| Author | Purple, Edwin R. (Edwin Ruthven), 1831-1879.
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| Title | Contributions to the history of ancient families of New Amsterdam and New York / Edwin R. Purple ; foreword by Richard H. Benson.
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| Published | Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013.
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| Description | 138 pages : portrait ; 23 cm
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| ISBN | 9780880823081 |
| ISBN | 0880823089 |
| General Note | "With a biographical sketch of the author; and additions and emendations to the work by Samuel S. Purple."--Reproduction of original title page.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Privately printed, 1881 (Sabin no. 66714).
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| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Summary Note | Summary: "Between 1875 and 1879, Edwin Purple contributed several articles to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record on the first three or four generations of some of the ancient families of New York. Those articles, collected in this volume, feature the surnames Van Schaick, Siecken, Tymens, Brevoort, Varleth, Gouverneur, and those of other ancient and allied families. This volume also includes Purple's instructive list of Dutch aliases and variant surname spellings"--Back cover.
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| Subjects | Family histories.
New York (N.Y.) -- Genealogy.
Purple, Edwin R. (Edwin Ruthven), 1831-1879.
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| Other Authors | Purple, Samuel S. (Samuel Smith), 1822-1900.
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| Organizations | New England Historic Genealogical Society.
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| Other Titles | Ancient families of New Amsterdam and New York
History of ancient families of New Amsterdam and New York
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| LC Card Number | 2013-948514 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: F 9 F P985 2013
CA-1904354: LC class, open stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 94486] |
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