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Precursor of the Constitution Goes on Display in Queens
NY Times ^
| December 5, 2007
| GLENN COLLINS
Posted on 12/05/2007 4:38:26 AM PST by Pharmboy
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Growing up in NYC, we learned about the Flushing Remonstrance in grade school.
Stuyvesant did not share the feelings of many of his Dutch countrymen when it came to believers who were not of the Dutch Reform persuasion. Quakers were considered similarly to Catholics and Jews by him, but the attitude of the Dutch West India company usually prevailed.
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12/05/2007 4:38:28 AM PST
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Pharmboy
To: indcons; Chani; thefactor; blam; aculeus; ELS; Doctor Raoul; mainepatsfan; timpad; ...
The Bowne House, 17th Century farmhouse in Flushing, Queens, NY
The RevWar/Colonial History/General Washington ping list.
Freepmail me to get on or off this list.
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12/05/2007 4:41:55 AM PST
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they have to)
To: Pharmboy
Good morning! Thanks for posting, I had not heard of this document before.
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posted on
12/05/2007 6:21:15 AM PST
by
hedgetrimmer
(I'm a billionaire! Thanks WTO and the "free trade" system!--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
To: knighthawk
A Dutch ping for you, friend...
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12/05/2007 6:31:17 AM PST
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they have to)
To: hedgetrimmer; All
You're quite welcome.
Here is the original text of the Remonstrance with the signers below.
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posted on
12/05/2007 6:48:12 AM PST
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they have to)
To: Pharmboy; Cacique; rmlew
Thanks for the ping.
When I was working on a political campaign back in '02, I always pointed out the meetinghouse where the Flushing Remonstrance was written. Unfortunately, it is located near a very dangerous intersection, so exercise caution while in the nabe.
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12/05/2007 6:49:55 AM PST
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Clemenza
(Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
To: Pharmboy
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12/05/2007 7:09:59 AM PST
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hedgetrimmer
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12/05/2007 8:08:39 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
I had never heard of this before. Thanks many muches for the ping.
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12/05/2007 8:17:24 AM PST
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: SunkenCiv
Fascinating. Thanks for the ping! I grew up in another (at the time) primarily Dutch part of Queens called Ridgewood. One of the original street names was Onderdonk Avenue.
I remember as a kid watching the Dutch women come out of their houses every week (Saturday as I recall) and scrub their stoops clean.
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12/05/2007 8:18:58 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(The Democrat Party: radical Islam's last hope)
To: Pharmboy; Admin Moderator
I think this thread belongs in News activism/ general news or at least in the editorial section as it pertains to more than just New York History.
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12/05/2007 8:39:10 AM PST
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: Clemenza
Thank you much for the ping.
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12/05/2007 8:40:00 AM PST
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Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: Pharmboy
Constitution or Declaration of Independence?
To: COBOL2Java; Grimmy
:’) Not unlike Wall St, which traces the route of the former city wall. Like Grimmy, I’d never heard of this before either, and I’m glad Pharmboy shared this with us.
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12/05/2007 9:12:34 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: GoLightly
I imagine the Constitution because of the First Amendment—Freedom of Religion.
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posted on
12/05/2007 9:56:52 AM PST
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they have to)
To: Pharmboy
Is a photo of the original available?
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posted on
12/05/2007 9:58:39 AM PST
by
ctdonath2
(The color blue tastes like the square root of 0?)
To: Pharmboy
New to me also Pharm. Thanks
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12/05/2007 10:01:55 AM PST
by
davetex
(There are no stupid questions, however there does seem to be an abundance of inquisitive idiots.)
To: Pharmboy
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12/05/2007 10:05:48 AM PST
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ctdonath2
(The color blue tastes like the square root of 0?)
To: ctdonath2
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12/05/2007 10:09:59 AM PST
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they have to)
To: Pharmboy
Would like a really high-res version, as I like printing such old documents & framing them.
Interesting how several signatures are crossed off...
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12/05/2007 10:14:16 AM PST
by
ctdonath2
(The color blue tastes like the square root of 0?)
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