Zion on the Hudson: Dutch New York and New Jersey in the Age of Revivals

VirginiaHuguenot · #1 (**permalink**) 07-17-2007, 11:15 AM

Zion on the Hudson: Dutch New York and New... (2000) by Haring Fabend Firth

North Jersey Baptist · #2 (**permalink**) 07-17-2007, 11:56 AM

Andrew - Peter Stuyvesant was the last Dutch Director-General of New Netherland (New York City metro area) in the mid-17th century. He was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church and owned what would later become the town of Kearny, New Jersey. I was born and raised in Kearny. There is a still a street named after Peter Stuyvesant (Stuyvesant Ave.) Stuyvesant also constructed a series of copper mines underneath the towns of North Arlington and Kearny. These tunnels were modified and used to hide American patriots during the Revolutionary War.

VirginiaHuguenot · #3 (**permalink**) 07-17-2007, 12:36 PM

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Andrew - Peter Stuyvesant was the last Dutch Director-General of New Netherland (New York City metro area) in the mid-17th century. He was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church and owned what would later become the town of Kearny, New Jersey. I was born and raised in Kearny. There is a still a street named after Peter Stuyvesant (Stuyvesant Ave.) Stuyvesant also constructed a series of copper mines underneath the towns of North Arlington and Kearny. These tunnels were modified and used to hide American patriots during the Revolutionary War.

Peter Stuyvesant is a very interesting historical figure. See here for a decree by him on Sabbath-keeping. See here for his appreciation of tobacco.

The French Huguenots of New York City constituted a quarter of the population at one time (the Dutch assimilated the French; Peter Minuit, the Dutchman who bought Manhattan was actually a Walloon, or Dutch-speaking Huguenot). The Huguenot Society of America is based in NYC, and one of the few remaining active Huguenot churches in America is the L'Eglise Française du Saint Esprit. Huguenot Street is just up the river in New Paltz.