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Description
The letter of Rev. Gerrit Baay to his friends in the Netherlands, reporting on the family's trip to America and settlement in Wisconsin at Alto. The letter was published originally in "DeToestand der Hollandsche Kolonisatiein den Staat Michigan, Noord Amerikain het Begin van het Jaar 1849," (Amsterdam, 1849), pp. 29-39.
Date
1-4-1849
City
Alto, Wisconsin
Source
Unknown
Recommended Citation
Baay, Gerrit, "Letter from Gerrit Baay to His Friends in the Netherlands" (1849). Van Raalte Papers: 1840-1849. 301.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1840s/301
Notes
Translated
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.