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CONTENTS

JOURNAL OF JASPER DANCKAERTS

Edited by Bartlett Burleigh James and J. Franklin Jameson

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[Note A][xi]
[Introduction][xv]
[Note B][xxvii]
[Voyage to New Netherland][3]
Preparations for the Voyage[3]
Delays in Starting[5]
On the Way to Texel; a Narrow Escape[8]
On Board the Charles[10]
They set Sail and run Aground[13]
Description of Texel[15]
Progress of the Voyage[18]
At Falmouth; the Diarist at Church[25]
A Visit to Pendennis Castle[28]
The Market at Penryn[30]
Again on Board; a Word about the Cat[32]
Land is Seen; Sandy Hook[33]
Indians come Aboard; Arrival at New York[35]
Observations upon the Sea and the Voyage[37]
Comments upon the Passengers and Crew[39]
[Travels in New Netherland][43]
In New York; Ministers of New Netherland[43]
Fort Amsterdam is described[45]
The First Male born of Europeans in New Netherland[47]
A Visit to Long Island; through Brooklyn[50]
At Gowanus; the Najack Indians[53]
With Jacques Cortelyou at New Utrecht[57]
Danckaerts makes a Sketch[58]
A Visit with Jan Theunissen at Flatlands[60]
Through Flatbush, Brooklyn, and Back in New York[62]
Manhattan Island Explored; Broadway; the Bowery; New Harlem[64]
The Labadists make some Calls; Danckaerts acts the Barber[67]
On Staten Island[69]
At Oude Dorp and Nieuwe Dorp[72]
Some Plantations on the Island[74]
A Visit from Jasper, the Indian[76]
The Travellers meet Ephraim Herrman[80]
In Communipaw and Bergen[82]
Further Experiences[86]
Preparations for the Journey Southward; the Duke's Laws[89]
[Journey to the Southward][91]
The Stop at Woodbridge[93]
At Piscataway; the Falls of the Delaware[94]
Matinnaconk Island and Burlington[97]
Tacony; Tinicum Island described[100]
The Suit of Madame de la Grange against Madame Papegoia[101]
A Visit from Some Quakers[104]
The Episode of Anna Salters[105]
The Journey Continued[107]
At Fort Christina; the Stay in Newcastle[109]
Indented Servants[111]
St. Augustine's Manor[112]
Entry into Maryland; Bohemia Manor; Augustine Herrman's Map[114]
Plantations visited[116]
The Journey to Virginia abandoned; Other Visits[120]
The Travellers lose their Way[124]
They stop with Mr. Frisby; Wild Geese[126]
Transportation of Goods to and from Maryland[128]
More Plantations visited[129]
Again in Newcastle[131]
The Grant of Maryland[132]
The Tobacco Industry[133]
Life in Maryland[135]
The Attack on the Hoere Kill[136]
Religion in Maryland[137]
The Labadists hear Domine Tesschenmaker; Christina Kill[138]
Property Arrangements of Augustine Herrman[141]
Preparations for the Return to New Netherland[142]
Description of Newcastle[143]
Mr. Moll and his Wife[144]
Some Account of the Herrmans; Peter Alrichs[145]
At Upland[147]
At Wicacoa and Burlington[148]
On the Island of Peter Alrichs[149]
The Delaware River described[150]
The Settlement at Hoere Kill; New Sweden[152]
East New Jersey and West New Jersey established[154]
The Journey to Millstone Creek; Difficulties in crossing[156]
A Visit with Some Indians[159]
A Night with Cornelis van Langevelt near Nassau[160]
Millstone Creek described[161]
At Amboy; the Frenchman Le Chaudronnier[162]
Governor Carteret and the Settlement of Piscataway and Woodbridge[164]
End of the Journey to the Southward[165]
[In New York][166]
Visits to Governor Andros and Mayor Rombouts[167]
Danckaerts follows Sluyter to Najack[169]
Translations made by Danckaerts[170]
The Party for Aquackanonck[171]
Milford; Sandford; Captain Berry's Plantation[173]
Conversation with Hans, the Indian[174]
Aquackanonck is reached[175]
Another Night with the Indians[177]
At Gowanus; the Canticoy of the Indians[179]
Affairs at Esopus; Small Pox among the Indians[181]
Proclamation of Governor Andros; the Start for Nevesink[182]
Trip to Nevesink abandoned[184]
Another Call on the Governor[185]
The Travellers dispose of their Stock[186]
The Governor grants Permission to go to Albany[187]
The Trials and Conversion of Theunis Idenszen[190]
The Journey to Albany is begun[196]
The Kaaterskill Falls; Arrival at Albany[198]
The Falls at Cohoes[199]
Sluyter becomes ill; Visit to Schenectady[201]
The Story of Aletta, the Indian[201]
The Story of Wouter, Aletta's Nephew[205]
Interview with Aletta and Wouter[210]
Wouter goes with the Labadists[211]
Schenectady is described[213]
A Visit with Madame van Rensselaer at Rensselaerswyck[214]
A Visit to Fort Orange; Albany described[216]
The Child of Luxury[217]
At Claverack; Danckaerts sketches the Catskills[219]
At Esopus[220]
Back in New York; Preparations for Boston[222]
A Visit to Theunis Idenszen[223]
North River and the Country through which it flows[224]
On the Way to Long Island; Visit from Domine van Zuuren[228]
In Najack; More about Theunis[229]
Another Meeting with the Governor[230]
The Experiences of Marie Renard[231]
Visit with Ephraim Herrman[233]
Further Arrangements for the Boston Trip; Ascension Day[234]
A Trip to Walebocht[235]
The Boston Trip again postponed; Some Visitors[237]
Leave is taken of Governor Andros[238]
Military Tactics; Relations between Andros and Carteret[239]
Trade with Barbados[244]
Trade Observations[246]
Conduct of Governor Andros[248]
The Labadists take leave of their Friends[250]
[Voyage from New Netherland][252]
The Start for Boston[252]
Martha's Vineyard; a Narrow Escape[253]
Boston is reached[255]
Description of East River[256]
Elizabeth Islands; the Sow and Pigs; Cape Cod[258]
A Call on Governor Bradstreet[259]
No Word of Wouter; Passage engaged for London[260]
John Eliot and the Indian Bible[263]
A Visit to Cambridge; Harvard College[266]
In Charlestown[268]
Suspicions concerning the Travellers[269]
A Second Visit to John Eliot at Roxbury[270]
A Sham-fight in Boston[271]
Beginning of the Voyage Home[272]
The Diarist's Account of New England[273]
His Description of Boston[275]
Progress of the Voyage[276]
A Reward for the First Sight of Land[278]
The Orkney Islands are sighted[280]
Fear of the Turks[281]
On the Dogger Bank[284]
Anchor at Yarmouth[286]
The Landing at London; Whitehall; St. James's Park[288]
The Duke of Monmouth is seen; London Tower[289]
Witchcraft in Boston; at Church in London[290]
A Glimpse of the Duke of York and Prince Karl[291]
At Gravesend; the River of Chatham[292]
At Harwich; Dispute with the Skipper[293]
At Rotterdam, Delft, and the Hague[295]
In Amsterdam; a Bible is bought for Ephraim Herrman[296]
The End of the Journey[297]
[Index][299]

MAPS AND FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION

New York from Brooklyn Heights, 1679. From the original drawing
by Jasper Danckaerts in the possession of the Long Island Historical Society		[Frontispiece]
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The Northeast Portion of Augustine Herrman's Map of Maryland,
1673. From Mr. P.L. Phillips's facsimile		[98]
Part of the Map of New York and New England in Montanus's
"Nieuwe Weereld," 1671. From a copy in the New York Public Library		[160]