The Goede Vrouw of Mana-ha-ta at Home and in Society, 1609-1760 |
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The Goede Vrouw of Mana-Ha-Ta at Home and in Society, 1609-1760 John King Van Rensselaer No preview available - 2016 |
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Abraham de Peyster affairs Alexander's America Amsterdam Annekje Jans arrival Bayard became Beekman burghers called Captain Catharine chief-justice citizens Colden Colonel Morris colonists colony Cornbury Cornelia Cortlandt Cosby council custom daughter David Provoost death descendants Dominie Dutch Earl of Stirling eldest emigrated England English ernor estates father friends Governor Stuyvesant handsome Heer Holland honor Hudson River husband Indians James Alexander Jeremias Van Rensselaer Johannes de Peyster John Spratt Kidd Kierstede Kiliaen Kiliaen Van Rensselaer king lady Lancey land Leisler lived Lords of Trade Madame Mana-ha-ta manor Maria marriage married Mary ment mother negroes Nicolaus Van patroon Perth Amboy Phillipse plantation province received Rensselaer Rensselaerswyck Robert Livingston sailed Schuyler sent servants settlement settlers Smith soon Stephanus Van Cortlandt Street tion town vrouwen West India Company widow wife Wilden William Alexander women York young
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Page 217 - Coullers as were their pendants in their ears, which You should see very old women wear as well as Young. They have Vendues very frequently and make their Earnings very well by them, for they treat with good Liquor Liberally, and the Customers Drink as Liberally and Generally pay for't as well, by paying for that which they Bidd up Briskly for, after the sack has gone plentifully about, tho' sometimes good penny worths are got there.
Page 217 - Jewells of a large size and many in number. And their fingers hoop't with Rings, some with large stones in them of many Coullers as were their pendants in their ears, which You should see very old women wear as well as Young.
Page 316 - Christianity, have this fortnight been pondering methods to make more effectual that horrid traffic of selling negroes. It has appeared to us that six-and-forty thousand of these wretches are sold every year to our plantations alone !—it chills one's blood.
Page 256 - English terms. Her father has a plant called after him, Coldenia; suppose you should call this Coldenella, or any other name that might distinguish her among your genera.
Page 216 - Brick Generaly, very stately and high, though not altogether like ours in Boston. The Bricks in some of the Houses are of divers Coullers and laid in Checkers, being glazed look very agreeable. The inside of them are neat to admiration...
Page 217 - Joyners work, and as I supose is fasten'd to iron rodds inside. The House where the Vendue was, had Chimney Corners like ours, and they and the hearths were laid wth the finest tile that I ever see, and the stair cases laid all with white tile which is ever clean, and so are the walls of the Kitchen wch had a Brick floor.
Page 141 - Healthfulness of the place, where many people in twenty years' time never know what sickness is; where they look upon it as a great mortality if two or three die out of a town in a year's time...
Page 291 - I'll destroy you and your family by a stratagem which I have contrived. If that don't take the desired effect, I swear by God to poison all your tribe so surely, that you shan't know the perpetrator of the tragedy. I beg, for God's sake, that you would let me have the money, and hinder me from committing such a black deed. I know you can spare it, so desire you would let me have it. Saturday...
Page 286 - The ladies, in winter, are frequently entertained either at concerts of music or assemblies, and make a very good appearance. They are comely, and dress well, and scarce any of them have distorted shapes. Tinctured with a Dutch education, they manage their families with becoming parsimony, good providence, and singular neatness.
Page 15 - I made any inquiry, for every house swarms with children, who are set to work as soon as they are able to Spin and Card, and as every family is furnished with a Loom, the Itinerant Weavers who travel about the Country, put the finishing hand to the Work.