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Paints a detailed picture of everyday life in an early American community.
Winner of the 2004 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the New York State Archives presented by the Board of Regents and the New State York Archives
Beverwijck explores the rich history and Dutch heritage of one of North America's oldest cities-Albany, New York. Drawing on documents translated from the colonial Dutch as well as maps, architectural drawings, and English-language sources, Janny Venema paints a lively picture of everyday life in colonial America.
In 1652, Petrus Stuyvesant, director general of New Netherland, established a court at Fort Orange, on the west side of New York State's upper Hudson River. The area within three thousand feet of the fort became the village of Beverwijck. From the time of its establishment until 1664, when the English conquered New Netherland and changed the name of the settlement to Albany, Beverwijck underwent rapid development as newly wealthy traders, craftsmen, and other workers built houses, roads, bridges, and a school, as well as a number of inns. A well-organized system of poor relief also helped less wealthy settlers survive in the harsh colonial conditions. Venema's careful research shows that although Beverwijck resembled villages in the Dutch Republic in many ways, it quickly took on features of the new, "American" society that was already coming into being.
Contents
(Abridged)
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Introduction
Problem defined
Historiography and definition
Method and sources
I: Constructing a village: material planning
Van Slichtenhorst, Rensselaerswijck, and the Indians
Planning a center for Rensselaerswijck
Development of Beverwijck
Constructions of general interest to the community
Conclusion
II: Beverwijck: Creating an orderly village
Beverwijck's society
Stabilizing factors in a new society: The state
Stabilizing factors in a new society: The church
A new environment: Contacts with Indians
Conclusion
III: The Van Rensselaers as commercial entrepreneurs
Trade in the upper Hudson
The Van Rensselaers and the trade
Place in the community; Life style
Conclusion
IV: Successful burghers
Dirck Jansz Croon
Pieter Hartgers
Volckert Jansz
Philip Pietersz Schuyler
Sander Leendertsz Glen
Conclusion
V: Busy workers
Blacksmiths and gunstock makers
Bakers
Brewers
Tavern keepers
Conclusion
VI: Strategies of survival
Living conditions
Poverty: definition and size
Organization of poor relief in Beverwijck
Strategy
Methods
Supervision
The poor in the community
Conclusion
Conclusion
Abbreviations
Notes
Appendices
Unpublished primary sources
Bibliography
Samenvatting
List of maps and illustrations
Personal Name index
Geographical index
Curriculum Vitae
