Volume I: A Time for Planting: The First Migration; 1654-1820In the autumn of 1654; twenty-three Jews aboard the bark Sainte Catherine landed at the town of New Amsterdam to establish the first permanent Jewish settlement in North America. In A Time for Planting; Eli Faber recounts these earliest days of Jewish life in America; as Jews from Lisbon to Amsterdam to London extended the wanderings of their centuries-old diaspora.
#1837018 in Books Cornell University Press 2002-03-28Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.02 x .67 x 5.98l; .89 #File Name: 0801487889304 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Illuminates daily life of the periodBy Long term customerWhile focusing on the life of a relatively obscure individual; this book reveals many details about daily life in the new colony that are not seen elsewhere. Although the subject apparently left no progeny; descendants of early Albany residents will find their ancestors mentioned repeatedly here. The used price is a great value; highly recommended for the family historian.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy James L.Thanks for an efficient transaction; product as described.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Tradegy of ConquestBy Nash BlackDonna Merwick's "Death of a Notary" is history/biography of the one person who committed suicide in Albany; NY during the 1600's. Adriaen Janse van Ilpendam was a man who lost his identity as a respected officer of the court when the English conquered the Dutch colony of New York. He was without a country and a language of communications. It was the ending of a writing career; hence an ending of life. New rules prevailed in the courts. "The humiliation of Janse and others as they experienced the loss of language competence and cultural fluency under English rule was real." p. 185. The first fatalities of any military conquest are the private citizens whose lives are destroyed.My early American ancestors were settlers of the original New York colony under their fedudal land development system. We have always been grateful for the exact records kept by the notaries that were so important to the members of the new colony; a part of the culture of their homeland which they brought the the new world. Yet one must admire the new government; which allowed those records to survive. The English couldn't read them; but they respected the evidence of the rule of law and the stability it engenders.Ms. Merwick's work is scholarly; yet readable. It opens a window to the everyday lives of our ancestors. The bibliography is extensive and detailed. She steers clear of revisionist history with her careful historical searches among the fodder for the nuisances of truth that paint a clearer picture of our past for our descendants.Nash Black; author of "Qualifying Laps" and "Sins of the Fathers."
