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Book

Contributions to the history of ancient families of New Amsterdam and New York

Call Number

  • H 929.37471 P9859 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013.

Physical Description

xii, 138 p. : port. ; 23 cm.

Summary

"Between 1875 and 1879, Edwin Purple contributed several articles to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record on the first three or four generations of some of the ancient families of New York. Those articles, collected in this volume, feature the surnames Van Schaick, Siecken, Tymens, Brevoort, Varleth, Gouverneur, and those of other ancient and allied families. This volume also includes Purple's instructive list of Dutch aliases and variant surname spellings" -- Back cover.

Notes

"With a biographical sketch of the author; and additions and emendations to the work by Samuel S. Purple."--Reproduction of original t.p.

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Privately printed, 1881 (Sabin no. 66714).

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