The Personal Account of Rev. and Mrs. Albertus C. Van Raalte Which the Family Had at Plugger's Store
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Description
This document is the personal account of Rev. and Mrs. Albertus C. Van Raalte which the family had at Plugger's Store. The store apparently carried a wide variety of goods because not only food purchases were made here but also dry goods and hardware. The account gives a full picture of what the Van Raaltes needed for the running of their household. The document is nine pages in length. The total bill was for $158.19 on which the Van Raaltes had paid $63.50.
Date
12-27-1849
City
Holland, Michigan
Source
The original documents are held in the Albertus C. Van Raalte Collection (M300) or the Dirk B.K. Van Raalte Collection (M301) in Heritage Hall, Hekman Library, Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI. The Van Raalte material in Heritage Hall has since been reorganized.
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This digitized material is intended for personal research/study only. The original documents may not be reproduced for commercial use in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from Heritage Hall at Calvin University. Contact the Curator at Heritage Hall.
Recommended Citation
Plugger's Store and ten Hoor, Henry, "The Personal Account of Rev. and Mrs. Albertus C. Van Raalte Which the Family Had at Plugger's Store" (1849). Van Raalte Papers: 1840-1849. 229.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1840s/229
Notes
In Dutch; translated by Dr. Henry ten Hoor.
Description of the document and reference to the collection at Calvin College Archives by Dr. Elton J. Bruins.
About the collection:
Elton J. Bruins, long-time professor in the Department of Religion at Hope College, spent years collecting documents by and about Albertus C. Van Raalte, founder of Holland, Michigan and early patron of Hope College. Documents were gathered from dozens of public and private collections, making a nearly exhaustive collection of Van Raalte's writings and reflections. It is these documents that make up the "Van Raalte Papers."
Digitizing the Van Raalte papers was supported by the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York. The project was done in partnership with Heritage Hall at Calvin University, which also digitized its Van Raalte collections.