyck, founder of Schenectady, and of the Dutch policy of peace with the Iriquois. | Albany, 1887?] Paper read before the Albany Institute Nov. 18, 1884. Kingston, N. Y. The Dutch records of Kingston, Ulster county, New York ... 1658- 1684, with some later dates. Part 1. May 31, 1658 - November 1 8, 1 664. Esopus — Wildwyck. [Translated by Dingman Versteeg.] Revised translation ... by Samuel Oppen- heim. xvi, 171, xvii p. In: Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, v. 1 1 (1912). SCHOONMAKER, MaRIUS The history of Kingston, New York, from its early settlement to the year 1820. New York, 1888. Kregier, Martin Journal of the second Esopus war, 1663. Translated from the original Dutch manuscript. In: E. B. O'Callaghan, editor, Documentary history of the State of 'New York, v. 4 (Albany, 1851), p. 37-98. Blom, Domine Hermanus Letter dated at Nieu Amsterdam, September 18, 1663. Photograph, o p. The original Dutch letter is in the archives of the General Synod, Sage Library, New Brunswick, N. J., and an English translation is in Ecclesiastical records of the State of New York, v. 1, p. 534-535. Lounsbery, William Historical address delivered at the city of Kingston at the centennial an- niversary of American independence, July 4, 1876. Kingston, 1876. Daughters of the American Revolution, New York. — Wiltwyck Chapter, Kingston, N. Y. An historical pageant . . . Dec. 9- 14, 1895. Under the auspices of Wiltwyck Chapter . . . [Kingston, N. Y., 1895.] Hendricks, Howard The city of Kingston, birth place of New York State. Kingston, 1902. The birth date refers to the year 1777, when constitutional State government began there. Invitation, to Victor Hugo Palt- sits, to attend the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of Kingston, June 1, 1908. 22 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Regional — Hudson River Localities and Rensselaerswyck, continued Reformed Dutch Church, Kingston, N. Y. Two hundred and fiftieth anni- versary, September twelfth, thir- New Netherland Papers Original letter from Nicasius de Sille, Councillor of New Netherland, to Hans Bontemantel, a director of the Dutch West India Company. October 27, 1655. Refers to the Indian attack on Staten Island and at Pavonia, etc. KOENEN, HENDRIK JaKOB Pavonia. Eene bijdrage tot de kennis der voormalige nederlandsche kolonien. [Arnhem, 1847.] An early monograph relating to Michiel Pauw, Lord of Achttienhoven, Knight of the Order of St. Mark, and his patroonship in New Netherland, named for him Pavonia, embracing Jersey City, N. J., and environs under the command of Cornelis von Voorst. Excerpt from Bijdragen voor vader- la?idsche geschiedenis en oudheidkunde, 1847. Versteeg, Dingman The founding of Jersey City to and including the incorporation of the village of Bergen. In: Year book of the Holland So- ciety of New York for 1 9 1 4, p. 1-53. New Netherland Papers Extract from a letter of Director- General Stuyvesant to the Directors at Amsterdam. October 30, 1657. Relative to English encroachments, partic- ularly on the eastern part of Long Island. Reformed Dutch Church, continued teenth, fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and nine. [Kingston, 1909.] The order of exercises during the celebra- tion. — STATEN Fernow, Berthold, editor Documents relating to the history of the early colonial settlements, principally on Long Island. Albany, 1883. Issued as v. 14 [new series, v. 3] of Docu- ments relating to the colonial history of the State of Nezv York. Abbott, Wilbur Cortez Colonel John Scott of Long Island, 1634 (? )-l 696. New Haven, 1918. Stiles, Henry Reed A history of the city of Brooklyn. Brooklyn, 1867-70. 3 v. The history of Manhattan Island is in- volved, especially in the first volume. Stiles also edited an Illustrated history of the county of Kings and the city of Brooklyn, 1884, in two volumes. Putnam, Harrington Origin of Breuckelen. New York, 1898. Issued as v. 2, no. 1 1 of the Half Moon series. Hudden, Andries, and Wolphert Gerritsen Deed from them in hand of Hud- den to Gerrit Wolphertsen, Septem- ber 16, 1641, of sixty-eight morgens of land, situate on the flats [the bow- REGIONAL DELAWARE — NEW JERSEY — LONG ISLAND ISLAND THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 23 Regional — Delaware — New Jersey — Long Island — Stat en Island., continued Hudden, Andries, and Wolphert Gerrit- sen, continued ery of Achtervelt] in Keskachauge, the first white settlement on Long Island. Photostat from original owned by V. H. Paltsits. Van Wyck, Frederick Keskachauge ; or, The first white settlement on Long Island. New York & London, 1924. A sumptuous work dealing with the lands of the Canarise Indians in the region of the present borough of Brooklyn, its settlement and early settlers. Illustrated with maps and views. Amersfoort [Flatlands, L. L] Petition of the inhabitants to Di- rector-General Stuyvesant and his council for aid in building a church, June 4, 1 663, and the marginal vote in Stuyvesant's hand making the grant of 250 guilders in beaver value, done at Fort Amsterdam, June 7, 1663. Photostat. Strong, Thomas Morris The history of the town of Flat- bush. New-York, 1 842. Fisher, Edmund D. Flatbush, past & present. Brook- lyn, 1901. Published by the Flatbush Trust Com- pany. Bergen, Tunis Garret A history of the town of New Ut- recht, N. Y. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1884. A separate edition from Stiles's Illustrated history of the county of Kings, Riker, James, Jr. Extracts principally from town records of Newtown, L. I., consisting of one volume of Court minutes and five volumes of other records. Cop- ied by James Riker, jr., in 1 846. Manuscript volume. The annals of Newtown, in Queens county, New-York. New- York, 1852. The most valuable regional history in the territory of the present borough of Queens. Clute, John J. Annals of Staten Island. New York, 1877. Useful, but poor in the period of the seventeenth century. Leng, Charles William, and Edward C. Delavan, Jr. A condensed history of Staten Island. [New York,] 1924. Issued by The Staten Island Edison Cor- poration. New and accurate data are presented here for the first time. New Netherland Papers A statement concerning the Dutch claims to the Delaware country and the capture of Fort Casimier by the Swedes, together with Peter Minuit's entry into the service of Sweden. !654. Extract from the Articles of Sur- render entered into between Gover- nor Johan Rysing of New Sweden and Director-General Stuyvesant of New Netherland respecting the cap- itulation of Fort Christina on the Delaware. September, 1655. Shows the seventh article. 24 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Regional - — Delaware — New Jersey — Long Island — Staten Island, continued New Netherland Papers Extract from a private letter of Director-General Stuyvesant to the Directors at Amsterdam. October 28, 1655. Relates to his expedition to the Delaware country, depredations by Indians, laws against drunkenness, profanity, etc. The Directors of the Dutch West India Company to the Deputies of the City of Amsterdam. February 15, 1656. Relates principally to the conquest of the Swedes on the Delaware and placing the said region under the jurisdiction of the Dutch city fathers. A preliminary document on the founding of New Amstel colony. Blommaert, Samuel van Brieven van Samuel Blommaert aen den Zweedschen Rijksanselier Axel Oxenstierna, 1635-1641. n. p. [188-?] (Zweedsche archivalia uit- gegeven door G. W. Kernkamp.) Separate issue from Bijdragen en mededee- lingen, no. xxix, of the Historisch Genoot- schap te Utrecht. A collection of documents with connecting historical information respecting Samuel Blommaert, many years a director of the Dutch West India Company; his relations with American colonization, especially his correspondence with the Swedish Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna concerning Swedish col- onization on the Delaware and elsewhere in America. The work is also of considerable interest as showing the career of Peter Minuit as a promoter of Swedish colonization. Papers relating to the colonies on the Delaware, 1614-1682. Harris- burg, 1877. Issued as Pennsylvania archives, series 2, v. 5. Fernow, Berthold, editor Documents relating to the history of the Dutch and Swedish settlements on the Delaware river. Albany, 1 887. Issued as v. 12 [new series, v. 1] of Documents relative to the colonial history of the State of New-York. Johnson, Amandus The Swedish settlements on the Delaware ; their history and relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638-1664. New York, 1911. 2 v. An authoritative work derived from orig- inal sources, many of which were never be- fore used. Indispensable for New Netherland history since it inevitably interlocks with the history of the Dutch government at New Amsterdam. NATIONAL AND RACIAL ELEMENTS Bayer, Henry G. The Belgians, first settlers in New York and in the middle states. New York, 1925. A compilation with queer deductions. Re- viewed in American historical review, v. 31 (1925-26), p. 581-582. Beeckman, James William. An address delivered before the Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York, December 4, 1 869. [Al- bany,] 1870. Relates to "The Founders of New York" by a descendant of one of them. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 25 National and Racial Elements, continued colenbrander, herman Theodoor. The Dutch element in American history. In: Annual report for 1909, p. 191-201, of the American Historical Association. Evjen, John Oluf Scandinavian immigrants in New York, 1630-1674. With appendices . . . on some Scandinavians in New York in the eighteenth century, Ger- man immigrants in New York, 1 630— 1674. Minneapolis, 1916. Based mainly upon primary sources. A collection of biographical articles of value for the social and cultural history of New Neth- erland. Fernow, Berthold New Amsterdam family names and their origin. New York, 1898. Issued as v. 2, no. 6 of the Half Moon series. Gerard, James Watson, Jr. The impress of nationalities upon the City of New York. New York, 1883. A paper read before The New York His- torical Society. Griffis, William Elliot The story of the Walloons at home, in lands of exile and in Amer- ica. Boston and New York, 1923. Reviewed in Mississippi Valley historical review, v. 10 (1923-24), p. 463-464. Hoffman, Charles Fenno The pioneers of New-York. New York, 1 848. A defence made before the St. Nicholas Society of Manhattan, December 6, 1847, of the old New Yorkers against the New England historians. It was reissued by the Society in 1912 in imitation of the original edition and without corrections, so repeating its inaccuracies. Jahr, Torstein Normamd i Nieuw-Nederland [Normans in New Netherland]. In: Symra, v. 5 (1909), p. 65- 79, a Norwegian-American quarterly published at Decorah, Iowa. LeFevre, Ralph The Huguenots — the first set- tlers in the province of New York. In: Quarterly journal of the New York State Historical Association, v. 2 (1921), p. 177-185. Maar, Charles The High Dutch and the Low Dutch in New York, 1624-1924. In: Quarterly journal for October, 1924, p. 317-329, of the New York State Historical Association. Ogden, James De Peyster The founders of New- York; be- ing the anniversary address . . . be- fore the St. Nicholas Society. New York, 1 846. Illustrates a trait of the period of addresses pleasantly written but not much on facts. Putnam, Ruth The Dutch element in the United States. In: Bljdragen voor vaderlandsche geschiedenisy reeks 4, deel 9 (1910). As a study of the Dutch element it has some interest. 26 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY LAW AND McAdam, David, and Others History of the bench and bar of New York. [New York,] 1897. 2 v. The first volume has a chapter by Judge Charles P. Daly on the "State of jurispru- dence during the Dutch period," 1623-1674. O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey, editor Laws and ordinances of New Netherlands, 1638-1674. Compiled and translated from the original Dutch records in the office of the Sec- retary of State, Albany, New York. Albany, 1868. An indispensable volume for the admin- istrative, legal, economic, and social history of the Dutch province. Some of these ordinances in a different English version are in v. i of Records of New Amsterdam. The Dutch Records of New York. In: Old New York, v. 2 (1890- 91), p. 251-261,337-343,462-470. Shows ordinance for suppression of in- oidinate drinking and other laws for pre- serving order and decorum. Collegiate Reformed Protes- tant Dutch Church, New York Historical sketch of the origin and organization of the Reformed Church in America and of the Col- legiate Church of the City of New York. [New York,] 1904! 3. ed. Corwin, Edward Tanjore, editor Ecclesiastical records of New York. Albany, 1901-16. 7 v. Edited under a special legislative appro- priation and published by the State. The Dutch documents are given in an English translation in v. 1, here exhibited. RELIGION Corwin, Edward Tanjore, editor, continued A manual of the Reformed Church in America (formerly the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church), 1628-1902. Fourth edi- tion. New York, 1902. The final edition, the first appearing in 1859. It is one of the best histories of a religious denomination in the United States, but should be used with caution as it has numerous errors. Eekhof, Albert De Hervormde Kerk in Noord- Amerika (1624-1664). 's-Graven- hage, 1913. 2 v. A work indispensable to the church his- torian, as well as to those who seek to under- stand the Dutch regime of New Netherland. An appendix containing the texts of cer- tain Dutch documents is particularly useful. Greenleaf, Jonathan A history of the churches, of all denominations, in the City of New York, from the first settlement to the year 1 846. New York, 1 846. There was a reissue bringing the data down to 1850. An interesting work at the time, but now virtually out-of-date or superseded. Kretzmann, Karl The oldest Lutheran church in America. New York, 1 914. A chronicle of events in the history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Mat- thew in the City of New York, 1664- — ■ 1914. Gives a facsimile of the first charter granted by Gov. Richard Nicolls, on Decem- ber 6, 1664. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 27 Law and Religion, continued Megapolensis, Johannes Reply of Rev. Johannes Mega- polensis, pastor of the Church of New Amsterdam, to a letter of Father Simon Le Moyne, a French Jesuit missionary of Canada, 1658. New York, 1907. Edited by the Rev. Dr. E. T. Corwin. Paltsits, Victor Hugo, editor Minutes of the Executive Council of the province of New York. Ad- ministration of Francis Lovelace, 1668-1673. Edited by Victor Hugo Paltsits, state historian. Albany, 1910. 2v. v. 2 is shown, opened at p. 5 85, to exhibit the commission authorizing John Lawrence, Dudley Lovelace and John Pell to compose the differences existing among the Lutherans of New York City. Dated June 5, 1671. Zwierlein, Frederick J. Religion in New Netherland. A history of the development of the religious conditions in the province of New Netherland, 1623-1664. Rochester, N. Y., 1910. Founded upon documents and other source-material. Contains a select bibliogra- phy that is valuable. Presented as a doctoral dissertation to the University of Louvain, Bel- gium. Daly, Charles Patrick The settlement of the Jews in North America. New York, 1 893. Huehner, Leon Asser Levy. A noted Jewish burgher of New Amsterdam. New York [1900]. Reprinted from the Publications of the American Tewish Historical Society, no. 8 (1900). Invitation to the exercises held at Carnegie Hall, Nov. 30, 1905, in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the settlement of the Jews in the United States. The Two Hundred and Fif- tieth anniversary of the settlement of the Jews in the United States. Ad- dresses delivered at Carnegie Hall on Thanksgiving Day, 1905. New York, 1906. Commemorative of the first coming of Jews to New Amsterdam in 165 5. Medal commemorative of the 250th anniversary of the settlement of the Jews in the United States. Designed by Isidore Konti of New York, 1906. Oppenheim, Samuel The early history of the Jews in New York, 1654-1664. Some new matter on the subject. New York, 1909. A separate from Publications of the Amer- ican Jewish Historical Society, no. 18 (1909). Valuable for the subject of the arrival and subsequent treatment of the Jews by the Dutch and for the documents and revised translations. More about Jacob Barsimson, the first Jewish settler in New York. [New York, 1925.] Reprint from Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, no. 29 (1925). Barsimson arrived in New Amsterdam in the ship "De Pereboom" (The Peartree) on August 22, 1654. 28 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ECONOMICS AND GOVERNMENT De Voe, Thomas Farrington The market book, containing a his- torical account of the public markets . . . v. 1. New York, 1862. The author, who was a butcher and cattle- dealer, served for a time as superintendent of markets in New York. Gives some valuable information about the cattle fairs or markets in New Amsterdam. No more published. Durand, Edward Dana The city chest of New Amsterdam. [New York, 1897.] Issued as v. 1, no. 7 of the Half Moon series. Reissued later as series 1, no. 5 of Historic Nezv York. The finances of New York City. New York, 1898. An excellent treatise. The section on the early city begins with the founding of the municipality under the Dutch in 165 3. Eastman, William Reed Some municipal problems that vexed the founders. New York, 1906. A survey of the conditions during the Dutch regime in New Netherland. Publica- tion no. 1 7 of New York Society of the Order of Founders and Patriots. Hardenbrook, William Ten Eyck. Financial New York. A history of the banking and financial institu- tions of the metropolis. New York and Chicago, 1897-98. This is the "edition de luxe" issued in four sections to subscribers. The best work on the subject. For the financial history of the city in the Dutch period he has drawn almost literally from D. T. Valentine's article in his Manual for 1859. Jameson, John Franklin The origin and development of the municipal government of New York City. In: Magazine of American history, v. 8 (1882). New Netherland Papers Tax list of the Dutch West India Company, Chamber of Amsterdam, for taxes received on merchandise conveyed by private parties to New Netherland. 1654-1655. Amounts credited to New Nether- land by the Directors of the Dutch West India Company. 1660. Memorandum of expenses for which New Netherland is indebted to the Dutch West India Company. 1660. O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey, editor Voyages of the slavers St. John and Arms of Amsterdam, 1659, 1663. Together with additional papers illustrative of the slave trade under the Dutch. Translated from the original manuscripts. Albany, 1867. Shows how negro slavery came to New Amsterdam, especially by direct traffic. One hundred copies printed. Pierrepont, Henry Evelyn Historical sketch of the Fulton Ferry and its associated ferries. Brooklyn, 1879. The first ferry from Manhattan Island to Long Island. Documentary appendices fill 156 pages. Printed for the private use of the Company. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 29 Economics and Government ', continued Peterson, Arthur Everett New York as an eighteenth cen- tury municipality prior to 1731. New York, 1917. A doctoral dissertation in Studies in his- tory, economics and fublic lazv of Columbia University, v. 75, no. 1. A valuable contribution to the history of municipal methods during the Dutch and English periods covered. Largely derived from a new study of the original records. Peterson, Arthur Everett, and G. W. Edwards. New York as an eighteenth cen- tury municipality. Part i. Prior to 1731, by Arthur Everett Peterson. Part ii. 1731-1776, by George William Edwards. New York, 1917. This is the combined published edition, with illustrations, of two doctoral dissertations issued originally in Studies in history, eco- nomics and fublic law of Columbia Uni- versity. Schwab, John Christopher History of the New York property tax. An introduction to the history of state and local finance in New York. [Baltimore,] 1890. It is v. 5, no. 5 of Publications of the American Economic Association. Included is a discussion of early provincial and municipal finances in the Dutch period. Wegmann, Edward The water-supply of the City of New York. 1658-1895. New York, 1896. The principal work on this important sub- ject. SOCIAL HISTORY Bayles, William Harrison Old taverns of New York. New York [cop. 1915]. Earle, Alice Morse Colonial days in old New York. New York, 1896. Singleton, Esther Dutch New York. New York, 1909. Van Rensselaer, May King, Mrs. J. K. Van Rensselaer The goede vrouw of Mana-ha-ta at home and in society, 1609-1760. New York, 1898. An attempt to present woman's part in the Dutch province of New Netherland, "throw- ing her into strong relief." Faulty in its his- torical data. EDUCATION Pratt, Daniel Johnson Annals of public education in the state of New York, from 1*626 to 1746. Albany, 1872. Derived from Dunshee, Valentine's Man- ual for 1863, and other printed works, and translations of Dutch records in the archives of the State and the City of New York. Van Vechten, Emma Early schools and schoolmasters of New Amsterdam. New York, 1898. Issued as v. 2, no. 9 of the Half Moon series. Reissued later as series 2, no. 9 of Historic Nezv York. 30 THK NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Education, continued Kilpatrick, William Heard The Dutch schools of New Neth- erland and colonial New York. Washington, 1912. Issued as Bulletin 483 (1912, no. 12) of the United States Bureau of Education. Mainly derived from source-material it is an independent and worthy study of the Dutch schools from their "first transplanting from the United Netherlands" to the Ameri- can Revolution, "by which time the Dutch population was in large measure merged in the common American stock." Professor Kilpatrick shows in his mono- graph that, so far as known, the first school Kilpatrick, William Heard, continued master of New Amsterdam, Adam Roelantsen, began his career in 1638, and not, as hitherto believed, in 1633. Dunshee, Henry Webb History of the school of the Col- legiate Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York, from 1633 to 1883. Second edition, enlarged. New York, 1883. First published in 1853. The date 1633 given as the founding of the school has since been shown to be an error. The founding took place in 1638. Both editions exhibited. VOYAGE OF GIOVANNI DA VERRAZZANO, 1 524 It is now generally established as a result of nineteenth-century controversy, followed by the discovery of better evidence in the twentieth century, that in 1 5 24 Giovanni da Verrazzano, the Italian who sailed to North America in the interest of France, entered the present harbor of New York in the ship "Dauphine." He did not reach Manhattan Island; he never came back, and his visit was fruitless. So long as the corrupted text of Verrazzano's letter to Francis I., of France, dated July 8, 1524, as given in Ramusio and elsewhere, was the only evidence, it left the matter in contro- versy. But the discovery of the Cellere Codex and studies derived from it have established beyond peradventure the genuineness of the letter and the certainty of the discovery. Verrazzano, Giovanni da. Letter to Francis i., of France. July 8, 1524. The original Cellere Codex. Besides giving a pure text of the letter this Codex is notable because it presents for the first time the names Verrazzano gave to places in the region of New York with ex- planatory marginalia. When discovered and first printed in 1909 by Professor Bacchiani it was owned by Count Giulio Macchi di Cellere of Rome. It was purchased by the late J. Pierpont Morgan. An excellent facsimile of the entire document is in Stokes's lconografhy of Manhattan Island, v. 2 (1916). Lent by The J. Pierpont Morgan Library. Verrazzano, Giovanni da, continued Letter to Francis i., of France. July 8, 1524. In : G. B. Ramusio, Navigation! et viaggijV. 3 (Venezia, 1556). A second edition appeared in 1 5 59. First publication, in a corrupted text. Letter to Francis i., of France. July 8, 1524. In : Richard Hakluyt, Divers voy- ages. London, 1582. First translation into English, from Ramusio's corrupted text. Reprinted in Collections of the New York Historical Society (1841); in Asher's Henry Hudson (1860), and elsewhere. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 31 Voyage of Verrazzano, 1524, continued Verrazzano, Giovanni da, continued Letter to Francis i., of France. July 8, 1524. In: Richard Hakluyt, Voyages. London, 1600. v. 3. Letter to Francis i., of France. July 8, 1524. In: Bollettino of the Societa geo- grafica italiana, fasc. 1 1 (1909), p. 1274-1323. First printing of the text of the Cellere Codex, with critical comments by Professor Alessandro Bacchiani. Letter to Francis i., of France. July 8, 1524. In: Fifteenth annual report (1909) of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, p. 135- 226. The description of New York Harbor is on p. 188 ff. The text of the Cellere Codex as edited by Professor Bacchiani, accompanied by the first English translation thereof and addi- tional notes by Dr. Edward Hagaman Hall. Map of the World by Girolamo Da Verrazzano, 1529. Reproduced in the full size for the first time from the original formerly in the Li- brary of the Propaganda Fide, and lately transferred to the Vatican, Rome. This map shows the discoveries of Gio- vanni da Verrazzano in America, and it is the first map of Italian origin with the name of America on it. One of the Stevenson facsimiles. Brevoort, James Carson Verrazano the navigator. New York, 1874. A critical examination of the letter writ- ten by Verrazzano to Francis i in 1 5 24, and of the world map by his brother dated 1529. The critical notes fill nearly a hundred pages. In 1882, in Magazine of American history, Brevoort added to the subject. Murphy, Henry Cruse The voyage of Verrazzano: a chap- ter in the early history of maritime discovery in America. New York, 1875. The author's object was "to show the claim of discovery in America by Verrazzano to be without any real foundation." The book has much valuable information; but his main con- tention has been upset by later discoveries. De Costa, Benjamin Franklin Verrazano the explorer. New York, 1880. A reprint, with slight revision of the plates, from Magazine of American history, v. 2 and 3 (1878-79). VOYAGE OF ESTEVAM GOMEZ, 1525 He was a Portuguese pilot who engaged in the service of Spain. In 1525 he sailed along the North Atlantic coast and noted the inlets. It is not at all probable that he entered New York Bay; but his explorations as a whole along the coast from Newfoundland to Cape May had a great effect upon the map makers of his century. Agreement of Gomez with the Emperor for a voyage of discovery, dated March 27, 1523. In: Coleccion de documentos in- editos,v. 22 (Madrid, 1874). OviEDO Y VALDES, GONZALO Fernandez de Sumario de la natural y general istoria de las Indias. Toledo, 1526. The earliest printed reference to the voy- age of Gomez, on folio xiv, verso. It tells 32 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Voyage of Estevani Gomez, 1525, continued Oviedo y Valdes, Gonzalo Fernandez de, continued of the return of Gomez and of the extent of his voyage from the Baccaleos to the 40th and 41st degrees. Historia general y natural de las Indias. v. 1, parte 2. Madrid, 1852. The exposed pages are chapter 10 of book 21. This text was written by Oviedo in 1537 and he here gives an account of the North American coast from a map now lost, made by Alonzo de Chaves in 1 5 36, citing Gomez as the source of the names of places. It also refers to the map of Diego Ribero. Oviedo's complete Historia was first printed from the original codex at Madrid in 1851-55. Map of the World by Diego Ribero, 1529. Two Ribero maps exhibited. The one reduced in size from the orig- inal, formerly in the Library of the Propa- ganda Fide, and recently transferred to the Vatican, Rome. It is known as the second Borgian map. The other map is in full-size facsimile from the original in the Grand Ducal Li- brary, Weimar, Germany. It forms one of the Stevenson facsimiles. Ribero was acquainted with Gomez, and these world maps are interesting because they reflect up-to-date geographical knowledge, and no doubt they particularly preserve first- hand data concerning the discoveries of Go- mez. Martyr, Peter De Orbe Novo. Complutum [Al- cala de Henares], 1530. The Gomez reference is on folio cxvii. There is also exhibited the English trans- lation — London, 1612, which is the edition of Martyr that Michael Lok prepared at the instance of Richard Hakluyt. Opus Epistolarum. Complutum [Alcala de Henares], 1530. In this work, on the reverse of folio 199, there is a reference to the projected voyage of Gomez. Peter Martyr's letter is dated August, 1 524. La Carte Universale delle terra ferma & Isole delle Indie occidentali. December, 1534. The only known original copy of this notable woodcut map. The Italian volume in which the map is preserved is a collection of three works by Peter Martyr, Oviedo, and Xeres, brought out by Ramusio under the generic title: Historia del' Indie Occidentali, Venice, 1 5 34. Interesting here as showing the then recent North Atlantic discoveries, and the influence of the expedition of Gomez. On the main- land is the name "Steua gomez." Gomara, Francisco Lopez de La Historia general delas Indias. Anvers, 1 554. Chapter xl relates to the Gomez voyage. Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de Historia general. Decada terzera. Madrid, 1726. This work in several places refers to Go- mez; but the principal passage on p. 241, chapter vni, is exhibited. It says that Gomez sailed along the entire coast of North America as far as Florida, and then to Santiago in Cuba. Kohl, Johann Georg A history of the discovery of Maine. Portland, 1869. On p. 271-281 Dr. Kohl gives an account of the Gomez expedition, which is still a useful study. De Costa, Benjamin Franklin Cabo de Arenas ; or, The place of Sandy Hook in the old cartology as indicated in the map of Alonzo Chaves. New York, 1885. Santa Cruz, Alonso de Die Karten von Amerika in dem Islario general. Hrsg. von Franz R. von Wieser. Innsbruck, 1908. Santa Cruz was chief cosmographer to Emperor Charles v. His maps are very useful and the one exhibited (Tafel in) has par- ticular pertinency to the voyage of Gomez. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 33 VOYAGE OF HE1S Hudson, Henry Facsimile of his Contract as copied in the seventeenth-century unpub- lished manuscript history of the Dutch East India Company, written by Van Dam. The original contract signed by Hudson and witnessed by Jodocus Hondius is lost. In : Eleventh annual re fort of the American Scenic and Historic Pres- ervation Society (1906), between p. 168 and 169. Contract and Instructions in Dutch with an English translation, taken from Van Dam's unpublished manu- script history of the Dutch East India Company. In: Henry C. Murphy, Henry Hudson in Holland (1909), p. 32— 34, 110-111, 117. Meteren, Emanuel van Commentarien ofte Memorien van den Nederlantsen Staet . . . ende Gheschiedenissen van onsen tyden. Deel 2. Preface dated February, 1610. Earliest printed account of Hudson's voy- age of 1609. The only known copy of this second vol- ume of Van Meteren's last revision and gen- uine edition is in the Library of Congress. A facsimile of the title-page, also of the verso of folio 175 and the recto of folio 176 are shown. Until the discovery of the above volume, a rare edition of 1611, now known to be a pirated edition, was considered to be the ear- liest printed account, and it was more common to refer to the 1614 edition for Van Meter- en's text, because in that form it was more easily available. LY HUDSON, 1609 Meteren, Emanuel van, continued The 1611 pirated edition reads: Belgische ofte nederlantsche oorlogen ende gheschiede- nissen. The original edition of 1614 is also ex- hibited. Gerritsz, Hessel Detectio Freti Hudsoni. The four original editions, 1612—1613, of the publication of Hessel Gerritsz, some- times called the Hudson tract. Include a brief account of the third and fourth voyages of Hudson to discover a north- east or northwest passage to China and Japan. Detectio Freti Hudsoni. Amster- dam, 1878. A reproduction with a new English trans- lation of the original Dutch and Latin edi- tions of 1612 and 1 6 1 3 , of the so-called Hud- son tract. Juet, Robert The third Voyage of Master Henry Hudson. 1609. In: Purchas his pilgrimes, v. 3 (London, 1625), p. 581-595. Also in the reprint of Purchas, v. 13, Lon- don, 1906; and wholly or in part in Collec- tions of New York Historical Society, series 1, v. 1 and series 2, v. 1 ; in Asher's Henry Hudson (1860); Old South leaflets, no. 94; Eleventh annual refort of American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, and again in its Fifteenth annual refort; Hart's Con- temporaries, v. 1 ; and Jameson's Narratives of New Netherland, which is perhaps the latest and best available form. Henry Hudson's reize onder Ne- derlandsche vlag van Amsterdam naar Nova Zembla, Amerika en terug naar Dartmouth in Engeland 1609, volgens het journaal van Robert 34 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Voyage of Henry Hudson, 1609, continued Juet, Robert, continued Juet, uitg. door S. P. L'Honore Naber. 's-Gravenhage, 1921. Issued as no. 19 of the publications of the Linschoten-Verecniging. Hudson's third voyage, 1609. Hudson's voyage in 1609. Ex- tract from "Verhael van de eerste Schip-vaert, Amsterdam, Joost Hart- gers, 1648." In: Collections of New York His- torical Society, series 2, v. 2 (1849), p. 367-370. Translated by J. R. Brodhead. Murphy, Henry Cruse Henry Hudson in Holland. An inquiry into the origin and objects of the voyage which led to the discov- ery of the Hudson River. The Hague, 1859. This is the first edition. Henry Hudson in Holland . . . Reprinted, with notes, documents and a bibliography, by Wouter Nij- hoff. The Hague, 1909. Issued by the Linschoten-Vereeniging. This fine edition gives for the first time in one block the known Dutch texts of "all the original documents relating to the third voyage" of Hudson in 1609. De Costa, Benjamin Franklin, editor. Sailing directions of Henry Hud- son, prepared for his use in 1608, from the old Danish of Evar Bard- sen. With an introduction and notes . . . by B. F. De Costa. Albany, 1 869. Asher, Georg Michael, editor Henry Hudson the navigator. The original documents in which his career is recorded. London, 1860. Includes Juet's journal from Purchas; ex- tracts from the 1614 edition of Van Meteren, from the 1625 and 1630 editions of De Laet, and from the so-called Hudson tract of Hes- se] Gerritsz, etc. Published by the Hakluyt Society. Bacon, Edgar Mayhew Henry Hudson, his times and his voyages. New York and London, i 907. (American men of energy se- ries.) Cleveland, Henry Russell Life of Henry Hudson. In: Jared Sparks, Library of American biography, series 1, v. 10 (Boston, 1838). Hall, Edward Hagaman Henry Hudson and the discovery of the Hudson River. In: Fifteenth annual report, 1910, of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, p. 227-346. Janvier, Thomas Allibone Henry Hudson, a brief statement of his aims and his achievements. New York and London, 1 909. Useful for the chapter of documents re- lating to Hudson's fate during his fourth voyage. Miller, Samuel A discourse designed to commemo- rate the discovery of New York by Henry Hudson. In: Collections of the New York Historical Society, v. 1 (1811), p. 17-45. Also issued separately, New York, 1810. This two hundredth anniversary address was delivered before the New York Historical Society, September 4, 1809. Read, John Meredith A historical inquiry concerning Henry Hudson, his friends, relatives and early life. Albany, 1 866. Abridged also in Clarendon Society Re- prints, first series, p. 143-230, also shown. The emphasis is placed on the first dis- covery of Delaware Bay. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 35 Voyage of Henry Hudson, 1609, continued Wilson, James Grant The discovery of the Hudson River. In: Eleventh annual report of the American Scenic and Historic Pres- ervation Society (1906), p. 143-171. hudson-fulton celebration Commission Official program, Hudson-Fulton celebration . . . September 25 to Oc- tober 9, 1909. New York, 1909. Dedications. Programs and his- torical sketches . . . Compiled . . . for use of the societies and organiza- tions dedicating memorials under the auspices of the Hudson-Fulton Cele- bration Commission. [New York,] 1909. Hall, Edward Hagaman Hudson and Fulton. A brief his- tory. New York, 1909. Issued by the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission. The Hudson-Fulton celebration, 1909. The fourth annual report of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission to the Legislature. Al- bany, 1910. 2 v. Really not published until 1911. Official medal of the Hudson- Fulton Celebration Commission. Albany Institute, Albany, N. Y. Historical loan exhibition in con- nection with the Hudson-Fulton celebration, held in the building of the Albany Institute . . . October 7- 17, 1909. Albany [1909]. Adams, Edward Dean Hudson-Fulton medal. Designed under the direction of the American Numismatic Society. Accepted as its one official medal by the Hudson- Fulton Celebration Commission, and issued under the seals of both organ- izations. [Boston,] 1909. Reprinted from the American journal of numismatics. American Geographical Society A catalogue of books, maps, etc., relating to Henry Hudson, Robert Fulton and their times . . . September 25th to October 10th, 1909. New York, 1909. Chamberlain, Frank Hudson tercentenary. An histori- cal retrospect regarding . . . also Hudson's voyage to America in 1 609. Albany, 1909. This thesis argues the pre-Hudsonian dis- covery of the Hudson River. It has a good many curious mistakes. Commercial history of the State of New York, commemorating the discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson . . . New York: American Photograph Company. Prospectus. Gautier, Louis F. Souvenir book of the Hudson- Fulton celebration, with programme and historical sketches of Hudson and Fulton . . . Brooklyn, N. Y., 1909. Hess, E. C. Souvenir program and guide Hudson-Fulton celebration . . . Sep- tember 25 to October 9, 1909. New York, 1909. 36 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Voyage of Henry Hudson, 1609, continued Jersey City, N. J. — Free Public Library Sail and steam. An historical sketch showing New Jersey's connec- tion with the events commemorated by the Hudson-Fulton celebration. Jersey City, N. J., 1909. Title on cover: Hudson-Fulton celebra- tion. 1609 — 1807 — 1909. A souvenir. New York Public Library List of prints, books, manuscripts, etc., relating to Henry Hudson, the Hudson River, Robert Fulton and steam navigation. New York, 1909. Record of an exhibition at the former Lenox Library Building in September, 1909 on the occasion of the Hudson-Fulton Cele- bration. New York (state). — Education Department Hudson-Fulton celebration, Sep- tember 25 to October 9, 1909; a brochure for the use of the schools of the state, compiled and edited by Harlan Hoyt Horner. Albany, 1909. New York. Central Lines The Hudson-Fulton celebration along the Hudson River. [New York, 1909.] New York. Historical Society Official Robert Fulton exhibition of the Hudson-Fulton Commission 27 September -30 October 1909. [New York, 1909.] This was the completest exhibition of Ful- ton material made during the celebration. It did not include Henry Hudson matter. UNITED NEW NETHERLAND COMPANY, CHARTERED IN 1614 AND DUTCH WEST INDIA COMPANY CHARTERED IN 1621 The Velasco or stolen map, 1610. geven door Mr. S. Muller Fz. The earliest map showing the Hudson River to any extent and the name Manahata, though the island is not denned. Informa- tion surreptitiously procured by Spain. The map is now in the Spanish archives at Siman- cas, from which the drawing exhibited was made. For a reproduction of the map see Brown's Genesis of the United States. May, Jan Cornelisz De reis . . . naar de Ijszee en de Amerikaansche kust, 1611-1612. Verzameling van bescheiden uitge- 's-Gravenhage, 1909. Issued as v. 1 of the publications of the Linschoten-Vereeniging. This is a journal of May's voyage of dis- covery in the ships De Vos and De Craen. He made additions to the geographical knowl- edge gleaned from Hudson's voyage of 1609, and his voyage spurred on the Dutch skippers to greater activity. This skipper May was an uncle of Cornelis Jacobsz. May, another commander who brought over the first settlers in 1624 and became the first Director of New Netherland. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 37 United New Netherland and Dutch West India Companies, continued United New Netherland Company Charter granted by the States Gen- eral October 11, 1614, bestowing a limited monopoly of trade in New Netherland for four voyages to be undertaken within three years. Facsimile of the original manuscript in the Rijksarchief at The Hague. An English translation was printed in Doc- uments relating to the colonial history of the State of New York, v. 1 (1856), p. 1 1 ff. This translation needs revision. Figurative map of Adriaen Block, 1614. Known as the "vellum map" and really earlier than the large "paper map" also ex- hibited. Both are in the Rijksarchief at The Hague. This map is the first to represent Manhattan Island and it also recognized the insularity of Long Island. The name New Netherland appears here on a map for the first time. Another lithographic issue of 1841 also exhibited. Francus, Jacobus, pseud, of Conrad Memmius Relationis historical continuatio . . . Historische Beschreibung aller denckwiArdigen Historien . . . biss auflf diese Fastenmessz . . . 1615. Franckfiirt am Mayn, 1615. So far as known this is the earliest con- temporary printed account of the discoveries made by Hendricksen and Block, of Block's return to Amsterdam with the two Indian lads, nicknamed Orson and Valentine, and of the naming of the newly-discovered coun- try. See p. 44—45. Figurative map of Cornelis Hen- dricksen, 1616. (Lithograph repro- duction made in 1 841.) Known as the "paper map." As here re- produced it professes to be earlier, but that is no longer tenable and the Block map is accepted as the earlier of the two. The Hendricksen map presents for the first time the results of survey work inland and so records Dutch place names along the Hudson River for the first time. Dutch West India Company Placcaet By de Hooghmo: Heeren Staten Generael der Vereenighde Nederlanden, ghemaeckt op 'tbesluyt vande West-Indissche Compagnie. 's Graven-Haghe, 1621. This is the edict issued by the States Gen- eral paving the way for a charter. Octroy, By de Hooghe Mogende Heeren Staten Generael, verleent aende West-Indische Compagnie, in date den derden Junii 1621. 's Grav- en-Haghe, 1621. This is the first and official printed Dutch edition of the charter granted to the West India Company by the States General. An English edition appeared in the same year. What is perhaps the only known copy is in the Henry E. Huntington Library at San Marino, Cal. A French edition appeared at Paris in 1623, a copy of which is in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. The Dutch text, with additions, was print- ed again three times in 1623, once in 1624, twice in 1629, and once in 1642. The official text as printed in the Groot Placaet Boeck, v. 1 (1658), columns 565-578, is also ex- hibited. A new and reliable English translation by A. J. F. van Laer is included in Van Rensse- laer Bowier manuscripts, Albany, 1908, p. 86 ff., accompanied by the Dutch text. A Briefe Relation of the discov- ery and plantation of New England. London, 1622. The first English publication to mention the Dutch on the Hudson River and the first appearance in print of the application of Hud- son's name to the river. There are modern reprints in the Collec- tions of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 38 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY United Nezv N etherland and Dutch West India Companies, continued A Briefe Relation of the discovery and plantation of New' England, continued series 2, v. 9 (1832), p. 1-25, and in Sir Ferdinando Gorges and his province of Maine, published by the Prince Society, p. 203-240. West-Indische Spieghel. Door Athanasium Inga, Peruaen, van Cus- co. [Amstelredam, 1624.] Among other things the volume relates to Spanish tyranny in the island of Espagnola (Haiti) and other places. It gives an account of discoveries by Jacob la Maire in 1616. The work was published while the Dutch were at war with Spain. Berthold Fernow suggested that the vol- ume was "probably" by Willem Usselinx, originator of the Dutch West India Company. It is more likely of composite origin. Nothing in the text relates to New Nether- land or New England. Its particular interest is a very unusual map, here exhibited, which is the oldest engraved map showing the name "Hudsons R," and the only map published in Holland during the early period with that name. Brakel, S. VAN De Hollandsche handelscompag- nieen der zeventiende eeuw. 's-Grav- enhage, 1908. A history of the origin and organization of Dutch trading companies during the seven- teenth century, including chapters on the United New Netherland Company of 1614 and the Dutch West India Company. Rees, Otto van Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche volkplantingen in Noord-Amerika. Tiel, 1855. The author, a lawyer of Utrecht, in three addresses sets forth the work of the Dutch West India Company, in settling and admin- istering New Netherland under its officials. His sources of information are exhibited in an appendix. NEW NETHERLAND FIRST ADMINISTRATION — CORNELIS JACOBSEN MAY: 1624 SECOND ADMINISTRATION — WILLEM VERHULST: 1625 Wassenaer, Nicolaes van, and Barent Lampe Historisch verhael alder ghe- denck-weerdichste geschiedenissen ... in Europa . . . voorgevallen syn. Amstelredam, 1622-35. 21 parts. Parts 1 to 1 7 by Wassenaer and 1 8—2 1 by Lampe. Accounts of the first settlement, with his- tory and descriptions of New Netherland, are in part 6 (folio 144); part 7 (folios 10 and 11); part 8 (folios 84 and 85); part 9 (folios 37, 40, 44, and 123) ; part 10 (folios 82 and 83, misnumbered 81 and 84); part 2 (folios 37 and 38); part 16 (folio 13); part 18 (folios 94 to 98). Wassenaer, Nicolaes van, and Barent Lampe, continued Issued as semi-annual annals contemporary with the events narrated. One of the few really important sources of information respecting the early history of New Netherland. First made use of by American historians by J. R. Brodhead in Collections of New York Historical Society, series 2, v. 2 (1849), p. 35 5—366. The first English translation of parts relating to New Netherland appeared in Documentary history of New York, v. 3 (1850). The best English translation of all that has relation to New Netherland is in Jame- son's Narratives of Nezv N etherland, p. 67— 96. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 39 New Netherland — A dministrations of May and Verhulst, 1624—25, continued Baudart, Willem, preacher of Zutphen Memorien. 2. ed. Arnhem and Zutphen, 1624-25. 2 v. Designed by the author to be a continua- tion of Van Meteren's historical annals. This second edition is brought down through a supplementary book 16 to cover the year 1624. Note on p. 63, one of the earliest printed references to the first colony of immigrants in New Netherland, together with a quotation from a letter written from there describing the advantages of the country. Books 1 3 and 1 5 of the second part give the text of the Octroy establishing the Dutch West India Company and subsequent modi- fications thereof. The account of the first emigrants to New Netherland is printed in E. B. O'Callaghan, The documentary history of the State of Nezv York, v. 4. [The so-called Van Rappard documents, 1624-1626.] In: F. C. Wieder, De stichting van New York, p. 97-179. The Dutch texts of five documents re- lating to New Netherland reprinted with useful notes and a pertinent introduction. These documents were first printed in the volume, also exhibited, published by The Henry E. Huntington Library, in 1924, as Documents relating to Nezv Netherland. Laet, Joannes de Nieuwe Wereldt ofte Beschrij- vinghe van West-Indien. Leyden, 1625. This is the first edition of this notable work by a Director of the Dutch West India Company, who was one of the inner circle or executive body known as the College of the Nineteen. Book in, chapters 7 to 1 1, is a description of New Netherland. Moreover, chapter 7 on Hudson's discovery is perhaps based on a now lost journal of Hudson and other papers of Hudson. Laet, Joannes de, continued Translations of the New Netherland mat- ter are in Collections of New York Historical Society, series 2, v. 1 (1841), p. 281-316 and v. 2 (1849), p. 371-373, and the best translation, embodying the longer additions of the Dutch edition of 1630 and the vari- ants of the Latin and French versions, is in Jameson's Narratives of Nezv Netherland, p. 36-60. Beschrijvinghe van West-Indien. Leyden, 1630. The second Dutch edition, the first con- taining the important map Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium et Virginia. Rasiere, Isaack. de, secretary of New Netherland. Letter to the directors of the Dutch West India Company, Cham- ber at Amsterdam. Dated at Fort Amsterdam on the island of Man- hattes, September 23, 1626. It is the earliest letter written on Man- hattan Island, the text of which has been preserved. This text is a contemporary copy now in the Henry E. Huntington Library and was printed for the first time in facsimile, with transliteration and an English translation in Documents relating to Nezv Netherland, edited by A. J. F. van Laer, issued by that Library in 1924. The Dutch text has been reprinted (1925) in F. C. Wieder's De stich- ting van New York, p. 161 — 179, with critical and explanatory notes. Howell, George Rogers The date of the settlement of the colony of New York. Albany, 1 897. Publication no. 1 of the New York So- ciety, Founders and Patriots of America. The first substantial argument in favor of placing the first settlement under the Dutch West India Company at Fort Orange (Al- bany) in the year 1624. 40 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY New Netherland — Admmistrations of May and Verhulst, 1 624—25, continued Versteeg, Dingman New Netherlands founding. [New York,] 1924. Published by the Holland Society of New York. The writer suggested 1625 as the first settlement of Manhattan Island. WlEDER, FREDERIK CASPAR De stichting van New York in Juli 1625. Reconstructies en nieuwe ge- gevens ontleend aan de Van Rappard documenten. 's-Gravenhage, 1925. no. 26 of the publications of the Lin- schoten-Vereeniging. The author's hypothesis is that the so- called Van Rappard documents lend them- selves to the interpretation that Manhattan Eland was first settled by workmen in the employ of the Dutch West India Company in July, 1625. His theory rests principally in assuming that tentative instructions were car- ried out literally and that Fort Amsterdam was then begun as a large five-angled fort with buildings, shops, etc., within. He admits that contemporary writings are silent in re- spect of supporting his findings. His demon- strations are ingenious, his reasoning is specu- lative, but his deductions are unconvincing. The soundest part of the volume is the section in which the author discusses the prim- itive form of government in New Netherland, and the notes and other data which accompany the reprinted Dutch texts of the documents. Reviewed in A??ierican historical review, v. 31 (1926), p. 529-531. NEW NETHERLAND THIRD ADMINISTRATION — PETER MINUET: 1626-1632 PURCHASE OF MANHATTAN ISLAND AND FOUNDING OF NEW AMSTERDAM Wassenaer, Nicolaes van Earliest printed account of the set- tlement of Manhattan Island in 1626. In his: Historisch Verhael, deel 12, folios 37-38. Accompanied by typewritten English translations. SCHAGHEN, PlETER Letter written at Amsterdam No- vember 5, 1626. Announcing that the day before the ship "Wapen van Amsterdam" (Arms of Amsterdam) had arrived loaded with furs and bringing news, especially that the Island Manhattes had been bought from the Indians for the value of sixty guilders or about twenty-four dollars. Photograph from the original record in the Rijksarchief at The Hague. Schaghen, Peter, continued English translations have appeared in Doc- uments relating to colonial history of the State of New York, v. 1, p. 37-38, and often since elsewhere; and the Dutch text with an English translation in Year book of the Hol- land Society of New York for 1890, p. 152- 153. There are three independent proofs of the purchase, first the Schaghen letter, second in Wassenaer's Historisch Verhael, both contem- porary, and the minutes of the hearing before Governor Lovelace and his council, April 9, 1670, when the old records were produced as proof, printed in New York Executive Council minutes, v. 1 (1910), p. 47. Putnam, Ruth The purchase of New York. In: Putnam's magazine , (1909-10), p. 193. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 41 New Net her I and — A dministration of Minuit, 1626—32, continued Medal commemorating the pur- chase of Manhattan Island. De- signed by Hermon A. MacNeil, 1926. Lent by The American Numismatic So- ciety. Collegiate Reformed Dutch Church, New York 1626-1926. Tercentenary of the City of New York. A tribute to the settlement of Manhattan Island, now New York, by the Dutch, early in the seventeenth century. New York, 1926. Issued to commemorate the 300th anni- versary of the purchase of Manhattan Island by Peter Minuit. Ford, Worthington Chauncey The earliest years of the Dutch settlement of New Netherland. In: Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, v. 17 (1919), p. 74-86. Kapp, Friedrich Peter Minnewit aus Wesel. In: Historische Zeitschrift, Bd. 1 5 (1866), p. 225-250. A German newspaper clipping is also ex- hibited, reporting the ceremonies at Wesel on May 4, 1926, in honor of Peter Minuit, by his native town. Mines, John Flavel The island of Manhattan. A bit of earth, by Felix Oldboy [pseud.]. New York, 1890. Paltsits, Victor Hugo The founding of New Amsterdam in 1626. Worcester, Mass., 1925. A limited separate issue from Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society for April, 1924. Paltsits, Victor Hugo, continued The author's conclusions are given on p. 1 7, "that, so far as the present confines of the State of New York are concerned, the first settlement was made in 1624 at Fort Orange (now Albany) ; that this settlement was aug- mented by other settlers in 1625; that the first permanent settlement on Manhattan Island was begun in 1626 by the founding of New Amsterdam." Vosburgh, Royden Woodward The settlement of New Nether- land, 1624—1626, and Corrections. In: New York genealogical and biographical record, v. 55 (1924), p. 3-15,211-213. Also issued separately. Original deed issued by Director General Peter Minuit and his coun- cil, confirmatory of the Indian pur- chase of Rensselaerswyck lands by Kiliaen van Rensselaer, done on Manhattan Island, August 13, 1630. With seal. Shown here because of the autographs of Minuit, his council, the schout, and vice- secretary, and as a premier document written and signed at Fort Amsterdam. For a more particular account of this docu- ment, see Bulletin of The New York Public Library, v. 27 (1923), p. 255-256, acknowl- edging its gift by Edward S. Harkness, Esq. Rasiere, Isaack de, Secretary of New Netherland Photographic reproduction of his memoir to Samuel Blommaert, from the original manuscript in the Rijks- archief at The Hague. Written in Holland in 1628. This memoir was discovered in 1 848 in a bundle of papers by F. A. G. Campbell (it lacks four leaves). He sent a transcript to J. R. Brodhead, which the latter presented to the New York Historical Society, and it was printed under his direction in the first, though poor, English translation in this So- ciety's Collections, series 2, v. 2 (1849), p. 42 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY New N etherland — Administration of Minuit, 1626—32, continued Rasiere, Isaack de, continued 339—3 54, where it was also dated too early as "1627". A revision was made by William I. Hull for Jameson's Narratives of New Netherland (1909). A large part of the Dutch text was first printed in Jessurun's Kilaen van Rensselaer (1917), and for the first time the complete Dutch text appeared on p. 265—278 of the N ederlandsch archief voor kerkgeschiedenis, new series, xv (1919), as an appendix to a paper on De Rasiere by A. Eekhof. Michaelius, Jonas Manhattan in 1628; as described in the recently discovered autograph letter of Jonas Michaelius written from the settlement on the 8th of August of that year and now first published ; with a review of the letter and an historical sketch of New Neth- erland to 1 628, by D. Versteeg. New York, 1904. Letter to Joannes Foreest, of Hoorn, Hol- land, one time a Director of the Dutch West India Company. Dated from Manhattan Island, August 8, 1628. The original manuscript was among a consignment of manuscripts belonging to the Foreest family sold at auction at Amsterdam in 1902. It was then bought by William Harris Arnold, of Nutley, N. J., who caused it to be published, facsimile and an English translation, by Dingman Versteeg, in 1904, in an edition of 50 copies on Imperial Japan paper and 175 copies on Holland hand-made paper. The original letter was sold in the Arnold sale at New York in November, 1924. Earliest extant original letter written on Manhattan Island. Letter to Domine Adrianus Smou- tius, a pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church at Amsterdam. Dated from Manhattan Island, August 1 1, 1628. The original manuscript. It was discovered among the papers of Jacobus Koning, clerk of the fourth judicial district of Amsterdam. Subsequently it was owned by Dr. George Henry Moore, and at the sale of his manu- scripts in 1893 was bought by the Lenox Library (now consolidated in The New York Public Library) . Second extant original letter written on Manhattan Island and only three days later than the other Michaelius letter of which a facsimile is also exhibited. The first minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in the United States [Jonas Michaelius. A letter written by him to Adrianus Smoutius, Aug. 1 1, 1628. With preface by H. C. Murphy.] The Hague [1858]. The first English translation by Henry Cruse Murphy. This translation was reprinted in New York colonial documents, v. 2 (1858); in Collections of New York Historical Society, Publication Fund series for 1 880, p. 365— 387, and elsewhere. The Dutch text was printed for the first time, by J. C. Bodel Nijenhuis in Kerk- historisch archief, deel 1 (1857), p. 365 ff. Editions accompanied by a full-size fac- simile and transliteration came out at Am- sterdam in 1 876 and 1 883. Murphy's translation revised by Rev. John G. Fagg, with a reduced facsimile of the manuscript, appeared in Year book of (Col- legiate) Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, New York City (1896) and also as a separate pamphlet. Fagg's revision is also in Ecclesi- astical records of the State of New York, v. 1 (1901), and Jameson's Narratives of New Netherland (1909), virtually all exhibited. Eekhof, Albert Jonas Michaelius, founder of the Church in New Netherland; his life and work. Leyden, 1926. Dr. Eekhof, Professor of Church History at the University of Leyden, in this study presents much that is new about the first Dutch minister of New Netherland, his fam- ily and his career. Notable is the discovery of a new letter of Michaelius of 1630, here exhibited, in which the clergyman gives Peter THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 43 New Netherland — A dministration of Minuit, 1626—32, continued Eekiiof, Albert, continued Minuit a bad character and tells of the cor- ruption of his government and council. Two newly-discovered letters written to Michaelius are also printed. All texts are given in the original with English translations. Middle Dutch Church, New York In memoriam. Peter Minuit, first colonial governor and elder. Sebas- tian Jansen Krol, Jan Huyck, the Krankenbezoekers. The Rev. Jonas Michaelius, first minister. Jeremiah C. Lanphier, founder of the Fulton Street Prayer-Meeting. Presented at the memorial service, Middle Dutch Church . . . November second, a.d. 1900. [New York, 1900.] Noort Rivier in Nieuw Neerlandt The North River in New Nether- land, depicted about 1630. Repro- duced from a copy drawn by J. Ving- boon about 1660, now in the Library of Congress. Shows the localities and place-names on the Hudson River. NEW NETHERLAND FOURTH ADMINISTRATION — BASTIAEN JANSZ. KROL: 1632-1633 FIFTH ADMINISTRATION — WOUTER VAN TWILLER: 1633-1638 Vryheden By de Vergaderinghe van de Negenthiene vande Geoctroy- eerde West-Indische Compagnie ver- gunt aen alien den ghenen die eenighe Colonien in Nieu-Neder- landt sullen planten. Amstelredam, 1630. Freedoms and exemptions of the Dutch West India Company. This is the original edition of these orders by which the Directors of the Dutch West India Company, on June 7, 1629, granted encouragement for the planting of colonies and settlers in New Netherland, under which patroonships were begun. The first separate publication relating to New Netherland. A facsimile reprint was made in 1875 for George Henry Moore, also shown. The Dutch text is also in Wassenaer's Historisch Verhael, deel 18 (1630), and is an appendix to the Dutch Articulen relating to Brazil, printed at Amsterdam in 1631. An English translation made by Abraham Lott, Jr., in 1762, was used by Moulton in his History of New York, part 2 (1826). This translation slightly modified has been reprinted in Collections of New York His- torical Society, series 2, v. 1 (1841), p. 370—377, and elsewhere. A revised translation from the text as it appeared in Wassenaer's Historisch Verhael is in Jameson's Narratives of New Nether- land (1909), and another revised translation from the text as it appeared in 1631 is in Van Rensselaer Bozvier manuscrifts (1908), ac- companied by the Dutch text. Original designs of coats-of-arms for New Netherland and New Am- sterdam, 1630. In the Dutch memorandum, which ac- companies the three colored designs, we have a minute from the Book of Resolutions of the Nineteen or executive body of the Directors of the Dutch West India Company, respecting a session at Middelburg in Zeeland on Sat- urday, December 28, 1630, in the afternoon, at which time Director Michael Paauw (pa- troon of Pavonia, now Jersey City) displayed a drawing of the arms of New Netherland, being the lower one here shown with the black beaver and surmounted with the crown of a count, which the meeting approved. 44 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Nezv Netherland — Administrations of Krol and Van T wilier, 1632—38, continued Original designs of coats-of-arms for New Netherland .., continued The right hand design is the arms of New Amsterdam. The upper left hand design was rejected as not good enough. Wilde, Edward Seymour The civic ancestry of New York — City and State. New York: Pub- lished by the Author, 1913. Plate vn exhibited, a coat-of-arms of New Amsterdam, in color. Hall, Edward Hagaman History of the seal and flag. In: John B. Pine, editor, Seal and flag of the City of New York (New York, 1915), p. 22-67. Eekhof, Albert Bastiaen Jansz. Krol, kranken- bezoeker, kommies en kommandeur van Nieuw-Nederland ( 1 595— 1645). 's-Gravenhage, 1910. An excellent monograph, bringing new information to light respecting the civil and church history of New Netherland. Mason, John [Letter of Captain John Mason concerning the Dutch as interlopers, April 2, 1632, and Sir Ferdinando Gorges's letter touching upon a pro- ject for dispossessing the Dutch in New Netherland, April 6, 1632.] In: Documents relating to the co- lonial history of the State of Nezv York,v. 3 (1853), p. 16-18. Laet, Joannes de Beschrijvinghe van West-Indien. Here are shown the Latin version, Ley- den, 1633, and the French version, Leyden, 1640. Dr. J. Franklin Jameson has described these versions as follows: "The text of the former is more carefully prepared than that of the latter. In both, the map . appears unchanged; nor are additional authorities cited in the preface. But both these later editions show signs of that increasing interest in natural history which marked De Laet's later years. They contain excellent plates of American animals and plants. There are sim- ilar additions to the text, so that chapters 10 and 1 1 of Book in are mostly new matter; on the other hand, many passages of the Dutch are much abridged in these later translations." — Narratives of Nezv Netherland, p. 3 5 . Van Laer, Arnold Johan Ferdinand, editor Some early Dutch manuscripts. Letters to Adriaen Gerritsen Papen- dorp. In: Quarterly journal of the New York State Historical Association, v. 3 (1922), p. 221-233. Has some reference to events of 1634. TWILLER, WOUTER VAN Letters of Wouter van Twiller and the Director General and Coun- cil of New Netherland to the Am- sterdam Chamber of the Dutch West India Company, August 14, 1636. [Edited by A. J. F. van Laer.] In: Quarterly journal of the New York State Historical Association, v. 1 (1919-20), p. 44-50. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 45 NEW NETHERLAND SIXTH ADMINISTRATION — WILLEM KIEFT: 1638-1647 Dutch grants map, lithographed in colors for Valentine's Manual, 1857, and several times republished. This interpretation of the original Dutch grants in New Amsterdam is no longer use- ful. It is quite faulty in the plotting of locations, as can be seen by comparing with it the new Grants map made by the Macarthys for Stokes's Iconography, exhibited in an en- larged reproduction for easy comparison. Map of the Dutch grants. Com- piled by J[ennie] F. and C[harles] H. Macarthy for [I. N. Phelps Stokes'] The Iconography of Man- hattan Island. 1914-1916. Copy- righted in 1916. This fine production has displaced all other attempts to solve the riddle of the original Dutch patents and conveyances in old New Amsterdam. Enlarged photostat made for exhibition purposes only from Stokes, v. 2 (1916). Kieft, Willem, Director-General of New Netherland. Autograph signature attached to a land grant to Jan Celis, alias Old Jans, for acreage situate on Maspeth Kil on Long Island, November 30, 1644 (new style). Original document owned by the Library. Hazard, Samuel Historical collections. Philadel- phia, 1792-94. 2v. There are statistics on the fur trade of New Netherland and the cost of government in v. 1, p. 397. Official correspondence of Kieft and Stuyvesant with New England, principally respecting boundaries, is in v. 2. Trouw-Boeck oft Register der Personen die Hier ingeschreeven, en Hier, oft buijten dese Stadt New- Yorke Getrouwt zijn. Van den 1 1 dec. 1639. totten 15 Maij 1652. In: Samuel S. Purple, Index to marriage records (New York, 1 890). Shows facsimile from the original mar- riage register of the Dutch church. Purple, Samuel Smith, editor. Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York. Marriages from 1 1 Decem- ber, 1639, to 26 August, 1801. Ed- ited, with introduction, by Samuel S. Purple. New York, 1890. Published by the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. The Manatus map — Castello copy. Date depicted, 1 639. Earliest survey of Manhattan and its en- virons. Photograph from the original manuscript in the Villa Castello, near Florence, Italy. This remarkable survey of the ejivirons of greater New York "is the starting-point in the study of topography of New York City, taking us back to the days of its infancy." It is also the earliest depiction of any of the natural water courses of the city. Lent by I. N. Phelps Stokes, Esq. The Manatus map — Harrisse copy. Date depicted, 1639. Earliest survey of Manhattan and its en- virons. Reproduced from the original manuscript in the Library of Congress, Washington, D C. The original survey was probably made by Andries Hudden. It is incorrect to call this map by the name of Vingboon. 46 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY New Netherland — A dministration of Kieft, 1638—47, continued Van Winkle, Edward Manhattan, 1624-1639. New York, 1916. A monograph largely based upon the Manatus map (Harrisse copy). Acknowledgment which attests that Burger Jorissen before Secre- tary Cornells van Tienhoven made conveyance of a house and lot to Cor- nells Melijn, in New Amsterdam, situate at the present Pearl Street, north of Broad, December 15, 1644. Manuscript in Dutch, together with an English copy attested by David Jameson, deputy secretary. Laet, Joannes de Historie ofte Jaerlijck Verhael. Leyden, 1644. This work covers the activities of the Dutch West India Company from its begin- ning to 1630. There is virtually nothing in it about New Netherland. The author in- tended to continue the work, but that was not done. Gives the Charter of 1621 and other docu- ments, as well as a list of the Directors of the Company. Castell, William A Short Discoverie of the Coasts and Continent of America. London, 1644. The author was an English clergyman. New Netherland is described briefly. As an early English account it is interesting but not important. This portion was reprinted in the Collections of the New York Historical So- ciety (1857), with an introduction. A full reprint is in the Earl of Oxford's Collections of voyages and travels, v. 2 (1745). Jogues, Father Isaac Novum Belgium. [Dated:] Des 3 Rivieres en la Nouvelle France 3 Augusti, 1646. In this document the Jesuit missionary narrates his experiences and observations in N ew Amsterdam in 1643. The original man- uscript is in St. Mary's College, Montreal. First printed in any form in Documentary history of Nezv York, v. 4 (Albany, 1851). The French text was first printed in 1852 in an appendix to a reprint of Bressani's Rela- tione. Novum Belgium. In: Documentary history of New York, v. 4 (Albany, 1851). The first English translation by Rev. Felix Martin, and first printing thereof in any form. Novum Belgium. In : F. G. Bressani, Relation abre- gee . . . Traduit . . . et augmente . . . far le R. P. F. Martin (Montreal, 1852). The first printing of the French text. Novum Belgium. In : Collections of New York His- torical Society, series 2, v. 3, part 1 (1 857), in the "Jogues Papers". A new English translation by J. G. Shea. A preprint of these papers was issued in 1856. Novum Belgium. In: J. G. Shea, Relations (New York, 1862). The French text. Novum Belgium. New York, 1862. A privately-printed volume. With a to- tally different translation by J. G. Shea and for the first time a facsimile of the original manuscript. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 47 New Netherland — A dministration of Kieft, 1638—47, continued Jogues, Father Isaac Novum Belgium. In: R. G. Thwaites, Jesuit rela- tions^. 28 (1898), p. 104-115. The best modern printing of text and parallel English translation, with a biblio- graphy by V. H. Paltsits of its various issues. Jogues, Father Isaac Novum Belgium. In: Felix Martin, Le P. Isaac Jogues, de la Compagnie de Jesus, premier apotre des Iroquois (Paris, 1873). Another edition was issued in Quebec, 1874. NEW NETHERLAND SEVENTH ADMINISTRATION — PETER STUYVESANT: 1647-1664 Stuyvesant coat-of-arms. Col- ored. In: Journal of American history, v. 3 (1909), facing p. 146. Paulding, James Kirke Affairs and men of New Amster- dam, in the time of Governor Peter Stuyvesant. New York, 1 843. TuCKERMAN, BaYARD Peter Stuyvesant. New York, 1 893. ("Makers of America.") Well-written, but has a good many errors. The late Professor Herbert L. Osgood said of it, in Larned's Literature of American his- tory, p. 99-100: "A useful and well-written account of the life of Stuyvesant and the history of New Netherland during the last twenty years of its existence", and "makes apparent the reasons for the failure of the Dutch at colonization here. One chapter contains a compact and valuable account of the topography and social conditions of New Amsterdam just before the English conquest." Ordinance of Director General Peter Stuyvesant and his council, dated May 31, 1647, forbidding the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sun- day. Autotype facsimile by Edward Bierstadt from the original Dutch records in the office of the County Clerk of New York. Winthrop, John Letter of Gov. John Winthrop of Massachusetts, dated at Boston, Sep- tember 30, 1647 (O.S.) To Direc- tor General Stuyvesant (whom he addresses as Peter Stephenson). In this letter Winthrop presents his salu- tation to the newly-arrived Director General of New Netherland "with all friendly and due Respect", and expresses the desire and endeavor of always maintaining a neighborly correspondence. Original lent by Bronson Winthrop, Esq. Plantagenet, Beauchamp, pseud. A description of the Province of New Albion. London, 1648. This is the original edition. It was printed again at London, 1650; reprinted in Force's Tracts, v. 2, and in Gideon D. Scull's The Evelyns in America (Oxford, 1881). There are also documents on the subject in Collections of New York Historical Society, v. 2 (1869). A publication extraordinary for its absurd- ities and baseless fabrications. "So far as there is a shadow of truth in this tract, it can be traced to the printed works of Purchas, Captain John Smith, and other contemporary authors, as well as to the diplo- matic history of the times, from which the 48 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY New Netherland — Administration of Stuy- vesant, 1647—64, continued Plantagenet, Beauchamp, pseud., cont'd fabricator had drawn his cues for the dis- tortion of truth and the concoction of state- ments that are contrary to all contemporary history." The motive of the tract was to bolster up unworthy speculative schemes. Penington, John An examination of Beauchamp Plantagenet's Description of the province of New Albion. In : Memoirs of the Historical So- ciety of Pennsylvania, v. 4, part 1 ( 1840), p. 133-165. An excellent critical examination and analysis. He exposes many falsehoods and shows that the alleged name of the author is a fabrication. Varlo, Charles The floating ideas of nature. Lon- don, 1796. 2 v. In v. 2, p. 82 ff. there are references to Sir Edward Plowden, Earl of Albion. Breeden-Raedt aende Vereen- ichde Nederlandsche Provintien. Antwerpen, 1649. This is the earliest separate publication about affairs in New Netherland. It is in the form of a conversation held aboard ship be- tween a fictitious skipper and nine other persons, who are made to assume different stations or nationalities. The skipper is the principal speaker and he arraigns the admin- istrations of Kieft and Stuyvesant unsparingly. It is evident that the unknown author had intimate personal knowledge of affairs in the colony or received details directly from some- body who had knowledge of the troubles be- tween the two Directors-General and the representatives of the commonalty. Two cop- ies are shown here with variant title-pages. An English translation of extracts was presented for the first time by F. W. Cowan in Frederik Muller's Catalogue of books re- lating to America (Amsterdam, 1 850). Also issued separately in the same year; reprinted in Documentary history of New York, v. 4 (1851). A new and complete translation by Henry C. Murphy with the dubious title, Broad- Advice, accompanies Murphy's translation of the Vertoogh or Remonstrance of New Neth- erland (New York, 1854), published for James Lenox, afterwards the founder of the Lenox Library, now a part of The New York Public Library. This was reprinted in Col- lections of New York Historical Society, se- ries 2, v. 3 (1857), p. 237 ff. HOLLANDSCHE MeRCURIUS 1 650— 1690. 40 parts. Material relating to New Netherland is in deel 4, p. 41-43; deel 6, p. 130-131; deel 7, p. 146-147, 149; deel 13, p. 3-4; deel 15, p. 10-1 5, 1 53-1 55, and deel 17, p. 16. Very little about New Amsterdam except what is given in deel 15 under 1664. New Netherland Papers Official list of New Netherland, showing the salaries and board money of each official, including the soldiers, schoolmaster, and clergymen. 1650. Extract from the Articles of Agreement entered into and con- cluded at Hartford in Connecticut on September 19, 1650, between the delegates of New England and Stuy- vesant. The well-known Hartford Boundary Con- ference. donck, adriaen van der, and Others Vertoogh van Nieu-Neder-Land. 's-Graven-Hage, 1650. This work is the first in point of time that records the early history of New Nether- land. Besides summarizing the events from the beginning to 1649, and giving an account of the Indians and of the physical features of the country, it is notable for the Remonstrance THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 49 New Netherland — A dministration of Stuy- vesant, 1647—64, continued Donck, Adriaen van der, and Others, continued of the Board of Nine Men to the States Gen- eral. It was prepared with the object of ob- taining redresses of grievances — a protest against the arbitrary acts of Kieft and Stuy- vesant. From this printed text an English trans- lation was made by Henry C. Murphy, for Collections of New York Historical Society, series 2, v. 2 (1 849), p. 25 1-338, which was also issued separately. A copy of this separate is exhibited. This translation appeared again, entitled: The Representation of New Neth- erland (New York, 1854); and revised by A. Clinton Crowell it is a part of Jameson's Narratives of New Netherland ( 1 909) . Vertoogh van Nieu Nederland (Notarial copy). Besides the text as printed at The Hague in 1650, there exists the original manuscript of the notarial copy, preserved in the Rijks- archief at The Hague; but this does not dif- fer very materially from the printed text. This manuscript text was translated into English by E. B. O'Callaghan as Remon- strance of New Netherland and first appeared in Documents relating to the colonial history of the State of New York, v. 1 and also sep- arately (Albany, 1856); and again in Penn- sylvania Archives, series 2, v. 5. Tienhoven, Cornelis van, Secre- tary of New Netherland. Answer to the representation of New Netherland [otherwise known as Vertoogh]. Translated by Henry Cruse Murphy. In: Collections of New York His- torical Society, series 2, v. 2 (1849), p. 329-338. Another translation by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan is in Documents relating to the colonial history of the State of New York, v. 1 (1856), p. 422 ff. This translation also appeared the same year in the separate issue of his edition of the Remonstrance, Albany, 1856. Tienhoven, Cornelis van, Secretary of New Netherland, continued Murphy's translation revised from the original manuscript in the Rijksarchief at The Hague by William I. Hull is in Jam- eson's Narratives of New Netherland, p. 359— 377. This is the preferred form in an Eng- lish dress. Novi Belgii novasque Anglise nec non partis Virginias tabula multis in locis emendata. View of New Amsterdam and map of New Netherland, by Nicolas Joannes Visscher, about 1655. Colored and uncolored copies are shown. The most interesting engraved view pro- duced during the Dutch regime in New Neth- erland and which survived, singularly enough, for about a hundred years as an alleged de- piction of the city. The N. J. Visscher map, reissued with many corrections and additions, the name Philadelphia among them, was brought out by Nicolas Visscher, about 1683. Also exhibited. An outline reproduction of the N. J. Vis- scher map and view was made as a key map for Asher's Bibliographical essay (appendix). This also is shown. Eames, Wilberforce Two New York views of about 1650. In: Bulletin of The New York Public Library, v. 28 (1924), p. 679-681. The views are "Nova Amsteldam" and the inset view on the N. J. Visscher map. MONTANUS, ARNOLDUS De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weer- eld: of Beschryving van America. Amsterdam, 1671. New Netherland is described on p. 123— 134, with a map of Novum-Belgium and an engraved view of New Amsterdam. The chapter is based on the works of De Laet and Van der Donck, and on N. J. Vis- scher's map. 50 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY New Netherland — Administration of Stuy- vesant, 1647—64, continued Ogilby, John America: being an accurate De- scription of the New World. Lon- don, 1671. There are also rare copies known with a predated title, 1670, one of which is also exhibited. Description of New Netherland, now New York, is on p. 168—182, with a view of Novum Amsterodamum. The description is not a mere translation from Montanus. It is materially amplified by large extracts taken bodily from Denton's Brief Description of New-York, yet without acknowledgment. With few exceptions the plates in Ogilby are the same copperplates engraved for Mon- tanus. Dapper, Olfert Die unbekante Neue Welt. Am- sterdam, 1673. Really a German version of Montanus by the genera] editor of a series or collection of voyages and descriptions of foreign countries, published at Amsterdam from 1670 to 1688. New Netherland is described on p. 142 ff., with the view of Novum Amsterodamum. The copperplates are the same as were used in the Dutch Montanus and the English Ogilby, only they show wear. Aa, Pieter van der La Galerie agreable du Monde. Leide [ 1729?]. 66 v. Edition limited to one hundred sets. A remarkable collection of copperplates, engraved from time to time by the best Dutch masters and reassembled here on a geograph- ical system. Volumes 63 to 66 relate wholly to America, v. 64, plate 29, contains the Montanus view of New Amsterdam with inset views of Indians and animals of New Neth- erland. v. 63, chap, ii., Nouvelle Hollande, a chapter mainly about the Indians of New Netherland. Beschrijvinghe van Virginia, Niew Nederlandt, Nieuw Engelandt en d'Eylanden Bermudes, Berbados, en S. Christoffel. Amsterdam, Joost Hartgers, 1651. This anonymous compilation, often quoted by the publisher's name, is merely a reprint without acknowledgment of parts of the Vertoogh (16S0), of the second Dutch edi- tion of De Laet (1630), and the Mohawk tract by Megapolensis (1644). It has a re- duced copy of the 1630 de Laet map with additional names, shows the St. Lawrence River in part as "The Great River of New Netherland", and locates Cohoes Falls. As a collector's item it is chiefly bought for a pre- tended first engraved view of New Amster- dam (here exhibited). There are those who see in this view nothing more than an artist's conception or misconception, while some others have faith in it as though it had pho- tographic accuracy. Put in relation with con- temporary documents it is an enigma. Gardyner, George A Description of the New World. London, 1651. Chapter 27 (p. 93-94) relates to "New Holland". The author says he has written from his "own knowledge or good intelli- gence"; that he intended to produce a fuller volume but was prevented by being captured by "Flemmings and Irish", who took from him "the greater relation." Ground Brief from Director General Stuyvesant and the provin- cial council of New Netherland to Sander Leendertsen, dated at Fort Amsterdam, April 23, 1652. Signed by Stuyvesant and Secretary Cornells van Tienhoven. Manuscript. The Second Part of the Tragedy of Amboyna: or, A true Relation of a Most Bloody, Treacherous and Cruel Design of the Dutch in New Netherlands [sic] in America. For the total Ruining and Murthering of THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 51 New Netherland — A dministration of Stuy- vesant, 1647—64, continued The Second Part of the Tragedy of Am- boyna . . , continued the English Colonies in New-Eng- land. London, 1653. The first separate English publication re- ferring to New Netherland. An excessively rare publication and inter- esting on that account. Historically it is negligible. It belongs to the "false alarm" literature of the world. The facsimile brought out by the late Henry F. De Puy is exhibited. Commonwealth's Great Ship. London, 1653 [*.*. 165^]. It contains a reprint of the alarmist tract, The Second Part of the Tragedy of Am- boyna, that had made its appearance a few months before. New Netherland Papers Foundation of New Amsterdam as a municipality, February 2, 1653. The official promulgation by Director General Stuyvesant and the members of his provincial council — La Montagne, Brian Newton, and Cornelis Van Tienhoven, of the grant of municipal government to the people of New Amsterdam, together with the rights and privileges thereof, and the manner of executing justice in the inferior court granted to the city. Also the formal oath of office taken by the city officials. The New York Public Library has two contemporary manuscript copies of this re- markable document, which had long been sought after and was recognized only a few years ago by Victor H. Paltsits whilst making researches for Stokes's Iconografhy of Man- hattan Island, where it is now available in facsimile with an English translation. Fernow, Berthold, editor. The records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 . . . New York, 1897. 7v. Published under the authority of the City of New York. Fernow, Berthoi.d, editor, continued These volumes contain English transla- tions by Berthold Fernow and E. B. O'Cal- laghan of the early Dutch court records and transcripts of the earliest Mayor's court min- utes written in English. The originals are in possession of the City Clerk, Municipal Building. There are some gaps in the orig- inal records. Analyzed they are: Minutes of Court of Burgomasters and Schepens of New Amster- dam, 1653-1665; Court of Mayor and Al- dermen of New York City, 1665-1673; Re- stored Court of Burgomasters and Schepens of New Orange, 1673—1674; Administrative minutes of the Burgomasters, March 8, 1657— January 28, 1661. Some ordinances are in v. 1. For continuation of Administrative min- utes of the Burgomasters after 1661, see Min- utes of the Orfhanmasters Court, v. 2 (New York, 1907). The following representative pages ex- hibited: v. 1, p. 48: Form of prayer for opening the city court of New Amsterdam. v. 1, p. 49: Earliest extant minutes, Thursday, February 6, 1653. A facsimile of the original record also shown. v. 2, p. 8: Specimen court cases, respect- ing the ownership of two old Bibles, and complaint of Jacob Barsimson, the first Jewish immigrant. v. 3, p. 90: Nicasius de Sille, the chief prosecuting officer of the city, accuses his own wife in court and requests a divorce. v. 4, p. 5 5: Court record of a fight on Broadway. v. 5, p. 221 ff: Assessment list, 1665, headed by Peter Stuyvesant. v. 6, p. 58 ff: Voluntary contributions for the support of the ministry. Executive or administrative min- utes of the Burgomasters of New Amsterdam. March 8, 1657, to Jan- uary 28, 1661. In: Records of New Amsterdam, v. 7, p. 140-267. Printed here in English translation. 52 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY New Netherland — Administration of Stuy- vesant, 1647—64, continued Fernow, Berthold, editor Minutes of the Orphanmasters Court, v. 2. New York, 1907. This composite volume is misnamed. It contains only English translations of Execu- tive or administrative minutes of the burgo- masters of New Amsterdam, February 11, 1661, to May 20, 1664, and Register of Walewyn vander Veen, notary public of New Amsterdam, May 20, 1662, to June, 1664. Autographs of members of the city government of New Amsterdam and New York previous to the Rev- olution. Facsimiles from Valentine's Manual , 1 858. Medal commemorating the estab- lishment of municipal government in New Amsterdam, Feb. 2, 1653. Is- sued by the St. Nicholas Society, 1903. Made by Tiffany & Co. SlLLE, NlCASIUS DE Letters of Nicasius de Sille, 1654. [Edited by A. J. F. van Laer.] In: Quarterly journal of the New York State Historical Association, v. 1 (1919-20), p. 98-108. New Netherland Papers Original letter from Nicasius de Sille to the Directors at Amsterdam, 1655. In this letter he complains bitterly of be- ing ignored as a member of the council of New Netherland and mentions his particular grievances. Extract from a general letter of Director-General Stuyvesant and council to the Directors at Amster- dam, October 30, 1655. Reveals that when Kieft left New Nether- land in 1647, he took with him many of the older records. Fernow, Berthold, editor The minutes of the Orphanmas- ters of New Amsterdam, 1655 to 1663. New York, 1902. [v. 1.] Covers only October 18, 165 5, to Novem- ber 22, 1663, though the entire manuscript minutes run to April 2, 1668. They have all been translated by E. B. O'Callaghan, but that translation was never printed. The O'Cal- laghan manuscript and the original minutes are in the custody of the City Clerk, Munici- pal Building, New York City. Gerard, James Watson, Jr. The old Stadt Huys of New Am- sterdam. New York, 1 875. A story of the first city tavern which be- came the first city hall. Read before the New York Historical Society. Home of Adriaen van der Donck, attacked by Indians, September, 1655. Site of present Van Cortlandt mansion. Reproduced from the his- torical painting by John Ward Duns- more, owned by Title Guarantee & Trust Company. Printed on back of illustrated wall calendar issued by the Company, 1916. Donck, Adriaen van der Beschryvinge van Nieuw-Neder- lant. Aemsteldam, 1655. The Amsterdam Chamber of the Dutch West India Company consented to its pub- lication on February 25, 165 5, and as the author died that year in New Netherland, he may never have seen the published work, and certainly could not have been concerned with the second edition of 1656. The first edition has on p. 9 a restrike of the so-called view of "t'Fort nieuw Amster- dam op de Manhatans", repeated from the plate used in the Hartgers tract of 1651. Two variant issues exist of this edition. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 53 Nezv Netherland — Administration of Stuy- vesant, 1647-64, continued Donck, Adriaen van der Beschryvinge van Nieuvv-Neder- Jant. Aemsteldam, Evert Nieuwen- hof, 1656. The so-called Hartgers view is omitted from this edition and in place thereof is a sectional map with another view derived from the N. J. Visscher map that came out after the publication of the first edition of Van der Donck. This new folded plate is often, though erroneously, called "Vander Donck's Map". He had nothing to do with it. This second edition is entirely reset and has some changes of matter and also the ad- dition of the "Conditien," or regulations for immigration to New Netherland. An English translation was made by Jere- miah Johnson, a former mayor of Brooklyn, and published in Collections of the New York Historical Society, series 2, v. 1 (1841), p 1 25-242, which is also shown. N., N. America: or An exact Description of the West-Indies. London, 1655. In part 2, p. 265—270 there is a Descrip- tion of Novum Belgium or Nieuw-Neder- landt. Full of absurdities and scarcely a fact. Vries, David Pietersz. de Korte Historiael ende Journaels. Alkmaar, 1655. Records his various voyages in the four parts of the world. His interest in New Netherland was first brought about by a con- versation with Samuel Godijn in 1630, lead- ing to the founding of the patroonship of Zwanendael (now in the state of Delaware). He also had later interests on Staten Island. An English translation by Henry Cruse Murphy of the parts relating to America ap- peared in Collections of New York Historical Society, series 2, v. 3, p. 9—136, and was privately reprinted in 1853 for James Lenox. Vries, David Pietersz. de Voyages from Holland to Amer- ica, a.d. 1632 to 1644. Translated from the Dutch, by Henry C. Murphy. New York, 1 853. Korte Historial ende Journaels. Uitgegeven door Dr. H. T. Colen- brander. 's-Gravenhage, 1911. Publication no. 3 of the Linschoten-Ve- iteniging. The first republication of the Dutch text, with a long introduction and notes by Dr. Colenbrander. A supplement contains unusual maps from originals in Prince Bonaparte's collection. Pas-Caart van de Suyd-Rivier in Nieu-Nederland. Facsimile repro- duction from the unique copy by David Peter de Vries, in the library of Prince Bonaparte. [1655.] 2 sheets, each 9 x in. The chart of the South (Delaware) River is the earliest known survey. The second sheet is a chart of New England, New Neth- erland, etc. Only 12 copies of these fac- similes were made, about 1895. They were again reproduced for the sup- plement of Dr. Colenbrander's edition of De Vries, in 191 1. New Netherland Papers Extract from the Register of reso- lutions of the Dutch West India Company Chamber of Amsterdam, March 9, 1656. For the better populating of New Nether- land with mechanics and farmers, who with their wives and children are to be encouraged with free passage, should they purpose to re- main there. Petition of the Burgomasters and Schepens of New Amsterdam to Director-General Stuyvesant and his council requesting that the city 54 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY New Netherland — Administration of Stuy- vesant, 1647—64, continued New Netherland Papers, continued may have an independent schout or prosecuting officer, which request was peremptorily refused. June, 1656. Extract from a letter of Director- General Stuyvesant and council to the Directors at Amsterdam, June 1 0, 1656. Jewish traders — Ransom of captives from the Indians — Tapsters tax on beer. Abstract of letters and papers from New Netherland that arrived in the ship Bever July, 1657 for the Direc- tors at Amsterdam. Extract from a letter of Director- General Stuyvesant and council to the Directors at Amsterdam, August 1 6, 1657. New Netherland money — Need masons to repair the forts, etc. — Have negroes fit as mechanics — Failure of silk culture — Depredations by the Indians — Defence. Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova. A sheet map of New Netherland and New England, about 1658, from a Blaeu Atlas. This map is engraved sidewise and should be so read. In upright case. Pascaarte van Nieu Nederlandt. A coast map of New Netherland, published at Amsterdam by Hendrick Doncker, about 1659. In upright case. Pas Caerte van Nieu Nederlandt en de Engelsche Virginies van Cabo Cod tot Cabo Canrick. About 1676. In upright case. Belgii Novi. Anglise Novas, et partis Virginias Novissima Delinea- tio. Prostant Amstelaedami apud Petrum Schenk, et Gerardum Valk. About 1690. In upright case. Nouvelle Hollande, (a present Nouvelle-York) Nouvelle-Angle- tcrre et une partie de la Virginie, dressees sur les propres manuscrits de ceux qui en ont fait la decouverte, et mises en lumiere par Pierre vander Aa . . . Leide. About 1 729. Map of New Netherland and New Eng- land about 1729. In upright case. New Netherland Papers Extracts of papers and letters that arrived from New Netherland in the ship De Waech (The Balance), and were read at a meeting of the Direc- tors at Amsterdam on March 26, 1658. Summary of requests by the city officials of New Amsterdam and ac- tion thereon by the Directors at Am- sterdam. The memorandum dated May 25, 1658. Some extracts from the additional writs that arrived with a letter from Director-General Stuyvesant and his council, dated July 23, 1658, and read at a meeting of the Directors at Amsterdam in September following. One sentence reads: "The wages of the masons at Manhattan or New Amsterdam have been raised." Heylyn, Peter Cosmographie. London, 1660. The printed title is dated 1657 and the engraved title has 1660. Special titles to the third and fourth books are dated 1656. America is covered by part 2 of the fourth book, where, on p. 1027, there is a descrip- tion of Novum Belgium or Nieu-Nederlandt, but this has no positive value. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 55 New Netherlands — Administration of Stuy- vesant, 1647-64, continued Heylyn, Peter Official report of a census of houses in New Amsterdam taken July 10, 1660 under Nicasius de Sille, Schout of the City of New Amsterdam. Accompanied by an English translation with interpretations in brackets. The original census is partly in De Si lie's handwriting. Redraft of the Castello Plan. New Amsterdam in 1660. [New York,] 1916. A birdseye view of New Amsterdam, prob- ably surveyed by Jacques Cortelyou, 1660. This re-draft with accessories, which follows the manuscript drawing in the Villa Castello, near Florence, Italy, is by John Wolcott Adams and I. N. Phelps Stokes. Colored copy. Portrait of Jacob Steendam. Engraved by E. Spanier. Proof. He was the first poet of New Netherland and dwelt for a while in New Amsterdam. Steendam, Jacob Den distelvink. Eerste Deel, Minne-sang. Amsterdam, 1649. 't Lof van Nuw-Nederland. Am- sterdam, 1661 . The original edition by the first Dutch poet of New Netherland of his Praise of New Netherland. For selections in English translations see the publications by Henry Cruse Murphy and William Loring Andrews. Murphy, Henry Cruse Jacob Steendam, noch vaster. A memoir of the first poet in New Netherland, with his poems descrip- tive of the colony. The Hague, 1861. Printed for private distribution. See also the edition by Andrews. Murphy, Henry Cruse Anthology of New Netherlands or, Translations from the early Dutch poets of New York. New York, 1865. Dutch texts with English translations of "the earliest poems written within the bounds of the State of New York", namely by Jacob Steendam, Henricus Selyns, and Nicasius de Sille. Andrews, William Loring The first poet of New Netherland. In: The Bookman, v. 19 (1904), p. 464-471. Jacob Steendam, noch vaster; a memoir of the first poet in New Netherland . . . New York, 1908. With translations of his poems by Henry Cruse Murphy. Edition limited to 1 1 5 copies. A Description of the Towne of Mannados: or New-Amsterdam as it was in September, 1661. The so-called "Duke's Plan." Copied from an original colored drawing in the British Museum for George H. Moore in 1 858, and lithographed for Valentine's Man- ual, 1859. New Amsterdam as it was in Sep- tember, 1661. Reproduction of a page of the recently discovered manuscript of Description of the Towne of Mannadens in New Netherland. Original manuscript in Royal Society of London. Printed in its entirety in Jameson's Nar- ratives of New Netherland, p. 417—424. Also exact photographic reproduction of the so-called "Duke's Plan", reduced, showing New Amsterdam as it was in September, 1 66 1 . Kort verhael van Nieuw-Neder- lants gelegentheit, deughden, natuer- 56 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY New Netherland — Administration of Stuy- vesant, 1647—64, continued Kort verhael . . . , continued lijke voorrechten, en byzondere be- quaemheidt ter bevolkingh. [Am- sterdam,] 1662. There is also another issue of this rare item entitled: 7.eekere Vrye-Voorslagen, with the imprint of Amsterdam, 1663, of which the only known copy is in the John Carter Erown Library, Providence. Both editions have 84 pages. This tract gives a concise account of the situation, virtues, and natural advantages of New Netherland and its particular fitness for colonization. It is an argument for the Dutch title to New Netherland, has value as a col- onization tract, and for its description of the country, especially on the Delaware River, and the account it gives of the Indians. New Amsterdam is mentioned on p. 1 8. Remonstrantie, vande bewint- hebberen der Nederlantsche West- Indische Compagnie, aende d'Heer- en Staten Generael over verscheyde specien van Tyrannye, ende gewelt, door de Engelsche in Nieuw-Neder- lant. Schidam, 1663. Broadside. Only two copies are known, one at the University of Leyden and the other at the John Carter Brown Library, Providence. Photostat from the latter copy. The Remonstrance was made by the Di- rectors of the Dutch West India Company to the Lords of the States General, charging acts of tyranny and violence committed by the English in New Netherland against the people in the Dutch province, and therefore they asked reparation and justice. Specifically, the complaints related to the New England in- vasion of the Dutch settlements on Long Island and the unsettled boundary disputes with Connecticut. There is an English translation in Asher's Bibliographical essay, p. 208 ff. There exists also an eight-page pamphlet, Naerder Klagh-V ertoogh (A further com- plaint) printed in 1664, which is even more interesting. This, too, is translated in Asher, p. 210 ff. Stuyvesant, Peter Letter of Director-General Stuy- vesant of New Netherland dated June 9, 1663 (N.S.) To Gov. John Winthrop of Connecticut. Stuyvesant commends his brother-in-law, Nicolacs Varlet, to the favor of Winthrop, and expresses the hope of preserving a firm peace and neighborly amity between Win- llirop and himself. Original lent by Bronson Winthrop, Esq. Winthrop, John Letter of Gov. John Winthrop of Connecticut dated at Hartford, June 17, 1663 (O.S.) to Director-General Stuyvesant. Winthrop's reply to Stuyvesant's letter about Varlet, reciprocating also the senti- ments expressed with respect to the continu- ance of a firm peace and union between them. Original lent by Bronson Winthrop, Esq. Ground Brief of land at Canare- singh [Canarsie] to Govert Loocker- mans, signed by Director General Peter Stuyvesant and Secretary Cor- nelis van Ruijven, dated May 20, 1664. With paper embossed seal of New Netherland. Winthrop, John The original signed draft letter written by Gov. John Winthrop of Connecticut and signed also with ap- proval of the Royal Commissioners, Richard Nicolls, Robert Carr, George Cartwright, dated at Gravesant, Au- gust 22, 1664 (O.S.), advising Stuy- vesant to surrender himself and all his people to the obedience of the English king, in order to "avoid the effusion of blood". It was the original letter, copied from this draft, sent to Stuyvesant, which threw him into such a rage that, when questioned about it. he tore up the letter. The original letter THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY New Netherland — A dministration of Stuy- vesant, 1647—64, continued Winthrop, John, continued received and torn up does not exist. The original draft is therefore of the highest in- terest. It at one time was part of the files of original Winthrop Papers. Lent by Bronson Winthrop, Esq. Original first rough draft of letter to Peter Stuyvesant August 22, 1664 (O.S.). Photograph of this highly interesting let- ter bearing upon the surrender of New Neth- erland, from the original holograph copy in the Winthrop Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society. Artykelen, Van't overgaen van Nieuw-Nederlandt. Op den 27 Au- gustij, Oude Stijl, Anno 1664. Original Dutch broadside of the Articles of the surrender of New Netherland to the English, evidently used as a poster in Hol- land. Also shown in Dutch in the Hollandtze Mercurius, Deel 15, p. 1 53—1 54. Josselyn, John An account of two voyages to New-England. London, 1674. It has some references to New York in 1664- on p. 1 5 3-1 54, 272-273. They are curious yet have no particular historical value. 57 Josselyn, John, continued There was a reissue in 1675, and there are reprints; the best, with annotations, was issued in a limited edition at Boston in 1 865. New York Historical Society Commemoration of the conquest of New Netherland, on its two hun- dredth anniversary. New York, 1864. The publication includes an historical ora- tion by John Romeyn Brodhead, with an ap- pendix of documents on p. 59—73, and the proceedings of the Society's celebration. Schoolcraft, Henry L. The capture of New Amsterdam. In: English historical review, v. 22 (1907), p. 674-693. An economic interpretation which goes into the diplomatic phases of the matter. He says: "The war itself grew out of the struggle lor trade which was bequeathed to the two countries by the war of 1652". Redway, Jacques W. Some side lights on the passing of New Netherland viewed from West- chester county. In: Proceedings of the New York State Historical Society, v. 9 ( 1 9 1 0), p. 152-159. THE ENGLISH INTERREGNUM ADMINISTRATIONS OF RICHARD NICOLLS: 1664-1668 and FRANCIS LOVELACE: 1668-1673 De Noord Rivier anders R. Man- hattans off Hudsons Rivier Genaamt in t'Groodt. The North River otherwise the River Manhattans or Hudsons River, and also inset of De Versche Rivier (Fresh Water or Con- necticut River). This map appeared origi- nally in Van Keulen's Atlas about 1685. Lithographic facsimile. New York, 1854. McKinley, Albert Edward The transition from Dutch to English rule in New York. A study in political imitation. In: American historical review, v. 6 (1901), p. 693-724. 58 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Nezv N etherlatid — The English Interreg- tium: Administrations of Nicolls and Love- lace, 1664—73, continued Paltsits, Victor Hugo The transition from Dutch to English government in the City of New York. In: John B. Pine, editor, Seal and -flag of the City of New York. New York, 1915. Prepared for the City's official celebration of the 250th anniversary of the event, June 24, 1915. New Amsterdam land records. Original Dutch ground brief from Peter Stuyvesant and the Council of New Nether- land to Andries Rees, a cadet of the West India Company and a member of the Rattle Watch or town police, also a tavernkeeper of New Amsterdam, dated May 17, 1664. With fine impression of the paper and wax seal of New Netherland, signed by Stuyvesant and by Secretary Cornells van Ruijven. The house lot was on the east side of William (then called Smee) Street, south of the fortified wall or present Wall Street. Original confirmation of the above patent, given to Rees by signature of Governor Rich- ard Nicolls, June 4, 1667. Original deed of conveyance from Andries Rees to Thomas Davis, dated May 26, 1680, for the aforesaid house and lot. These three pieces reveal the realty prac- tice from original grant to disposition to another party by conveyance. Original confirmation from Governor Richard Nicolls to Andries Rees of a house lot lying in the Smiths Valley beyond the Strand Gate of the city of New York, orig- inally purchased in 1659 by Andries Jochem- sen from the Burgomasters and Court of New Amsterdam, dated June 4, 1667. Plan of Manhattan Island and environs, with inset plan of New York City, circa 1665. The so-called Nicolls map, from the original pen and ink drawing in the British Mu- seum. Reproduced as one sheet in full size of original. Published in 1910 by the State of New York . . . to accompany Minutes of the Execu- tive Council of the Province of New York, v. 1 . Paltsits, Victor Hugo, editor Minutes of the Executive Council of the Province of New York. Ad- ministration of Francis Lovelace, 1668-1673. Albany, 1910. 2 v. These English documents are a bridge between the first surrender of New Nether- land in 1664 and the return of the Dutch in 1673. There is a good deal in them that bears upon the Dutch in New York City. Publication of the State Historian of New York. Denton, Daniel A Brief Description of New- York: Formerly Called New-Neth- erlands. London, 1670. Two copies are exhibited, both owned by The New York Public Library. Of about twenty extant copies only five have the title- page unmutilated at the bottom, and one of these fine copies, the gift of George F. Baker, Jr., is shown. The name "New Netherlands" used by the English is incorrect. The Dutch always used the singular, because they considered "New Netherland" a single province. The first separate account of New York in English. A Brief Description of New York . . . Edited by John Pennington. Philadelphia, 1 845. In: Proceedings of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, v. 1, no. 1 (March, 1845). ' This is the first reprint. Also issued sep- arately. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 59 New Net her land — The English Interreg- num: At/ministrations of Nicolls and Love- lace, 1664-73, continued Denton Daniel A Brief Description of New York. New York, 1845. This is a new edition by Gabriel Furman, forming no. 1 of Gowans's Bibliotheca Ameri- cana, with Penington's introduction. A Brief Description of New York. Cleveland, 1902. With a bibliographical introduction by- Felix Neumann. Issued as no. 1 of the Bur- rows Brothers Reprints. Nowel Amsterdam en Lamer- ique, 1672. Not a picture of New Amsterdam, but a fictitious picture by Jollain, and a fair sample of manufactured pictures. Early American illustrations often have as little value as this one with respect to truth. Paltsits, Victor Hugo Daniel Denton's Description of New York in 1670. In: The New York Public Li- brary. Two important gifts . . . by Mr. George F. Baker , Jr. New York, 1924. p. 9-14. An account of Denton's Description of New York with a sketch of the author and an analysis of his book, together with a complete census of the known copies thereof. Also in Bulletin of New York Public Li- brary, v. 28 (1924), p. 599-604. Appointment of Matthias Nic- olls, John Rider, and William Crich- low as administrators of the estate of Thomas Badgard, merchant, who died intestate, issued by Governor Francis Lovelace, dated "at Forte James in New Yorke y e 15 day of October in Anno Dni 1672." With fine red wax seal. NEW NETHERLAND LAST DUTCH ADMINISTRATION: ANTONY COLVE: 1673-1674 New Netherland Papers Secret instruction for the Dutch squadron, October 12, 1672. This was the expedition commanded by Cornelis Evertsen, who had part in the re- capture of New York in 1673. Second secret instruction for the Dutch squadron, October 12, 1672. A part of the plan devised was to cruise "along the coasts of Virginia, New Nether- land, without forgetting Newfoundland, sub- sequently capturing and ruining there what- ever shall be possible." Appointment of curators of the chattels of Nicolaes Davids by Gov- ernor General Antony Colve, dated at Fort Willem Hendrick, October 27, 1673, signed by Colve and at- tested by Secretary Nicolas Baijard. Manuscript. Minutes of Council of the admin- istrations of Commanders Evertsen and Benckes, and of Antony Colve, governor of New Netherland. 1673 and 1674. In: Documents relating to the co- lonial history of the state of New York, v. 2. Melton, Edward Zeldzaame en gedenkwaardige Zee- en Land-Reizen, 1660-1677. Amsterdam, 1681. The account of New Netherland, on p. J 36-168, is derived from Van der Donck and Montanus. 60 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY New Netherland — Administration of Colve, 1673—74, continued Melton, Edward, continued Melton has virtually no independent his- torical value. Reprinted with a new preface at Amster- dam, 1702, of which there are two issues, again at Amsterdam, 1705, with title reading: Aenmerkenswaardige en 7,eldzame West- Indisclie Z,ee- en Land-Reizen. Selyns, Henricus Domine Henricus Selyns' records. In: Year book of the Holland So- ciety of New York, 1916, p. 1-103. Eekhof, Albert De Noord-Amerikaansche predi- kant Henricus Selijns in de gemeente Waverveen (1666-1682). 's-Grav- enhage, 1915. Separate issue from the Nederlandsch archief voor kerkgeschiedenis, deel xn. The most recent study of Selyns, covering the period of his pastorate at Waverveen in the province of Utrecht, the period coming be- tween his first and second sojourns in America. Selyns came to New Amsterdam first in June, 1660, later that year was minister in Brooklyn and also preached at Stuyvesant's Bowery chapel. He left New Netherland some weeks before the surrender of 1664 to the English. In August, 1682 he came back for his last pastorate in New York. Shepherd, William Robert The passing of New Amsterdam. New York, 1912. A popular address founded principally on the printed Records of New Amsterdam, pre- sented before the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New York, March 18, 1912, and issued as Publication no. 21 by the So- ciety. Totius Neobelgii nova et ac- curatissima tabula. [With inset view of New Amsterdam.] [1673.] Col- ored. Tonus Neobelgii . . , continued It is the Restitutio map. The view has many interesting features here depicted for the first time in an engraved picture of New Amsterdam. Other reissues exhibited are the Carolus Allard, probably fourth state, after 1674 (fac- simile) ; the Reinier and Joshua Ottens, prob- ably about 1740; and Tobias Conrad Lotter, among the last appearances of the map and view. Allard, Carel Orbis habitabilis oppida et vestitus. Amsterdam [circa 1700-10]. A collection of 100 views of the chief cities and towns of the world, with descrip- tive notes by Dr. Ludolph Smids. Full views engraved by T. Doesburgh and costumed fig- ures with view engraved by A. Meijer. Plate 78 is a full colored view of "Nieu Amsterdam al s [alias] New Yorck." Repre- sents the town after 1673. Nieu Amsterdam — al s . New Yorck. Carolus Allard exc. cum Priv. ord. Holl. et Westfr. Line engrav- ing. Uncolored. Loose print from Carel Allard's Orbis habitabilis offida (Amsterdam, circa 1700— 1710). Nieu Amsterdam al. [alias.] New York. Carolus Allard excudit cum Privilegio ordinum Hollandis et Westfrisias. Uncolored. Plate 79 from the Orbis habitabilis of- fida of Carolus Allard. In upright case. SCHENK, PlETER Hecatompolis sive Totius orbis Terrarum Oppida Nobiliora Centum exquisite collecta atque eleganter de- picta. 1702. The Schenk view in the original collec- tion of a hundred views of cities is similar to the Allard. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 61 Nezv Netherland — Administration of Co/ve, 1673—74, continued Nieu Amsterdam, een stedeken in Noord Amerikaes Nieu Hollant, op het eilant Mankattan [sic] : nam- aels Nieu jork genaemt, toen het geraekte in 't gebiet der Engelschen . . . [Also 3 lines in Latin.] Pet. Schenk Amsteld, C. P. Plate from Pieter Schenk's Hecatomfolis, 1702. In upright case. New York, a City in N. America inhabited by English and Dutch sub- ject to the K. of England. Shows a three-master and other vessels in foreground. Line engraving. 18th century. Copy of Schenk view, with alterations. In upright case. Roman, Jan, publisher Afbeeldinge van een-hondert der voornaamste en sterkste Steden in Europa. Amsterdam, 1752. Plates executed by Peter Schenk and here reissued. Singularly enough, plate 92 still shows in 1752 a view of New Amsterdam of nearly a century earlier. Danckaerts, Jasper Journal of a voyage to New York . . . 1679-80. Translated from the original manuscript in Dutch . . . and edited by Henry C. Murphy. Brook- lyn, 1867. The original Dutch manuscript, now owned by the Long Island Historical Society, turned up in Amsterdam and was bought in 1864 by Henry Cruse Murphy. It is a jour- nal of the travels of two Labadists, followers of the theological doctrines of Jean de La- bad ie, who came over to America to find a suitable locality in which to establish a com- munity, settling finally on a tract in Bohemia Manor, Maryland. Danckaerts, Jasper, continued They landed in New York City on Sep- tember 23, 1679, and visited places in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Massachusetts. The journal records what they saw, heard, or thought. It is no doubt valuable in some parts, yet needs to be discounted in other parts. The Dutch text has not been, but should be, published. This is the first publication of this journal, issued as Memoirs of Long Island Historical Society, v. 1 (Brooklyn, 1867). 100 copies were also issued separately in royal octavo and on thick paper. Journal . . . 1679-1680. Edited by B. B. James and J. F. Jameson. New York, 1913. Murphy's translation slightly revised, with some omissions. Has a valuable introduction and more numerous annotations than Murphy's edition. Birdseye view of New York as seen from Brooklyn Heights, 1679. Drawn by Jasper Danckaerts. The original sketch is in the Danckaerts manuscript Journal in the possession of The Long Island Historical Society. Gelatine plate reproduction, original size, made for I. N. Phelps Stokes, Esq. In upright case. South prospect of the City of New York. By William Burgis, 1717. Lithographic reduction. Copy- right by Joseph F. Sabin, 1898. Only two copies of the original engraving of this first issue of the plate are known. The reproduction is from the copy in the New York Historical Society. Water-Color enlargement of a portion of the Burgis view of New York, 1717, showing Fulton Ferry on the Brooklyn side. Purchased in 1901 from Joseph F. Sabin. 62 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY NEW YORK CELEBRATIONS 1914-1915-1924 Ceremony inaugurating the ter- centenary of the chartered commerce of New York, held on Staten Island . . . March 27, 1914. Folder. New York Commercial Tercen- tenary Commission 1614-1914. Commemorative meeting upon the 300th anniversary of the granting, by the States General of the United Netherlands, of the first charter for trading to what is now the State of New York. At the Hotel Astor, New York City, March 27, 1914. [Program.] Invitation circular to the com- memorative meeting at the Hotel Astor, March 27, 1914. The commercial tercentenary of New York. 1614-1914. Containing a brief history of the beginning of the regularly chartered commerce of New Netherland and the permanent settlement of what is now the State of New York. [By Edward Haga- man Hall. ] New York, 1914. Reprinted from the First annual refort oi the Commission. The City of New York commem- oration of the two hundred and fif- tieth anniversary of the installation of the first Mayor and Board of Al- dermen of the City of New York on June 24, 1665 .. . June 24, 1915. Order of the day. Invitation from the Mayor to the ceremonies commemorating the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the installation of the first Mayor and Board of Aldermen, held June 24, 1915. Hall, Edward Hagaman The New York commercial ter- centenary. 1614-1914. In: Annual re-port of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation So- ciety for 1914, p. 441-500. Seal and flag of the City of New York. In: Annual report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation So- ciety for 1915, p. 819-852. Opened at plate 1 7, showing the New York Commercial Tercentenary official medal Herbert, Victor The orange, white & blue. Music by Victor Herbert. [Words by John B.Pine.] New York [1915].' Prepared for use in the public schools of New York City during the celebration of June 24, 1915, and the adoption of the official flag and seal of the city. Miniature copy of the new city flag and official badge, for use at the exercises to celebrate the adoption of the city's official flag and the restora- tion of the citv's ancient seal, June 24, 1915. Pine, John B. The orange, white and blue. June 24, 1915. [New York, 1915.] " Words only. On the back cover is the proclamation of Mayor John Purroy Mitchel, regarding the ceremonies at the raising of the new city flag. Card of admission to City Hall for the ceremonies on June 24, 1915. THE NEW YORK TERCENTENARY 63 New York Celebrations, 1914-15-24, cont'd New York City. Art Commission On the adoption of an official flag by the City of New York and the restoration of the ancient corporate seal. Report prepared by a commit- tee of the Art Commission Associates for submission to the Art Commission of the City of New York. January, 1915. New York, 1915. New York. Board of Aldermen Report of the special committee of the Board of Aldermen on the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the installation of the first Mayor and Board of Aldermen . . . June 24, 1665, and the adoption of the official city flag, Tune 24, 1915. New York [1915]. * Invitation from the Mayor to meet the Governor of the State of New York at the City Hall, June 24, 1915. Invitation from the Mayor to at- tend the ceremony of raising the new official city flag at the City Hall, June 24, 1915. New York City corporation cele- bration, commemorating the 250th anniversary of the installation of the first Mayor and Board of Aldermen and the adoption of the official city flag. In: Annual report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation So- ciety for 1 9 1 6, p. 443-486. Card of Admission to the meet- ing in preparation for New York's Tricentennial at the Great Hall of the College of the City of New York, March 28, 1924. The City of New York. 1 665 — 1915. The old seal. [On back cover: The City of New York. 1665 — 1915. The new flag.] [New York, 1915.] Description of the new official flag and the ancient seal. The Huguenot-Walloon New Netherland Commission, Inc. 1624-1924. [Outline of plans for the tercentenary celebration.] New York [1924]. Huguenot -Walloon New Neth- erland Commission, Inc. The Huguenot half dollar and the New Netherland tercentenary. New York [1924]. Huguenot- Walloon tercente- nary half dollar. Invitation from the Staten Island Committee, Huguenot- Walloon Tercentenary to join the historical pilgrimage through Staten Island, May 17, 1924. Invitation from the Huguenot- Walloon New Netherland Tercen- tenary Commission, Inc., to attend the celebrations held May 17-22, 1924. Invitation to the dedication of the Huguenot Church, Huguenot Park, S. I., on May 18, 1924. Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the Huguenots, Huguenot Park, S. I. Dedication week services . . . May 18 to 25, 1924. [Program.] i3