Title
"Emigrants from Holland" Christian Observer
Files
Description
A column in the Christian Observer was titled "Emigrants From Holland." The first lines read as follows: "A few weeks since, about one hundred emigrants arrived in New York, from Holland, in company with their Pastor, the Rev. A. C. Van Raalte. The most of this company started immediately for Wisconsin, the State in which they propose to plant themselves." This publication copied information from the Christian Intelligeneer, the denominational paper of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church.
Date
1-8-1847
City
New York, New York
Source
Unknown
Recommended Citation
""Emigrants from Holland" Christian Observer" (1847). Van Raalte Papers: 1840-1849. 256.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1840s/256
Notes
Description of the document 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.