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A letter to Mr. Moses B. Hopkins from George G. Steketee In regard to the incorporation of the city, Steketee does not want the property of A. C. Van Raalte left outside of the confines of the city. His English is crude but he claims: "A. C. Van Raalte wishes to be left off I am against this and hope you will not alowe it for we want the Swamp Sand in he has made him Self Rich out of us poor duchman and there fore it's no more than Right that he should help to base the Esspence of the city and in this way our taxes would be lower."
Date
3-1-1867
City
Holland
Source
The original documents are held in the National Archives of the Netherlands.
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 National Archives of the Netherlands.
Recommended Citation
Steketee, George G., "A Letter to Mr. Moses B. Hopkins from George G. Steketee" (1867). Van Raalte Papers: 1860-1869. 407.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1860s/407
Notes
Description of the document and reference to the National Archives of the Netherlands 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.