 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1859 - 792 pages
...United Provinces about the time of the massacre of St. Bartholomew, and in the course of a long life held many offices of trust and honor under Dutch and English colonial rule. During the short period in 1673-'4 in which the Dutch recovered possession of the province, he took... | |
 | Francis Samuel Drake - America - 1872 - 1042 pages
...settler of New Amsterdam, now New York, b. Haarlem, Hoi.; d. New York, ab. 1685. Of Huguenot descent. He held many offices of trust and honor under Dutch and English colonial rule. During the short period in 1673-4 in which the Dutch recovered possession of the province, he look... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1905 - 716 pages
...colonist ; born in Haarlem, Holland, in the beginning of the i7th century. He was of Huguenot stock, and held many offices of trust and honor under Dutch and English colonial rule, including those of alderman and mayor. He died in New York, one of the richest citizens in the colony,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1905 - 712 pages
...colonist ; born in Haarlem, Holland, in the beginning of the 1 7th century. He was of Huguenot stock, and held many offices of trust and honor under Dutch and English colonial rule, including those of alderman and mayor. He died in New York, one of the richest citizens in the colony,... | |
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He held many offices of trust and honor under Dutch and English Colonial rule, and took a prominent part in public affairs. 