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The volume now presented to the public, the first in a new series of the Collections of the New-Y ork Historical Society, is almost exclusively taken up with the annals of the Dutch colonists by whom the arts of civilization were originally planted on the banks of the Hudson. A noble commonwealth has sprung up within the limits of their ancient jurisdiction, now rivalling in population and extent some of the monarchies of the old world. Beginning with the first glimpses of a discovery of our sea-coast, it has been our aim to bring together the earliest notices of Hudson smemorable voyage that disclosed the existence of the great river of the mountains, now better known under the name of the navigator himself, and to collect the scattered traces of the first attempts to colonize the country. The primitive settlemen Uon Manhattan island and near Albany the gradual spread of population into the interior the perils and hardships the difficulties and embarrassments, with which the early colonists had to contend, and their final triumph over them all respectively come under consideration in the following pages. Yet it should be recollected, that we give in most instances only the materials of history the original documents to which historians must resort for their guidance and therefore naked facts and unembellished statements are all that can be expected in the volume. It is remarked by Grahame, in his recent elaborate work upon the history of North A merica, that Founders of ancient colonies have sometimes been deified by their successors. NeW York is perhaps the only commonwealth whose founders have been covered with ridicule from the same quarter. Whatever may be thought of the wit and talent displayed in the well-known travesty here alluded to, the regret has often been expressed that a son of New Lambrecht Mn! work would be an exception to thii remark in poi
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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
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- ÉditeurNabu Press
- Date d'édition2012
- ISBN 10 1248679148
- ISBN 13 9781248679142
- ReliureLivre broché
- Nombre de pages416
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