1609 - 1909 TH E DUTCH I N N E W N E T H E R LA N D A N D T H E UN I T E D S T A T E S PRESENTED BY T he N etherlan d Cha mb er of Comm erce in A m erica ON OCCASION o r: The H udson -Fulton Celeb ration in N ew Yo rk S EPTEMB ER 25TH TO OCTOBER 9 TH ’ N ze uw N ader l a n t i s een seer sc/zoo n agn ge n d e m geso n t en l ustig/z l em me/z ap d eter iz el voo r a l der l ey s l ag/z va n m em e/zen be ’ l er e n r ug/m ar d en a e kost of gem ac/ce lyck er d o or d e wer e]! !e ger a ken i s a l s i n N e ' ' ' der l a n t ofife ee n ige a n d er e qu a r tzer e n des n beke n l me r el l s my . A d r i a en va n d r D n ck e o , Co p yr ighted T H E N ET H ERL A N D C H A M B ER OF COM M ER CE I N A M E RI CA 1909 CON TEN TS Directors o f the Chamber Constitution o f the Chamb er Contract wi th Henry Hudson ( Or igi n al text) Contract wi th Henry Hudson ( E n glis h T r a n s l a tio n ) The Dutch in New Netherland and The United States N EW N E T H E R LA N D Exploration o f the Hudson in 1609 Fur traders 1 609 16 12 Block ’s exploration of Long Island Sound and form ation o f the United New Nether land Company o f o 1621 Chartering the West India C . in First settlers arrived u nder leadership o f Jesse de Forest Claims o f Holland and E n gland a M a C C ptain y , first head of the olony Pieter Minuit , first Governor Erection of P ort Amsterdam Patroons and the A ct of Pri vileges and E xemptions Settlement of R e n s s el a er wyk Wo ut e r o a n d van Twiller , second G vernor arrival of the first garrison Origi n of Governor ’s Island Troubles with the English 1n Connecticut Governor Kieft and the Indian War s ’ Bronk s Treaty Pieter S t uyve s a n t appointedGov ernor Religious intoleran ce o f the Governor The patroons and the Governor The capture o f New Sweden Fall o f New Netherland Anton van Ko r l a e r and Spuyten D uyvel Recapture by the Dutch New N eth er l a n d exchanged for Su rinam The Dutch and English people and r epr e s en tati ve Government Religious freedom and Public Schools The Church and the Dutch Domi nes CON TEN TS (Continued) The D emocr atic Dutch Troubles o f the hou sewiv es The remaining years o f Stuyvesant The Dutch under English rule King James II . dethron ed The Jacob Leisler episode Leisler and his son -i n -law executed Destruction of Schenectady Capta in Kidd Mutual friendship of th e Du tch and English people The Dutch during the Revolutionary War Support fro m Holland The Dutch langu age ceases to be spoken in A merica Th e Dutch Refor med Church T H E UN ITE D STATES Hol land Land Co mpany Em igration u n der the rul e of King William I . Settlers in Iowa un d er Dom ine S ch o l te Michigan and Chicago Fruit growers in California Paterson , N . J . Sayv ille , L . I . Philadelphia , Pa . Extradition treaty made in 1 872 Holland America Lin e West India Mail Holland newspapers in A merica Conditions in New York City Professionals as emigrants E en d r ach t M aa k t Macht Th e N eth er l a n d Chamb er o f Comm erce in America The N etherland Club of America Th e N etherland Benevolent Society o f New York Our Consul - Gen eral Advice to newcom ers E im tors 0 t t e fi etberlanh Chamber of Comm une ' i n gm mta ib onor ar p fi resib ent R O J H . D R . J . L UDON o f . Minister The Netherlands at Washington , D C fi nnor ar y Viw fi r z sibent A N R . P N T J . L E Consul - General Of The Netherlands at N e w York war m Cxpir es in 1 9 10 CORN ELIUS VANDERBILT GR I D A N T . E US war m e xpires i n 19 1 1 O O O COL . J HN JAC B AST R VA N w . BAYARD RENSSELAER D G . O . B ISSEVAIN N F JOH . PRAEGER G erm (Expires i n 1 9 12 STUYVESANT FISH W . C . HOUSTON A . GIPS J . SCHIMMEL chi mera fi resihent O D . G . B ISSEVAIN E itv fi r wtbm t STUYVESANT FISH éet r etaryflr easur er T . GREIDANUS Counsel I FF O . P N C S A L , LL D 5 t ommittee on Zlmport an!) e xpor t (I r at e F OR T H E YE AR 1909 - 19 10 ex -o fci o D . G . B OISSEVAIN , fl ’ GR I DA N U ex -o cz o T . E S , fi Z N H . BRUGMAN J . E . D U B OUR C LOU IS I . Q B J . H . UYS A D A . C . H . NYL N Q ubit £0 mmtttee FOR T H E YE AR 1909 - 19 10 D U B R L OUIS I . OU CQ F G RED . C . OLDSMITH Committee on fi ominationa FOR T H E YE AR 1909 -191 0 B . HENDRIKS VLI E R B OOM M T H . J . VON HE ER E anfier fi TH E COA L AND IRON NA T IONAL BAN K De co r r espo n d en ti e met d e Kamer kan in het r d Hollandsch worden gevo e . Constitution of fi etberl anh Chamber of (Ill umina te in gmer ita o f Incorporated under the laws the State Of New York , 0 28 19 3 . May , ARTICLE I . fi ame This Society shall b e called T H E NET HE RLA N D ” M B F M M C I N M IC CHA E R O CO E R E A E R A . TIC AR LE I I . O bjett Th e N e th e r l a n d Ch a m b e r o f Co m m e rc e i n A m e r ” i c a i s fo u n d e d t o r e p re s e n t a n d f o s te r i n th e U n ite d S t a te s h e n e e s ts h m m e e n d u s r t i t r o f t e c o rc , i t y, a gr i c u t u r e n a v i a t o n s a n d s c e n c e o f th e N e h e a n d l , g i , a rt i t rl s a n d i s Co n n n s h m t lo ie s , a d t o i c re a e t e c o m e rc e o f th e U n te d e s w h e a d n d i n i S ta t ith th e N e t rl n s a t s Co lo ie s . ARTICLE III . QBttit es The principal Offices o f the Chamber shall be in the City of New York . Branch Offi ces m ay be established in other cities o f the United States . TIC A R LE IV . a ual anb l ite fil emb er s T b e here shall Annual and Life Members . Eligible to membership shall be F i r s t u Hollanders , D tch firms , corporations u i instit t ons . Co n s ti tuti o n S eco n d z Of , Naturali ed Americans Dutch parentage . T/z i r d D , Americans Of utch ancestry. Application for membership must be made to the Of i Board D rectors , who shall elect the members . Th e dues of annual members residing in the United b e u e States shall ten dollars , and of ann al m mbers u u residing o tside of the United States ten g ilders , - 1 st M a payable the of y of each year . Th e paym ent Of two hu ndred dollars at one time b y a person eligible to memb ership and residing in the United States , shall constitute such person a life member the payment Of two hundred guilders b y a i b e t o b h person elig l mem ers ip , and residing outsid e a of the United States , sh ll likewise constitute him a b ut u b e i b life member , only nat ral persons shall elig le to life membership .