Death of a Notary: Conquest and Change in Colonial New York

by Donna Merwick

Book Overview

"He was the only one. He was the only man to have committed suicide in the town's seventeenth-century history." So begins Donna Merwick's fascinating tale of a Dutch notary who ended his life in his adopted community of Albany. In a major feat of historical reconstruction, she introduces us to Adriaen Janse van Ilpendam and the long-forgotten world he inhabited in Holland's North American colony. Her powerful narrative will make readers care for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801436087
• ISBN13: 9780801436086
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher