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Description
A letter of Gerrit Van Schelven to Moses B. Hopkins regarding the petitions to incorporate the city. "Upon the request of Rev. Dr. Van Raalte, we have concluded to withdraw his farm from the City Territory. As the original proprietor and Settler of this place, we respected his claim & demand."
Date
3-2-1867
City
Holland, Michigan
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
Van Schelven, Gerrit, "A Letter of Gerrit Van Schelven to Moses B. Hopkins" (1867). Van Raalte Papers: 1860-1869. 409.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1860s/409
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.