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(North China Daily News) English Shanghai: China A weekly newspaper at first, it began daily publication in 1864 under the new name North China Daily News. Ceased publication in 1951. 1852 Java-Bode: Dutch Batavia Dutch East Indies Ceased publication in 1957. 1853 [109] Chinese serial: Chinese Victoria City: Hong Kong
English: Willem Kieft (1597–1647) was a Dutch merchant who was appointed by the West India Company as director-general of New Netherland in 1638. Kieft instituted a harsh policy toward the Indians of the colony, whom he attempted to tax and drive from their land.
Wolfert Gerritse Van Couwenhoven (1 May 1579 – 1662), [1] also known as Wolphert Gerretse van Kouwenhoven and Wolphert Gerretsen, was an original patentee, director of bouweries (farms), and founder of the New Netherland colony.
Bergen was married to Sarah Rapelje, the first female child of European parentage born in the colony of New Netherland [3] and whose chair is preserved in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York. [4] Following Bergen's death in 1654, his widow remarried Teunis Gysbert Bogart. [1] [5] [6] [7]
The Story of New Netherland. (1909) online; Jacobs, Jaap. The Colony of New Netherland: A Dutch Settlement in Seventeenth-Century America (2nd ed. Cornell U.P. 2009) 320pp; scholarly history to 1674 online 1st edition Archived May 25, 2017, at the Wayback Machine; Jacobs, Jaap, L. H. Roper, eds. The Worlds of the Seventeenth-Century Hudson Valley.
By 1655, the population of New Netherland had grown to 9000 Dutch people, with 1,500 living in New Amsterdam. By 1664, the population of New Netherland had risen to almost 9,000 people, 2,500 of whom lived in New Amsterdam, 1,000 lived near Fort Orange, and the remainder in other towns and villages. [2] [4]
The treaty proved to be ineffective, fighting continued (as the Third Anglo-Dutch War), and in August 1673 the Dutch "recaptured" New Netherland. [56] In November of that year an assembly was held at Elzabethtown enacting "Laws and Ordinances" for towns in Achter Col. [ 39 ] On December 18, 1673, "Freedoms and Exemptions" were granted to towns ...
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