Vol. 27, No. 2 “De Nieu Nederlanse Marcurius” June 2011 Events of interest Houston, TX and Craig Lukezic, Publications Delaware archaeologist, “The September 16–17, 2011. The Archaeological Footprint of the De man van Manhattan by Daniëlle New Netherland Seminar will Mid-Seventeenth Century Dutch and Hermans. For us this book is not take place this year in New Swedes in the Delaware River your ordinary thriller or murder Castle, Delaware. The focus will Valley”; mystery. It involves a translator of be on various historical aspects of 17th-c Dutch records of New Len Tantillo, fine artist of historical the South River region of the Netherland, who meets an and marine paintings, “The Rise and Dutch colony. Following is a list unfortunate end for what he Fall of Fort Casimir, an Architectural of the speakers who will uncovers. I hope this inspires you to and Artistic Interpretation”; participate in the one and a half learn to read Dutch, if you still day event: Evan Haefeli, associate professor of don’t. Ms Hermans wrote me the history at Columbia University, Mark L. Thompson, Assistant following note on the title page: “Religious tolerance from New Professor of American Studies at “Liever Charlie, Het spijt mij heel Amstel to Pennsylvania: Connections the U of Gronigen, “The Limits of erg dat ik jou om het leven heb and Contrasts”; New Netherland: The Dutch in moeten brengen. Veel liefs, Daniële the Seventeenth-Century Christian J. Koot, assistant professor Hermans.” I can only hope that it’s Delaware Valley”; of history at Towson University, not prophetic. The book is “Spanning the Peninsula: Augustine published by A. W. Bruna. B. V., Frans R. E. Blom, Assistant Herrman, the South River, and Utrecht. Go to: www.awbruna.nl for Professor in the Dutch Language Anglo–Dutch overland trade in the ordering. and Culture Dept. at the U of Northern Chesapeake”; Amsterdam, “Selling the South *** River. The Cultural Industry of Samuel W. Heed, Esq., senior If you are still uncertain about Amsterdam’s Emigration historian & director of education, explaining the meaning of Propaganda”; Kalmar Nyckel Foundation, “Peter Manhattan, there is now a definitive Minuit and New Sweden’s Rocky Henk Looijesteijn, Postdoctoral translation of the place name. Relationship with New Netherland.” researcher at the International Although the island was very hilly Institute of Social History, The site of the Seminar will be the and still is in places, Manhattan “Settling the South River. Buena Vista Conference Center, 661 doesn't mean “Hilly Island.” The Amsterdam’s settling policy, So. duPont Hwy, New Castle, DE true meaning is revealed in “The egalitarian democracy and liberty 19720. Tel.: 302–323–4430. Website: Origin and Meaning of the Name of conscience, 1657–1664”; 1.usa.gov/jsUHHD ‘Manhattan’” by Ives Goddard in the 2010 Fall issue of New York Monitor our website this summer for David A. Furlow, Partner, History. Thompson & Knight LLP of additional program information. *** New Netherland Institute, Box 2536, Empire State Plaza Station, Albany, NY 12220 Voice: 518–486–4815 | Fax: 518–473–0472 [email protected] | www.newnetherlandinstitute.org De Nieu Nederlanse Marcurius 2 The February 2011 issue of *** Dutch. Passive knowledge of Kunsttijdschrift Vlaanderen is In Early American History: An English and/or French is an Nederlandstalige in het entitled Interdisciplinary Journal, vol 9 advantage. Prior knowledge will be buitenland . It contains articles No.2 (Spring 2011) issue: “Trading tested on the first day. The results about Dutch language collections between New Netherland and New of the placement test will be from Russia to South Africa, from England, 1624–1664” by Kim Todt. communicated to the students on Indonesia to New York (featuring Despite political disputes between the following day. Deadline for Janny Venema and yours truly). the governments of New Netherland registration: July 15, 2011 or until Tables of contents of issues can be and the English colonies of New classes are full. There are no re- accessed through the website: England, little interfered with trade duced fees for occasional absence, bit.ly/j8lv4g and the commercial networks that late arrival or early departure. For *** developed between merchants in more detailed information go to: bit.ly/lWtsz1. Three Centuries on the Hudson New Netherland and New England. River Demonstrating a richer and more by William Staats is a book News about Hoogebergh, a 1696 family internationally diversified economic environment than has been homestead in upstate New York, On May 25th the Archives of the and the eleven generations of the previously portrayed, this article examines the sophisticated trading Dutch West India Company [WIC] Staats family who have lived there. have been proclaimed Memory of The field-stone house was built on world New England merchants entered when they chose to conduct the World [MoW] by UNESCO. land deeded by Kiliaen van With the MoW register, UNESCO Rensselaer to Joachim Staats whose business with merchants from New Netherland, with its commercial calls for the preservation and father, Abraham Staats (born 1617, increasing accessibility of valuable died 1694), came to America from and legal infrastructures that accommodated foreign merchants. archival holdings, library collec- the Netherlands in 1642. It’s tions and private individual located on the east bank of the As well, New England’s nascent economies needed to facilitate manuscripts all over the world. Hudson River about five miles In 2003 the Dutch East India south of Albany, New York and has commerce and they too encouraged and accommodated trade with the Company [VOC] archives already a commanding five-mile view of received this status. Last year the river. Dutch. For seventeenth-century merchants in New Netherland and (2010) the Dutch Nationaal Archief The book tells both the history together with its counterparts in of this Dutch–American house and New England, inter-colonial trade supplied necessary sustenance, Brazil, Ghana, Guyana, Curaçao, of the Staats family. It starts off Surinam, the United Kingdom, and with a foreword written by Shirley expanded merchant networks, and presented opportunities for profit. the USA took the initiative to Dunn, a Rensselaer County nominate the WIC as well—and. historian, and then describes the successfully, as it now appears. early history of the house, which is Dutch Language Course Only a small part of the WIC listed on the National Register of The University of Leuven in archives has survived the ravages of Historic Places. The book is a time. The New York State Archives worthwhile read for those interested Belgium once again is offering an intensive summer course from holds 12,000 pages of these in the history of an iconic Dutch- surviving records. Preservation of American house in the upper 29July to 26 August 2011. This course is intended for those who this material is very important. In Hudson Valley, including amusing the framework of the Mutual family anecdotes. For more wish to begin learning Dutch or improve their knowledge of the Cultural Heritate program, the information and to purchase, go to: Nationaal Archief language. The teaching language is together with its bit.ly/kUtjfB. partners has established a De Nieu Nederlanse Marcurius 3 management plan to secure these white pavilion on the plein was assure the Institute’s continuing archives for the future and designed by Ben van Berkel of success. maximize their accessibility to the UNStudio, Amsterdam. public. As a result the WIC archives The design for New Amsterdam NNRC News are being restored, digitized and put Plein and Pavilion creates a 5,000- online. square-foot programmed space On May 26th Allison van Laer and This autumn, several events in housing regional organic food by her father Charles van Laer, the places related to the WIC will be Merchant’s Market, as well as the grandson of A.J.F van Laer, paid a organized to celebrate the new Alliance for Downtown New visit to the NNRC. With them they status of the WIC archives. More York’s Visitor Information Booth. brought two boxes of books which information will follow. In September 2009, during the belonged to the Dutch translator *** celebrations of NY400, there was and for some years were in an official opening ceremony of the Allison’s possession.. Charles also Recently the Peter Minuit Plaza and incompleted Pavilion with Prince brought a box of personal papers New Amsterdam Plein and Pavilion Willem–Alexander and Máxima. and photographs for us to examine. were inaugurated with a ceremony. He indicated that he needed to sort Several dignitaries from New York NNI News through the personal effects before City and the Netherlands officially parting with them; however, he did opened the Plaza and Pavilion on To encourage Capital Region invite us to his house to look the most southern tip of Manhattan members and friends to attend the through additional books also in New York City to the public. Seminar in New Castle. Delaware, orginally belonging to his Part of a major project that NNI is hiring a bus to take people grandfather. The books will includes a complete overhaul of the to Delaware at a reduced rate. The eventually be integrated in the Staten Island Ferry Terminal, the bus will leave from Crossgates Mall NNRC collection while any Peter Minuit plaza is a transporta- on Thursday, September 15th at personal papers etc will be added to tion hub and public area located 11:00 a.m. and return on Saturday, the Library’s “Van Laer Papers.” directly in front of the ferry th September 17 around 9:00 p.m. *** terminal. The cost which includes a tour of The New Amsterdam Plein and old New Castle will be $99. Space On a similar note: The family of the Pavilion anchors the north end of is limited.