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Description
A meeting called by the Holland Harbor Board met in the office of John Roost in the village of Holland. Representatives from the Townships of Holland, Zeeland, Overijsel, and Fillmore were present. Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte is a member of the Holland Township delegation and one of the three parts of this document was signed by Van Raalte as praeses [chair?] of the assembly. Two sheets of the document were written either by Van Raalte or Henry D. Post.
Date
5-6-1858
City
Township of Holland, [Michigan]
Source
The original documents are held in The Joint Archives of Holland.
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 Joint Archives of Holland.
Recommended Citation
Van Raalte, A. C. and Post, Henry, "Notes of the Meeting of the Holland Harbor Board" (1858). Van Raalte Papers: 1850-1859. 41.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1850s/41
Notes
Description of the document and reference to The Joint Archives of Holland 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.