Documents Relating to the History and Settlements of the Towns: Hudson and Mohawk Rivers (with the Exception of Albany), from...

Documents Relating to the History and Settlements of the Towns: Hudson and Mohawk Rivers (with the Exception of Albany), from...
ISBN-10
0265231922
ISBN-13
9780265231920
Category
History
Pages
662
Language
English
Published
2017-10-12
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Author
B. Fernow

Description

Excerpt from Documents Relating to the History and Settlements of the Towns: Hudson and Mohawk Rivers (With the Exception of Albany), From 1630 to 1684, and Also Illustrating the Relations of the Settlers With the Indians New Project, 1 submitted by the Patroons in opposition to and curtailing the privileges of the Company, meet With any more favor. The object of the Patroons had been at first, when they obtained their privileges in 1629, rather a participation in the Indian trade than the colonization of the country; their new plan was to divide the province into manors for a privileged class, to the exclusion of the hardy and industrious pioneer and sturdy and independent yeoman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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