Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn New York: ...Records 1660-1752 VG HC

by Van der Linde, A. P. G. Jos, translator and editor

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First edition

New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch. Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660-1752 by A. P. G. Jos Van der Linde, translator and editor Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore MD, 1983, 1st edition, Published under the direction of the scholarship Committee of the The Holland Society of New York, introduction by Dr. Howard G. Hagerman, 287 pages, index, notes, appendices, in Dutch with English translations, 6”x 9.5”x 1”, hardcover, black cloth with maroon and gold titles on front and spine, very minor rubbing on corners, page edges lightly foxed, former owner’s rubber stamp on free front endpaper, no dust jacket probably as published, a few very small single word penciled notes and check marks in text and index, otherwise contents clean and tight, book very good {”The church records published in thes book are among the finest in the United States. It is not so much the age of the entries (1660-1752) that makes this collection unique, but the diversity of subjects dealt with in a single volume: a protocol consisting of minutes of the consistory, registers of baptisms, marriages, and members of the congregation; accounts of the deaconry and other financial records, cows leased for the benefit of the poor, and orphan records.”} (VG/no dj) 5841 [Aos0826RB]

• Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore MD
• Year: 1660
• ISBN: 0806310499
• Condition: Very Good

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