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See also:BRODHEAD, See also:JOHN ROMEYN (1814–1873) , See also:American See also:historical See also:scholar, was See also:born in See also:Philadelphia, See also:Pennsylvania, on the 2nd of See also:January 1814, the son of See also:Jacob Brodhead (1782–1855), a prominent clergyman of the Dutch Reformed See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church. He graduated at Rutgers See also:College in 1831, and in 1835 was admitted to the See also:bar in New See also:York See also:City. After 1837, however, he devoted himself principally to the study of American colonial See also:history, and in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to have See also:access to the records of the See also:early Dutch settlements in See also:America he obtained in 1839 an See also:appointment as attache of the American See also:legation at the See also:Hague. His investigations here soon proved that the Dutch archives were See also:rich in material on the early history of New York, and led the See also:state legislature to appropriate funds for the systematic gathering from various See also:European archives of transcripts of documents See also:relating to New York. Brodhead was appointed (1841) by See also:Governor See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William H. See also:Seward to undertake the See also:work, and within several years gathered from See also:England, See also:France and See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland some eighty See also:manuscript volumes of transcriptions, largely ofdocuments which had not hitherto been used by historians. These transcriptions were subsequently edited by See also:Edward O'Callaghan (vols. i.-xi., incl.) and by Berthold See also:Fernow (vols. xii.-xv., incl.), and published by the state under the See also:title Documents relating to the Colonial History of New York (z5 vols., 1853–1883)• From 1846 to 1849, while See also:George See also:Bancroft was See also:minister to See also:Great See also:Britain, Brodhead held under him the See also:post of secretary of legation. In 1853–1857 he was,See also:naval officer of the See also:port of New York. He published several addresses and a scholarly History of the State of New York (2 vols., 1853–1871), generally considered the best for the brief See also:period covered (1609-169o). He died in New York City on the 6th of May 1873.
End of Article: BRODHEAD, JOHN ROMEYN (1814–1873)
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