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A FEW WORDS FROM THE HOLLANDERS IN MICHIGAN. To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled. The people of Holland are making a very strong plea for support of the Holland Harbor. The printed, one page petition reads as if it were written by Van Raalte.
Date
12-1857
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
Van Raalte, "Plea from the Hollanders of Michigan to the Senate and the House of Representatives of the US" (1857). Van Raalte Papers: 1850-1859. 25.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1850s/25
Notes
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.