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Throughout the Ages - Early New York

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Image. Early New York. Dutch New York. Half Moon and Clermont Replicas. *Half Moon and Clermont Replicas, 1909.
Replicas of Henry Hudson's ship, the "Half Moon," and Robert Fulton's steamboat "Clermont" on the Hudson River, New York, 1909.

Image. Early New York. Original Law for Hudson-Fulton Celebration. *Original Law for Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 1906.
Original law establishing the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, April 23, 1906.

Image. Early New York. Statue of Henry Hudson. *Statue of Henry Hudson.
A statue of Henry Hudson at the Exchange Court Building in New York City. Photograph taken circa 1900.

Image. Early New York. Henry Hudson Entering New York Bay. *Henry Hudson Entering New York Bay.
Henry Hudson entering New York Bay, September 11, 1609. From a painting by Edward Moran.

Image. Early New York. Earliest Picture of Manhattan Island. *Earliest Picture of Manhattan Island, circa 1627.
A page from Adriaen van der Doonck’s 1655 edition of "Beschryvinge van Nieuw-Nederlant," circa 1627. New York State Library.

Image. Early New York. Champlain Celebration Brochure. *Champlain Celebration Brochure, circa 1959.
Brochure for the 350th anniversary celebration of Samuel de Champlain's exploration of the Champlain Valley. Brochure created circa 1959. [4 pages]

Image. Early New York. New York City Wall. *New York City Wall.
Captain Kidd's house in New York City with the wall for which Wall Street was named in the background.

Image. Early New York. Early Map of New York. *Early Map of New York, circa 1651-1655.
"Novi Belgii, Novaeque Angliae nec non parties Virginae," an early map of New York State and surrounding areas entitled created by Nicolaes Visscher around 1651-1655. [Click on "All Pages" for greater detail]

Image. Early New York. Portrait of Peter Stuyvesant. *Portrait of Peter Stuyvesant.
A portrait of Petrus (Peter) Stuyvesant.

Image. Early New York. Dutch Council Meeting. *Dutch Council Meeting, 1653.
Meeting of Director General Petrus Stuyvesant and Council of New Netherland, March 13, 1653, approving construction of a palisade across lower Manhattan (now Wall Street).

Image. Early New York. Translation of Dutch Council Meeting. *Translation of Dutch Council Meeting, 1653.
Meeting of Director General Petrus Stuyvesant and Council of New Netherland, March 13, 1653, approving construction of a palisade across lower Manhattan (now Wall Street). Translated in New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 5: Council Minutes, 1652-1654, trans. and ed. Charles T. Gehring (Baltimore: 1983). [2 pages]

Image. Early New York. Jurisdiction of Beverwijck. *Jurisdiction of Beverwijck, 1652.
A page from a resolution regarding a dispute over the village of Beverwijck in New Netherland, 1652.

Image. Early New York. Flushing Remonstrance. *Flushing Remonstrance, 1657.
The Flushing Remonstrance, December 27, 1657. [3 pages]

Image. Early New York. Translation of Jurisdiction of Beverwijck.. *Translation of Jurisdiction of Beverwijck.
Translation from Dutch of a 1652 resolution regarding a dispute over the village of Beverwijck in New Netherland. Resolution translated and redrafted as a proclamation by Charles Gehring in 2002.

Image. Early New York. Duke's Charter. *Duke's Charter, 1664.
Charter granting land in the New World to James, Duke of York, 1664.