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A report in De Hollander, p. 3, informed the Holland community the recent election results for Holland township. Henry D. Post was elected supervisor, 132-4; Hendrik van Eijk, township treasurer, 131-5; Pieter van den Berg, township clerk, 134-2; Post and van Eijk were also elected as justices of the peace. Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte was elected school inspector by a vote of 135-1. Post was also elected as highway commissioner. Jan van der Luijster Jr. and Teunis Keppel became "directors of the poor." Elected constables were Jacob Liesveld, Jan Kolvoord, Berend L. van Lente and Homer E. Hudson.
Date
4-6-1853
City
Holland, Michigan
Source
The original documents are held in the Holland Museum.
Rights
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 the Holland Museum.
Recommended Citation
ten Hoor, Henry, "Report in De Hollander Informed the Holland Community the Recent Election Results for Holland Township" (1853). Van Raalte Papers: 1850-1859. 246.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1850s/246
Notes
In Dutch; translated by Dr. Henry ten Hoor.
Description of the document and reference to the Holland Museum 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.