File #1: Eight Interesting Documents
1. Lenape Languages in the Delaware Hudson Region, 17th-Century
3.Peter Schagen’s Letter, 1626
4.Manatus on the North River Map, 1639
7. NY & Brooklyn panorama lithograph, 1850s
File #2: Chronicles of NY
1. Nicolaes Van Wassenaer, 1626
2. Adriaen Van Der Donck, The Representation of New Netherland, 1650
3. Peter Kalm, Travels into North America, 1750
4. Charles Dickens, American Notes, 1845
5. Margaret Fuller, Our City Charities in The New York Tribune, 1845
6. George Templeton Strong’s Diary
File #3: Twists & Imprints of History
3. Slave Market
4. Yusuf Komunyakaa, The African Burial Ground