As for now there are four distinct series, the first with original Dutch records between 16, the second for a manuscript with translations of Dutch records (1647-1654), the third with a digitized version of a manuscript by E.B. The heart of the digital collection is made up of ordinances and regulations. The first ordinance issued by Peter Stuyvesant as Director-General of New Amsterdam, – NAR, BK 1 The Municipal Archives and the Municipal Library of New York City will soon add more digitized items to this gallery. In his book about Amsterdam Shorto dedicated a chapter about the impact of Amsterdam on New York (“Seeds of influence”), yet another reason to get hold of his study about the colorful history of the Dutch colony on American soil.Īt the moment of writing the digital gallery consists of just fifteen images and the series of municipal bylaws created between 16. In a conversation someone pointed me to his book about the early history of New York The island at the center of the world (2004) which I still had not read. A history of the world’s most liberal city (2013) about the rich history of the Dutch capital. Here I will look briefly at those digital collections, too.Įarlier this year I enjoyed reading Russell Shorto’s book Amsterdam. Other ordinances from Dutch colonies during the Early Modern period are now also available online elsewhere. In fact the very preponderance of legal resources made me very curious about this collection. The contents of this digital collection are mainly original and translated ordinances and regulations, a theme firmly within the scope of my blog. The subject colonial provided an entrance at the EHPS portal for this digital collection created by the New York City Department of Records and Administration. This portal brings succinct records for digitized source collections of whatever nature, tagged with basic information about countries, languages, periods, subjects and resource type. Ironically I arrived at New Amsterdam 1647-1661 thanks to the European History Primary Sources portal. In order to make up for any deficiencies I decided to choose a subject outside Europe for my next post. In my latest post I almost lamented the emphasis on European history on my legal history website.
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