New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-24
VARIOUS COMMENTS.
THE FIRST SETTLERS OF Nh"-ioi'h


r.crs OF IMPORTANCE INITIATING AGAINST The
THEORY THAT THEY WE'RE wALLooNs
To the Editor of The Tribune
Str. The communication Of Edward C. Marshai
IN Tho Tribune Of last Sunday. May TO- IN reief'"Oe
70 the settlement OF New-fork, was one Vi So
interest Omitting discussion OF certain poi"o"'
7 wish 20 call attention 10 two facts tn"' N'"
change the whole aspect of the question. Inc W.
s,ot IN all who have written New-NorR hlsto'S
since OCalaghans publication OF the w"
mentary History in 1850 is that they n"No o.
oepted and repeated his citations from "a9'e -"",s
without apparently examining Wassenaer h''e'.
And Ocalaghan gave a translation Oh
narrative. but changed his dates
Tho -uo noints alluded are: First, Nassehae''
IN mentioning the voyages Of the orange iree, .-e
Eagle and the Love. In June 1913 speaAs "a < ' -
as VOYAGES for traffic only, and Is very ca, ~
cav in the next two chapters or volumes tha' 'ne
g.. -, ,,,,h co,onists TO make a settlement came
hara IN tho snring of 1874 He does not cohhec' 'e
,,.oyes of these three vessels at all with the act
Of coonizing He says explicitly that the! W.
trading voyages. 1t is well known ina, 'ne Du'.n
of and on from 1914 70 1924 did make w! "ee
traffic with the Indians. and the French peio.e
,,or ,ror 15s4 10 1924 also traded with the natives
from Newfoundland TO the Chesapeake In iae''
a map presented 10 the States-1eneiai % W
Netherlands in 1916 by the managers OF inc "e''
Ind,o Cou,nany has on it an inscription by pen
a-,A INK
bv Juet the sailing-master OF henry ti"uS ~
bis memorable VOYAGE Of 1909 a map Of the Tucson
River I'd 70 the inflow OF the Mohawk and the au-
tacent country-in fact. Of the entire region "u'''
was then discovering.
The second point is the date given by W asseiaei
>or the arrival Of the ship New MEMBRANES uuei
tho command Of Captain Cornelis JACOBSEN May
With "thirty families mostly Walloons IN New
York Harbor in May 1924. Now Wassehaer, an
educated man physician Of Amsterdam wrl'iis
and printing in the year lS2S or the mems b ne
events of 1874 as a personal witness OF what nap
5000 ,,nder his own observation would NOT ,lel
other than the truth 10 his fellow,cltlzeIs ~ N
ecol onportunities TO have knowledge OF tle salie
events Writing in June l62f ne say h i ms "St red
Volume on page AZ, that snip nto peen rS.eu
out under a commission from the West Inuia I'm,
pany and freighted with families 70 pan. euo a
IN New Netherland. OF when ne VII s Ie az Con-
tens this title on the title page (translation!' M
seventh volume of the Historical Account o, az III.
memorable events In Europe; etc; October Then
On nagA II OF this volume. where is given the &C
count OF the sailing from the Netherlands N MaI S
and The arriving in the harbor OF New iork III ILe
beginning OF May. on this very page IN the maj Yin
IS inserted the date of 1924 . -. ,,-o,xa
If ANYTHING IL explicit this statemenI OF w ass.
naers Is that 1t In the year I6zi that the ,t
COLONY under the auspices Of the West India COM
panv the thirty families. most OF whom were
Waioons" came In the ship New-N evhei amos any
erected a settlement--not IN New-York. but AZ
Albany which they then called Fe 5 orange sita
was purchased Wassenaer says; from the Ihu.
fans and the settlement began under the name VI
New-Arnsterdam. -. ,,,.,r
thing else falls into line. But i need not go any
further with this. except TO Suggest that te coi'
lists Of 1925 were mostly Netherlanders
GEORGE ROGERS HOWELL"
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