Title:
Float - Title Car - The Indian Period
Divided Back unused
Description:
The Five Nations, who dwelt in northern New York, are represented in this float by their totems representing each tribe - the beaver, the tortoise, the bear, the wolf and the deer.
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Title:
1909 Human Flag Composed of 2500 Albany School Children
Albany New York (NY), Real Photo unused
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Title:
Hudson-Fulton Celebration 1909
unused
Description:
The Hudson-Fulton Celebration from September 25 to October 9, 1909 in New York and New Jersey was an elaborate commemoration of the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s discovery of the Hudson River and the 100th anniversary of Robert Fulton’s first successful commercial application of the paddle steamer.
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Title:
Greetings From the Huston-Fulton Celebration
New York New York (NY), Divided Back PM 1909 Sep-23
Description:
Original Henrik Hudson flag. The first European visitor to this state and city was Hudson, who in 1609, sailed up the river now bearing his name. His flag under which he sailed was that of the Dutch East India Company, which was the flag of the United Provinces of the Netherlands - Orange, White and Blue, arranged in three equal horizontal stripes, in the center of the white stripe the letters A. V. O. C. - The Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie - United East India Company. The A indicating that the ship was sent out by the Amsterdam Chamber of this company.
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Title:
Tuck and Son's Depiction of "Hudson Landing from the 'Half-Moon'"
Divided Back
Description:
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Series 164
Henry Hudson, an English navigator in the employ of the Dutch East India Company, while searching for a short passage to China and India, sailed by chance into what is now New York Bay; he started up the river that to-day bears his name on Sept. 24, 1609, in his ship, the "Half-Moon". This voyage ended about where Albany now stands, and on Oct. 4ty, he set sail on his return journey to Amsterdam. Hudson was eleven days navigating up the river, a distance that is now traversed in as many hours.
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Title:
Hudson-Fulton Celebration
unused
Description:
Series 33
Storming of Stony Point - At midnight, July 15-16 1779, General Anthony Wayne and about twelve hundred men captured by surprise and assault the almost impregnable position of the British on Stony Point on the Hudson River. By this daring feat Wayne won the applause not only of the Americans but of some of the foremost generals of Europe.
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Title:
Robert Fulton in Oval Frame, Ship and Building
PM 1909 Oct-7
Description:
Series C. 1.-6.
Robert Fulton, the pioneer of steam navigation, was born in Fulton, Lancaster Co., Pa. Nov 14th, 1765. The "Clermont," designed by him was the first steamboat to make a successful trip. She was 133 feet long, 18 feet wide, 9 feet deep and 160 tons measurement. Fulton died in New York City on February 24th, 1815, and is buried in Trinity Churchyard, where in 1901 a granite monument with a bronze medallion was erected by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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Title:
Henry Hudson Taking Possession of Manhattan Island
PM 1909 Sep-16
Description:
Henry Hudson took possession of Manhattan Island, in the name of the Dutch East India Corporation composed of the leading merchants of Holland, and the outfitters of the Expedition of the "Half Moon" on its search for an Arctic passage to India, Sept. 1609.
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Title:
Hudson in Rowboat with His Men Assisted by Native Americans
PM 1909 Aug-30
Description:
Hudson Landing from the "Half Moon" A paragraph offering details of this historical event is given.
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Title:
Hudson landing from the "Half Moon" - Fischer's Hotel & Restaurant
Rondout New York (NY) PM 1909 Sep-2
Description:
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Series 164
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Title:
Hudson-Fulton Celebration
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Title:
The Official Reviewing Stand at 110th Street and Riverside Drive in N.Y.
New York City New York (NY), Divided Back PM Oct-2
Description:
of the Water Parade Sept. 26, 1909 During the Hudson-Fulton Celebration
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Title:
Float - Death of Fafner
Divided Back unused
Description:
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission Series 53
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Title:
Float - AEolian Harp
Divided Back unused
Description:
Series 64
AEolian - The float is an idealization of an AEolian harp, which is one of the oldest musical instruments. The harp itself is represented in the apex of the float and the figures which stand in front of ithe harp represent the winds playing on it. The large figure holding the harp represents outdoor music.
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Title:
Float - Nathan Hale
Divided Back unused
Description:
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission Series 39
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Title:
Float - Cinderella
Divided Back unused
Description:
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission Series 59
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Title:
Float - Fate of Henry Hudson
Divided Back unused
Description:
Series 15
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission Official Post Card No. 15. Henry Hudson was set adrift in Hudson's Bay in June, 1611, by his mutinous crew, and with a few companions met an unknown fate.
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Title:
Float - Colonial Home
Divided Back unused
Description:
Series 27
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Title:
Float - Hamilton's Harangue
Divided Back
Description:
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission Series 36
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Title:
Float - Order of the Cincinnati - army parade float
Divided Back unused
Description:
Series 35
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Title:
Holland-America Line
New York New York (NY), Divided Back PM 1909 Sep-28
Description:
Hudson Souvenir - The Evolution in Transportation 1609-1909. Founded in 1873 as the Dutch-American Steamship Company, headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Maiden voyage to New York City, October 15, 1872.
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Title:
Hudson-Fulton Celebration 1609-1909
New York New York (NY), Divided Back unused
Description:
Welcome International Correspondence Schools Exhibit -Tribune Building, 160 Nassau Street.
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Title:
Hudson-Fulton Celebration 1909
Divided Back PM 1909 Sep-29
Description:
Robert Fulton The "Clermont" on the Hudson
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Title:
Float - William Tell
Divided Back PM 1909 Oct-1
Description:
Series 56
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Title:
Float - Exploit of Marinus Willet
Divided Back PM 1909 Oct-7
Description:
Series 30
When the British troops withdrew from their barracks in New York City in June 1775 they attempted to take on board ship several carts of spare arms. Marinus Willet and other citizens detained the arms and they were used to equip some American troops.
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Title:
Pierre Carrier-Belleuse and Auguste François-Marie Gorguet
Divided Back unused
Description:
Les Auteurs, Panthéon de la Guerre , 1918
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Title:
Hudson Fulton Celebration - Sept. 25th to Oct. 9th, 1909
Divided Back unused
Description:
Picture of Henry Hudson Memorial Bridge with Insets of Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton
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Title:
Hudson Fulton Celebration
Divided Back unused
Description:
Sept. 25th to Oct. 9th 1909
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Title:
Hudson-Fulton Celebration 1909
Divided Back PM Aug-24
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Title:
1909 Hudson Fulton Celebration
Newburgh New York (NY), Divided Back PM 1909 Sep-25
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Title:
Souvenir of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration
Divided Back unused
Description:
Your name will live as long as the majestic stream sends its waters to the ocean - will live forever. our genius subdued the waves, created a new era for commerce and opened the doors of the America to the world.
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Title:
300 Years of Progress in Sailing Vessels - The Half Moon and the Preussen
Divided Back PM 1909
Description:
An exact proportionate picture of the Half Moon, Henry Hudson's boat, and the large modern sailing vessel Preussen. Preussen is the only five-masted, full rigged ship afloat, and with a sail spread of 6,500 square feet of canvas shows the progress made since Hudson entered New York Bay - 300 years ago in the Half Moon, a vessel of 80 tons, 75 feet length and 17 feet width.
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Title:
Hudson-Fulton Celebration, Clermont, E. Fulton
Divided Back unused
Description:
The first European visitor to the State and City of New York was Hudson, who in 1609 sailed up the river now bearing his name. The flag under which he sailed was that of the United Provinces, of the Netherlands, Orange, White and Blue
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Title:
The Half Moon
Divided Back PM 1909 Oct-6
Description:
A reproduction of the ship in which Hudson first entered the Hudson River, September 12th, 1609. Built at Rotterdam, by patriotic citizens of Holland, for the Hudson-Fulton Celebration. Length, 74.54 feet; width, 16.94 feet; tonnage, 80. The "gallery" under the bowsprit received the full force of the seas and was used by Hudson to expose unruly seameen
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Title:
Float - Title Car: Colonial Period
Divided Back unused
Description:
The Title Car of the Colonial Period depicts the might of Great Britain, shown by the lion resting on her army and navy, represented by cannon. At the rear of the car chests of tea recall the resistance to England's policy of taxation, which led to the Revolution
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Title:
Lake Tear of the Clouds-Source of the Hudson River
Divided Back PM 1909 Oct-7
Description:
Few people contemplating the great Hudson River, and the mighty city in its mouth, know of tiny "Lake Tear of the Clouds," whence it sets out on its long journey to the sea. It is the highest body of water in the State from which water flows through a visible outlet
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Title:
Robert Fulton's First Experiment of the Conestoga
Divided Back PM 1909 Oct-7
Description:
In the summer of 1779 Robert Fulton evinced extraordinary fondness for inventions. Frequently accompanying a certain Mr. Gumpf on fishing excursions on the Conestoga, he became tired of pushing the boat about with a pole. This led his mechanical genius to devise a set of paddles, which he operated by hand. The device was a success and so pleased the young inventor that he hid the paddles in the bushes for safety
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Title:
The Clermont on Her First Trip, August 17, 1807
Divided Back PM 1909 Oct-7
Description:
THE CLERMONT. Fulton's Steamboat. Length, 150 feet; width, 13 feet; draught of water, 2 feet. Launched in the spring of 1807 from the shipyards of Charles Brown on the East River. Left New York at one o'clock August 17th, 1807, arrived at Clermont Manor (110 miles) August 18th, at one o'clock. Left Clermont Manor at 9 A.M. August 19th, arrived at Albany at 5 P.M. With torrents of smoke and flame pouring from her smokestack, and gruesome noises from her crude engines, she was an awesome object to early New Yorkers. A countryman described her as "The devil on his way to Albany in a sawmill."
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Title:
The Hudson River from the Battle Monument at West Point
West Point New York (NY), Divided Back PM 1909 Oct-7
Description:
Henry Hudson described the Hudson as "as fine a river as can be found." Of all the views none is more beautiful than this one looking toward Newburgh, from the famous "Battle Monument" at West Point
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Title:
The March of Progress, Navigating the Hudson River - 1609 to 1909
Divided Back PM 1912 Aug-12
Description:
De Halve Maene 1609 Claremona, 1808 Robert Fulton, 1909
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Float - Reception of Lafayette Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission Official Post Card
unused
Description:
Lafayette, the friend of Washington, returned to France after the American Revolution, but revisited this country in 1824 and 1825 and was received with popular demonstrations of affection wherever he went
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Float - Col. Schuyler and Indians at the Court of St. James
unused
Description:
Series 25
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Float - Crowning of Beethoven Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission Official Post Card
unused
Description:
Series 66
Fame in this float is crowning the bust of Beethoven with a laurel wreath as one of the great musicians of his age, for practically all the musicians that have followed have based their work on this ideas. Around him the Muses are dancing and singing as the master is crowned
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Title:
Float - Hamilton's Harangue
unused
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Float - Father Rhine Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission Official Post Card
unused
Description:
The float represents the river Rhine. Old Father Rhine, himself, stands at the prow of the Rhenish carnival ship. At the foot of the Rhenish vineyard stands its faithful cultivator, and at the top of the rock stands the medieval castle, to guard the fruit of the vineyard
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Title:
Float - Frost King, Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission Official Post Card
unused
Description:
This float represents the mythical Frost King, who has control over the snows and the other elements of the winter. Around him are grouped his fairies, who have charge of the winds, the snows, the frost and the thaw. The Frost King is represented in his home directing the elements
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Float - Fulton's Ferry, Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission Official Post Card
unused
Description:
Fulton's ferryboat, started in 1812, was built on the catamaran principle, with two hulls, was only 80 feet long and required twenty minutes on the average to cross the Hudson River from Cortlandt Street to Jersey City
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Title:
Float - Cinderella
unused
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Float - Aeolian Harp
unused
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Title:
Float - Tannhauser
unused
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Title:
Float - Europa
unused
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Title:
Float, Statue of Liberty
unused
Description:
The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World, which stands on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor, was presented to the United States by the people of France as a memorial of the ties of friendship which have united the two nations ever since the French Army and Navy helped the Americans win their national independence
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Title:
Float - Mermaids
unused
Description:
Series 65
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Title:
Float - Colors
unused
Description:
Series 52
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Title:
Float - Erie Canal Boat
unused
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Float - Nathan Hale, Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission Official Post Card
unused
Description:
Nathan Hale - In September, 1776, when Washington desired to get information concerning the British designs Capt. Nathan Hale volunteered to enter the enemy's lines. Disguised as a schoolteacher - his own profession - he went by way of Connecticut, the Sound and Long Island to New York, where he was discovered and hanged September 21, 1776, regretting that he had but one life to give for his country
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Title:
Float - William Tell
Divided Back unused
Description:
Series 56
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Title:
Float- Orpheus Before Pluto
Divided Back PM 1912 Mar-1
Description:
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission Official Post Card No. 61
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Title:
Hudson Fulton Celebrations, Sept. 25th to Oct. 9th 1909
Divided Back PM 1909 Sep-25
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Title:
Robert Fulton
Divided Back unused
Description:
Robert Fulton, the pioneer of steam navigation, was born in Fulton, Lancaster Co., Pa., Nov. 14th 1765. The “Clermont”, designed by him, was the first steamboat to make a successful trip. She was 133 feet long, 18 feet wide, 9 feet deep and 160 tons measurement. Fulton died in New York City on Feb. 24th, 1815, and is buried in Trinity Churchyard, where in 1901, a granite monument with a bronze medallion was erected by the American society of Mechanical engineers.
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Title:
Hudson-Fulton
Poughkeepsie New York (NY), Real Photo PM Sep-29
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Title:
Hudson-Fulton Celebration - 1909
Divided Back PM 1909 Oct-1
Description:
The "Half Moon" Ascending - The Hudson, September, 1609
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Title:
Henry Hudson Memorial Bridge to be Erected and Inset of Henry Hudson
Divided Back PM 1909 Aug-15
Description:
To commemorate the 300th anniversary of henry Hudson's first trip up the river that bears his name, a memorial bridge is to be erected at Spuyten Duyvil, New York, crossing the Harlem River. It will be of re-enforced concrete, 2870 feet long, 80 feet wide and 270 feet high (above tide-water), with a central span of 725 feet. The upper story is to have a roadway 50 feet wide and two walks for pedestrians, having a width of 15 feet each; four rapid transit tracks will be laid on the lower story. The bridge will cost about $4,000,000 and require nearly four years to build.
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Title:
"Half Moon" - Hudson Fulton Celebration
Hudson River New York (NY), Real Photo unused
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Title:
1909 Hudson Fulton Celebration 4-fold
Divided Back unused
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Title:
Float - Germania, Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission Official Post Card
unused
Description:
Series 71
This float represents an idealization of Germany. Germania, the central figure, holds the Imperial Crown in her hand. Beside her are the eagles, draped with the German colors. The nine figures represent the different states which make up United Germany
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Float - Introduction of Croton Water, Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission Official Post Card
unused
Description:
The introduction of Croton water into the City of New York in 1842 was marked by a monster celebration. The arrival of the water was indicated by the gushing of a fountain sixty feet high in the former portion of the City Hall Park now occupied by the post office
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Title:
Dragon Float in Historic Parade
unused
Description:
Series 51
Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 1609-1909: Title Car of the Carnival Pageant - This car is an ornamental car to head the procession of floats, and bear its title. In the present instance it takes the fantastic shape of a dragon spouting flames and surrounded by fire. It is simply fantastic in design and is meant to prophesy the unconventional character of the floats which are to follow
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Title:
Float - Colors, Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission
unused
Description:
Official Post Card Colors - This float represents an enormous artist's palette ready for its invisible master. The human figures on it are an idealization of the colors as they appear on the palette just after having been squeezed from the artist's tubes preparatory to blending for his work. The seated figures need only to be stirred to life by the brush of the artist to do his bidding and perform the task that he has planned
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Title:
Henry Hudson's Half Moon
Divided Back PM 1909 Oct-18
Description:
Discovery of the Hudson River 1609
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Title:
Henry Hudson Memorial Bridge To Be Erected
Divided Back unused
Description:
The Henry Hudson Memorial Bridge. To commemorate the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson's first trip up the river that bears his name, a memorial bridge is to be erected at Spuyten Duyvil, New York, crossing the Harlem River. It will be of re-enforced concrete, 2870 feet long, 80 feet wide and 270 feet high above tide-water) with a central span of 725 feet. The upper story is to have a roadway 50 feet wide and two walks for pedestrians, having a width of 15 feet each; four rapid transit tracks will be laid on the lower story. The bridge will coast about $4,000,000 and require nearly four years to build.
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Title:
Hudson Fulton Celebration 1909
Divided Back PM 1909
Description:
The “Half Moon” Ascending the Hudson, September, 1609.
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Title:
Hudson Landing From The Half Moon
Divided Back PM 1909 Oct-04
Description:
Hudson landing from the “Half-Moon”. Henry Hudson, an English navigator in the employ of the Dutch East India Company, while searching for a short passage to China and India, sailed by chance into what is now New York Bay; he started up the river that to-day bears his name, on Sept, 2nd, 1609, in his ship, the “Half-Moon.” This voyage ended about Where Albany now stands, and on Oct, 4th, he set sail on his return journey to Amsterdam. Hudson was eleven days navigating up the river, a distance that is now traversed in as many hours.
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Title:
Hudson Trading With Indians On Manhattan Island
Divided Back PM 1909 Aug-19
Description:
Hudson Trading with the Indians on Manhattan Island. Henry Hudson, on his voyage of discovery up the North River in 1609, disembarked at different places on Manhattan Island to explore the surrounding country. The native Indians made friendly overtures and began to trade with Hudson, who found it an easy task to obtain valuable furs in exchange for a few paltry trinkets.
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