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    or Beaver District) in 1652, and the city of Albany in 1686. In these early decades of trade, the Dutch, Mohican, and Mohawk developed relations that...
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    Indonesia and the Netherlands; Albany Dutch spoken but in danger of extinction in the U.S.[citation needed] Extinct Dutch-based creole languages include:...
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    metropolitan area surrounding Albany, the capital of the U.S. state of New York. The Capital District was first settled by the Dutch in the early 17th century...
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    settlers arrived in 1617 at what is now Albany, New York. New Amsterdam was settled in 1625. In 1629, Dutch officials tried to expand the northern colony...
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  • settlers in Albany. Henry Hudson first claimed this area for the Dutch in 1609. Fur traders established the first European settlement in 1614; Albany was officially...
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    Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (category People from Albany, New York)
    siblings in total. Her family was among the wealthy Dutch landowners who settled around present-day Albany, New York in the mid-1600s. Both her mother and...
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    York at Albany, commonly referred to as the University at Albany, UAlbany or SUNY Albany, is a public research university with campuses in Albany, Rensselaer...
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    After England took control of the colony of New Netherland from the Dutch, Albany County was created on November 1, 1683, by New York Governor Thomas...
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    Fort Orange (New Netherland) (category History of Albany, New York)
    Fort Orange (Dutch: Fort Oranje) was the first permanent Dutch settlement in New Netherland; the present-day city of Albany, New York developed at this...
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    Peggy Schuyler (category Burials at Albany Rural Cemetery)
    (1667–1740). The Schuyler family was among the wealthy Dutch landowners who had settled around Albany in the mid-1600s, and both her mother and father came...
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  • Patroon (redirect from Dutch patroonships)
    /pəˈtruːn/; from Dutch patroon [paːˈtroːn]) was a landholder with manorial rights to large tracts of land in the 17th century Dutch colony of New Netherland...
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    September 17, 1755, Catherine was married to Philip Schuyler at the Albany Dutch Church. Philip was the son of Cornelia Van Cortlandt (1698–1762) and...
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  • Mohawk Dutch is a now extinct Dutch-based creole language mainly spoken during the 17th century west of Albany, New York, in the area around the Mohawk...
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    spoken as late as 1921. Other Dutch-based creole languages once spoken in the Americas include Mohawk Dutch (in Albany, New York), Berbice (in Guyana)...
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    the Dutch stockade, it and State Street are the two oldest streets in Albany. The intersection with Yonker (State) Street is where the original Dutch Church...
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    Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, KG, GCB, GCH (Frederick Augustus; 16 August 1763 – 5 January 1827) was the second son of George III, King of...
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    From its formal chartering on 22 July 1686 until 1779, the mayors of Albany, New York, were appointed by the royal governor of New York, per the provisions...
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    in traditional Dutch dress. Each year, the Tulip Queen is crowned as part of the event. The Tulip Queen acts as an ambassador for Albany for the following...
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    South Carolina. Representatives met daily at the City Hall (Dutch: Stadt Huys) in Albany, New York, from June 19 to July 11, 1754, to discuss better relations...
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    stone is perhaps more characteristic of Dutch Colonial houses than is their use of a gambrel roof. In Albany and Ulster Counties, frame houses were almost...
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    The Albany, or correctly, Albany, is an apartment complex in Piccadilly, London. The three-storey mansion was built in the 1770s and divided into apartments...
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    concise history of the Dutch colony in North America. Albany, N.Y.: New Netherland Institute; 139pp Goodwin, Maud (1921). Dutch and English on the Hudson :...
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  • the term for a large landholders in New Netherland, the Dutch colony that once included the Albany region. Formed in 1982, the Patroons' original home arena...
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    usually in cities with a Dutch heritage such as Albany, New York, Ottawa, Ontario; Gatineau, Quebec; Montreal, Quebec; Holland, Michigan; Lehi, Utah; Orange...
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    Schenectady, New York (category 1661 establishments in the Dutch Empire)
    state capital, Albany, which is about 15 miles (24 km) southeast. Schenectady was founded on the south side of the Mohawk River by Dutch colonists in the...
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    The Port of Albany–Rensselaer, widely known as the Port of Albany, is a port of entry in the United States with facilities on both sides of the Hudson...
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  • Fort Nassau (North River) (category History of Albany, New York)
    Nassau was the first Dutch settlement in North America, located beside the "North River" (the modern Hudson) within present-day Albany, New York, in the...
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    flag, the flags of New York City and the Flag of Albany, New York, all three former dominions of the Dutch Republic. Red as replacement for orange appeared...
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  • Dutch Schultz (born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer; August 6, 1901 – October 24, 1935) was an American mobster based in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s...
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  • two Dutch-speaking enclaves that remained for over two centuries after the dissolution of Dutch control in North America, the other (around Albany, New...
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