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14 hours ago by John Warren

As part of the celebration of the 2009 Hudson-Champlain Quadricentennial celebration, the New York State Office of Cultural Education (OCE) will present at the New York State Museum the exhibition “1609,” which will re-examine Henry Hudson’s voyage, the myths that surround it, and explore the legaci ...

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1 day ago by dusan

The invention and spread of newspapers in the seventeenth century had a profound effect on early modern European culture and politics. The European pattern for the delivery and consumption of political information provided the model for the rest of the world. However, the transition to printed news ...

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5 days ago by Ben

Ogilvie, Sheilagh (2001) “The Economic World of the Bohemian Serf: Economic Concepts, Preferences, and Constraints on the Estate of Friedland, 1583-1692”, The Economic History Review, 54/3, 430-453. Introduction Economic backwardness in the countryside now and then has often been explained by the pe ...

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6 days ago by Ben

Park, Maarteen (2003) “Guilds and the Development of the Art Market during the Dutch Golden Age”, Simiolus: Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art, 30/3, 236-251. Introduction The rise of Dutch painting in the 17th century is contemporary with a dramatic expansion of the corporate system (p.23 ...

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10 days ago by winegar

At the end of the 1600s Ulrich and his family were located in Wurttemburg, Germany. He and Anna had two daughters, Anna and Elizabeth, and a son Garrett, who were born between 1698 and 1705. The Palatines The Palatine region, where the Winegars settled, was torn by wars throughout most of the 1600s. ...

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10 days ago by winegar

(The following information is gathered from The Daniels – Daniells Family, Vol. 2, A Genealogical History of the Descendants of William Daniell of Dorchester and Milton, Massachusetts 1630 – 1957, compiled and edited by James Harrison Daniels, Jr., 1959.) The Mary and John William Daniel ( -1678) On ...

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11 days ago by winegar

Thomas Bliss (1585 – 1650/51) Thomas Bliss was born in Gloucester, England. He married Margaret Hulins in 1621. We do not know when or how they came to America, but he was in Hartford, Connecticut by 1639, and the records show that he had built a house by that time. At his death, his widow was grant ...

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11 days ago by winegar

Ulrich Winegar was the patriarch of the Winegar in America. Almost all of the American Winegars descended from him. We know very little about his early years. He was born in 1668 in Zurich, Switzerland, and moved to the Wurttemburg region of Germany along the Rhine River (in the vicinity of Stuttgar ...

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12 days ago by winegar

During the 1600’s, European colonies were founded in the New World. Among the earliest families to arrive in New England were the Daniels who settled in Dorchester and Milton, Massachusetts, and the Blisses who settled in Springfield, Massachusetts. The first Winegar in our records was Ulrich who wa ...

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20 days ago by Ben

I often leave museums unsatisfied. True, I have enjoyed the beautiful objects presented but I have the feeling that the insight they could give me into the object’s period has been neglected. A painting by Uccello for instance is not only valuable for its artistic value but also as a witness of its ...

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