| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 327 pages) |
| Series |
The Iroquois and their neighbors |
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Iroquois and their neighbors.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Tables, plates, photographs -- Annotated translation, Dutch-English -- Appendix, Natives' profiles |
| Summary |
This book offers the full, annotated translation of a rediscovered Dutch account book recording trade with Native Americans in Ulster County, New York, from 1712 to 1732. The ledger contains just over two-thousand transactions with about two-hundred native individuals. Slightly more than one-hundred Indians appear with their names listed. The volume and granularity of the entries allow for detailed indexing and comparative analysis of the people and processes involved in these commercial dealings in the mid-Hudson River Valley. The book places this resource within its historical context, presenting figures and tables with aggregated data. The editors examine several key aspects of the intercultural exchanges, such as the high level of participation by Native American women and the growing importance of the deerskin trade in this region. In addition, the appendix contains individual profiles of forty Esopus and Wappinger Indians appearing in the Ulster County account book |
| Notes |
"A Section from the Anonymous "Account Book, 1711-1729" (in Dutch), Philip John Schuyler Papers (Volume 11): A Manuscript in the Holdings of the Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-308) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 14, 2019) |
| Subject |
Munsee Indians -- Commerce -- New York (State) -- Ulster County -- History -- 18th century
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Munsee Indians -- New York (State) -- Ulster County -- History -- 18th century -- Sources
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Munsee Indians -- New York (State) -- Ulster County -- Economic conditions
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775)
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Economic history
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Munsee Indians
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Ulster County (N.Y.) -- History -- 18th century -- Sources
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Ulster County (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions -- 18th century
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Ulster County (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 18th century
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| Subject |
New York (State) -- Ulster County
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Waterman, Kees-Jan, 1962-
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Smith, J. Michael
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| ISBN |
0815652216 |
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9780815652212 |
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