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Flushing Remonstrance

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Title

Flushing Remonstrance

Subject

New York (N.Y.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Dutch Americans
Economic history--1600-1750

Description

The Flushing Remonstrance, signed on December 27, 1657, was a petition by a group of English citizens who were affronted by persecution of Quakers and the religious policies of Peter Stuyvesant, Director General of New Netherland.

Creator

Unidentified Author

Source

New York State Archive

Date

1657-12-27

Contributor

Tracy McFarlan and Kaitlyn Tanis

Rights

Public Domain

Format

JPG

Language

English

Coverage

New Netherland (1609 - 1664)

Manuscript Item Type Metadata

Citation

Flushing Remonstrace. Manuscript. From New York State Archives. http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/10487. (accessed November 2016).

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Citation

Unidentified Author, “Flushing Remonstrance,” Creating Digital History @ NYU, accessed September 17, 2026, https://aphnyu.org/creatingdigitalhistory/fall2016/items/show/11.

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