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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFZS_asser-levys-home_New-York-NY.html
ASSER LEVY'S HOMELocation: ? Stone Street at Mill LaneDutch Name: ? Hoogh Straet (High Street) In a house on this site lived the Jewish trader and butcher Asser Levy. Possibly born in Lithuania, Levy probably came here from Amsterdam in 1654, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFZP_adriaen-van-der-doncks-home_New-York-NY.html
ADRIAEN VAN DER DONCK'S HOMELocation: ? Marketfield Street at Broad StreetDutch Name: ? Het Marckvelt Steegie In a house that stood a few feet from here lived lawyer Adriaen van der Donck (c. 1620 - c. 1655), author of the Remonstrance of New N…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFZN_lords-canal_New-York-NY.html
LORDS' CANALLocation: ? Broad StreetDutch Name: ? Heere Gracht Director-General Petrus Stuyvesant had workmen create the Gracht, or Canal, here on the site of a small creek during the 1650s. The canal stretched from near today's Exchange Place …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFZM_andries-reess-tavern_New-York-NY.html
ANDRIES REES'S TAVERNLocation: ? William Street and Wall StreetDutch Name: ? Smit Straet Here, in 1660, Andries Rees ran a tavern serving his fellow colonists. Taverns were lively centers of social life in the Netherlands, and Dutch settlers ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFZC_broadway-maiden-lane_New-York-NY.html
Broadway - Maiden Laneabout 1880———————-Erected by theMaiden Lane Historical Society1928
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFZA_stream-for-washing-laundry_New-York-NY.html
STREAM FOR WASHING LAUNDRYLocation: ? Maiden LaneDutch Name: ? ?t Maagde Paatje Here, in the 1600's, a stream ran into the East River, along the course of what is now Maiden Lane. A footpath brought Dutch "maidens" to wash laundry in the stream…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFZ3_beavers-path_New-York-NY.html
BEAVER'S PATHLocation: ? Battery Place at Greenwich StreetDutch Name: ? Bever Straet Here, on a sandyshore, Lenape Indians beached their canoes to trade beaver and otter pelts for Dutch cloth, kettles, and metal tools. To the Lenape, this was M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFZ0_fort-amsterdam_New-York-NY.html
INTRODUCTIONIn September 1609, Henry Hudson and some 20 seamen sailed their ship, the Halve Maen (Half Moon), into what is today New York harbor. The Dutch East India Company expected Hudson to find a passage to Asia. Instead, his voyage allowed t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFYS_petrus-stuyvesants-great-house_New-York-NY.html
PETRUS STUYVESANT'S GREAT HOUSELocation: Whitehall Street between Pearl & State StreetsDutch Name: Opt Waeter Near this site stood the "Great House" of Petrus Stuyvesant (c. 1612-1672), Nieuw Nederland's last director. A colonial administrator …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFYR_the-wall_New-York-NY.html
THE WALLLocation: Wall StreetDutch Name: Langs de Wal Here, in 1653, Nieuw Amsterdam's settlers built a wall running from the Hudson River to the East River to defend their town against attack. They feared invasion by England and her New Englan…
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