Death of a Notary: Conquest and Change in Colonial New York
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"He was the only one. He was the only man to have committed suicide in the town's seventeenth-century history." So begins Donna Merwick's fascinating tale of a Dutch notary who ended his life in his adopted community of Albany. In a major feat of historical reconstruction, she introduces us to Adriaen Janse van Ilpendam and the long-forgotten world he inhabited in Holland's North American colony. Her powerful narrative will make readers care for...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801436087
ISBN13:9780801436086
Release Date:June 1999
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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