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Munsee Indian trade in Ulster County, New York, 1712-1732 / edited by Kees-Jan Waterman and J. Michael Smith ; translated by Kees-Jan Waterman

Published
Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press, 2013.
Copyright Date
©2013
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xviii, 327 pages).
Additional Creators
Waterman, Kees-Jan, 1962- and Smith, J. Michael
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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.
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ISBN
0815652216 (electronic book)
9780815652212 (electronic book)
9780815633167 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0815633165 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
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Note
"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 Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-308) and index.
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