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Note A | xi |
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Introduction | xv |
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Note B | xxvii |
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Voyage to New Netherland | 3 |
Preparations for the Voyage | 3 |
Delays in Starting | 5 |
On the Way to Texel; a Narrow Escape | 8 |
On Board the Charles | 10 |
They set Sail and run Aground | 13 |
Description of Texel | 15 |
Progress of the Voyage | 18 |
At Falmouth; the Diarist at Church | 25 |
A Visit to Pendennis Castle | 28 |
The Market at Penryn | 30 |
Again on Board; a Word about the Cat | 32 |
Land is Seen; Sandy Hook | 33 |
Indians come Aboard; Arrival at New York | 35 |
Observations upon the Sea and the Voyage | 37 |
Comments upon the Passengers and Crew | 39 |
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Travels in New Netherland | 43 |
In New York; Ministers of New Netherland | 43 |
Fort Amsterdam is described | 45 |
The First Male born of Europeans in New Netherland | 47 |
A Visit to Long Island; through Brooklyn | 50 |
At Gowanus; the Najack Indians | 53 |
With Jacques Cortelyou at New Utrecht | 57 |
Danckaerts makes a Sketch | 58 |
A Visit with Jan Theunissen at Flatlands | 60 |
Through Flatbush, Brooklyn, and Back in New York | 62 |
Manhattan Island Explored; Broadway; the Bowery; New Harlem | 64 |
The Labadists make some Calls; Danckaerts acts the Barber | 67 |
On Staten Island | 69 |
At Oude Dorp and Nieuwe Dorp | 72 |
Some Plantations on the Island | 74 |
A Visit from Jasper, the Indian | 76 |
The Travellers meet Ephraim Herrman | 80 |
In Communipaw and Bergen | 82 |
Further Experiences | 86 |
Preparations for the Journey Southward; the Duke's Laws | 89 |
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Journey to the Southward | 91 |
The Stop at Woodbridge | 93 |
At Piscataway; the Falls of the Delaware | 94 |
Matinnaconk Island and Burlington | 97 |
Tacony; Tinicum Island described | 100 |
The Suit of Madame de la Grange against Madame Papegoia | 101 |
A Visit from Some Quakers | 104 |
The Episode of Anna Salters | 105 |
The Journey Continued | 107 |
At Fort Christina; the Stay in Newcastle | 109 |
Indented Servants | 111 |
St. Augustine's Manor | 112 |
Entry into Maryland; Bohemia Manor; Augustine Herrman's Map | 114 |
Plantations visited | 116 |
The Journey to Virginia abandoned; Other Visits | 120 |
The Travellers lose their Way | 124 |
They stop with Mr. Frisby; Wild Geese | 126 |
Transportation of Goods to and from Maryland | 128 |
More Plantations visited | 129 |
Again in Newcastle | 131 |
The Grant of Maryland | 132 |
The Tobacco Industry | 133 |
Life in Maryland | 135 |
The Attack on the Hoere Kill | 136 |
Religion in Maryland | 137 |
The Labadists hear Domine Tesschenmaker; Christina Kill | 138 |
Property Arrangements of Augustine Herrman | 141 |
Preparations for the Return to New Netherland | 142 |
Description of Newcastle | 143 |
Mr. Moll and his Wife | 144 |
Some Account of the Herrmans; Peter Alrichs | 145 |
At Upland | 147 |
At Wicacoa and Burlington | 148 |
On the Island of Peter Alrichs | 149 |
The Delaware River described | 150 |
The Settlement at Hoere Kill; New Sweden | 152 |
East New Jersey and West New Jersey established | 154 |
The Journey to Millstone Creek; Difficulties in crossing | 156 |
A Visit with Some Indians | 159 |
A Night with Cornelis van Langevelt near Nassau | 160 |
Millstone Creek described | 161 |
At Amboy; the Frenchman Le Chaudronnier | 162 |
Governor Carteret and the Settlement of Piscataway and Woodbridge | 164 |
End of the Journey to the Southward | 165 |
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In New York | 166 |
Visits to Governor Andros and Mayor Rombouts | 167 |
Danckaerts follows Sluyter to Najack | 169 |
Translations made by Danckaerts | 170 |
The Party for Aquackanonck | 171 |
Milford; Sandford; Captain Berry's Plantation | 173 |
Conversation with Hans, the Indian | 174 |
Aquackanonck is reached | 175 |
Another Night with the Indians | 177 |
At Gowanus; the Canticoy of the Indians | 179 |
Affairs at Esopus; Small Pox among the Indians | 181 |
Proclamation of Governor Andros; the Start for Nevesink | 182 |
Trip to Nevesink abandoned | 184 |
Another Call on the Governor | 185 |
The Travellers dispose of their Stock | 186 |
The Governor grants Permission to go to Albany | 187 |
The Trials and Conversion of Theunis Idenszen | 190 |
The Journey to Albany is begun | 196 |
The Kaaterskill Falls; Arrival at Albany | 198 |
The Falls at Cohoes | 199 |
Sluyter becomes ill; Visit to Schenectady | 201 |
The Story of Aletta, the Indian | 201 |
The Story of Wouter, Aletta's Nephew | 205 |
Interview with Aletta and Wouter | 210 |
Wouter goes with the Labadists | 211 |
Schenectady is described | 213 |
A Visit with Madame van Rensselaer at Rensselaerswyck | 214 |
A Visit to Fort Orange; Albany described | 216 |
The Child of Luxury | 217 |
At Claverack; Danckaerts sketches the Catskills | 219 |
At Esopus | 220 |
Back in New York; Preparations for Boston | 222 |
A Visit to Theunis Idenszen | 223 |
North River and the Country through which it flows | 224 |
On the Way to Long Island; Visit from Domine van Zuuren | 228 |
In Najack; More about Theunis | 229 |
Another Meeting with the Governor | 230 |
The Experiences of Marie Renard | 231 |
Visit with Ephraim Herrman | 233 |
Further Arrangements for the Boston Trip; Ascension Day | 234 |
A Trip to Walebocht | 235 |
The Boston Trip again postponed; Some Visitors | 237 |
Leave is taken of Governor Andros | 238 |
Military Tactics; Relations between Andros and Carteret | 239 |
Trade with Barbados | 244 |
Trade Observations | 246 |
Conduct of Governor Andros | 248 |
The Labadists take leave of their Friends | 250 |
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Voyage from New Netherland | 252 |
The Start for Boston | 252 |
Martha's Vineyard; a Narrow Escape | 253 |
Boston is reached | 255 |
Description of East River | 256 |
Elizabeth Islands; the Sow and Pigs; Cape Cod | 258 |
A Call on Governor Bradstreet | 259 |
No Word of Wouter; Passage engaged for London | 260 |
John Eliot and the Indian Bible | 263 |
A Visit to Cambridge; Harvard College | 266 |
In Charlestown | 268 |
Suspicions concerning the Travellers | 269 |
A Second Visit to John Eliot at Roxbury | 270 |
A Sham-fight in Boston | 271 |
Beginning of the Voyage Home | 272 |
The Diarist's Account of New England | 273 |
His Description of Boston | 275 |
Progress of the Voyage | 276 |
A Reward for the First Sight of Land | 278 |
The Orkney Islands are sighted | 280 |
Fear of the Turks | 281 |
On the Dogger Bank | 284 |
Anchor at Yarmouth | 286 |
The Landing at London; Whitehall; St. James's Park | 288 |
The Duke of Monmouth is seen; London Tower | 289 |
Witchcraft in Boston; at Church in London | 290 |
A Glimpse of the Duke of York and Prince Karl | 291 |
At Gravesend; the River of Chatham | 292 |
At Harwich; Dispute with the Skipper | 293 |
At Rotterdam, Delft, and the Hague | 295 |
In Amsterdam; a Bible is bought for Ephraim Herrman | 296 |
The End of the Journey | 297 |
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Index | 299 |