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TitleDutch Dance Depicted by Schoolchildren in 1910
Date Created1910
DescriptionYoung girls in colonial period dress perform a Dutch dance. In October, 1910 Jersey City celebrated the 250th Anniversary of its founding as the town of Bergen by the Dutch in 1660. Children from...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleOld Dutch Receipts from the Homes of Communipaw and Lafayette Issued by the Ladies of the Lafayette Reformed Church
Date Created1916
DescriptionCollection of recipes handed down from the colonial era, compiled by the women of the Lafayette Reformed Church, located in the area of the earliest Dutch buildings in Hudson County. Dishes include...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
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TitleTrading with Native Americans Depicted by Schoolchildren in 1910
Date Created1910
DescriptionSchoolchildren in period dress depict Dutch settlers trading with Native Americans. Note presence of beads (wampum), furs, and tools. In October, 1910 Jersey City celebrated the 250th Anniversary of...
Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleIsaac Edge's Windmill
Date Created1910
DescriptionThis landmark of old Jersey City, seemingly symbolic of Jersey City's Dutch heritage, was actually built by an English immigrant, Isaac Edge. It was located on the shores of the Hudson at the site of...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleCharter to the Town and Freeholders of Bergen, 1668: Regranting of Dutch township under new English colonial governors, copy made 1805
Date Created1805
DescriptionCopy of original English charter, made at the time of the incorporation of the Associates of the Jersey Company - the body which would found Jersey City. In the 1688 Charter, the new English Governor...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861), Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)
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TitleTwo Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Congregation of Bergen in New Jersey
Date Created1910
DescriptionProgram for six services commemorating anniversary. Short history of church illustrated with picture of first register of members from 1664, images of first and second church buildings, and photo of...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleTwo Hundredth Anniversary Hymns, Reformed Dutch Church at Bergen
Date Created1860
DescriptionLyrics to four hymns from anniversary service on December 2, 1860. The first is about settlers coming to new country, second about the Sabbath School.
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleRelation of the surrender of New Sweden, by Governor Johan Clason Rising, 1655
AuthorRising, Johan
Date Created1655
DescriptionGovernor Johan Rising of New Sweden reports to Sweden on the August 1655 Dutch attack on New Sweden's Fort Christina. The Dutch traveled from New Amsterdam (present-day New York) and easily captured...
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TitleBergen Reformed Dutch Church
Date Created1910
DescriptionPainting of the second church building on the current site of the Bergen Reformed Church, which replaced the older "octagonal church." It was built in 1773, and served the congregation until the...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
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TitleCommunipaw Ferry
Date Created1910
DescriptionOn the site of the Native American village of Gemoenepaen, Communipaw was the site of one of the first houses built by the Dutch, in 1633. The Communipaw ferry brought goods to and from the capital...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)