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TitleEleanor Brinkerhoff Speer and Grandson, circa 1909
AuthorGrundy, J. Owen
Date Created1909
DescriptionPhoto of grandmother and grandson in front of mantle, with long descriptive caption by Jersey City historian J. Owen Grundy about the family's history. Text provides example of how Dutch naming...
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TitleIn Memoriam, Rev. Benjamin C. Taylor, D.D.: Pastor of the Reformed (Dutch) Church of Bergen, in New Jersey, from 1828 to 1881
AuthorDuryee, William Rankin; Brett, Cornelius; Van Cleef, Paul Duryee; Van Cleef, Paul Duryee
Date Created1881
DescriptionMemorial addresses and resolutions from the funeral services of long serving pastor, given by his colleagues and successors and pastoral organizations. Biographical sketches cover his education and...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
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TitleCornelius Van Vorst, circa 1620
Date Created1620
DescriptionPhotograph of contemporary portrait by Frans Hals of Cornelius Van Vorst, pioneering Dutch settler of the New Netherland colony. Both he and his descendants played a prominent part in the history of...
Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Many Worlds Meet (to 1620)
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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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TitleColonial Dutch Villagers Depicted by Schoolchildren in 1910
Date Created1910
DescriptionSchoolchildren in period costume depict a gathering of Dutch settlers. In October, 1910 Jersey City celebrated the 250th Anniversary of its founding as the town of Bergen by the Dutch in 1660. ...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleNotice of Intent to Appoint Surveyors for Roads in New Barbadoes, 1835
Date Created1835
DescriptionPublic notice that freeholders of Bergen County intend to submit application to Superior Court of Common Pleas for permission to hire six surveyors to lay out five new roads in New Barbadoes Township....
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleInvitation to Participate in Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of Founding of Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Bergen
Date Created1910
DescriptionInvitation from church officers, made out to Frank H. Van Winkle, to participate in services commemorating anniversary of church. Services at church were part of larger celebration of founding of...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleInvitation and Program for the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of the Village of Bergen, October 16-23, 1910
Date Created1910
DescriptionCard with printed invitation on the front, designed to look like an old document with corporation seal and anniversary ribbon depicted. Back of card lists events and activities at various locations,...
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TitleNotice of Sale of Pew in Bergen Reformed Church, 1854
Date Created1854
DescriptionPublic notice posted August 21, 1854, of sale of pew "on the floor of the RD Church at Bergen - South Side" by the executors of the estate of John Van Horne. Sale to take place at "the store of Jacob...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleWill of Marytie Garrabrance, 1793
Date Created1793
DescriptionCopy of will of in which a widow "being much weak and sickly in body but yet of a sound mind and understanding" bequeaths her estate to her sister, nieces and friends, listing items to be given to...
Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)