Olde Ulster : an historical and genealogical magazine . Souvenir Spoons, commemorating 250th anniversary of the founding of Kingston. Specially preparedby the Gorham Company. ii t&TSs, OLDE VLSTER Vol. V NOVEMBER, 1909 No. 11 A Palatine Boy <* *? &and a Free Press MONG the more noticeable floats inthe great Hudson-Fulton parade inthe City of New York last Septem-ber was one representing the fightin New York City for a free told the story of one of the moststirring of the events in American history and onewhich had its complete victory when, as an amendmentto the Federal Constitutio
Olde Ulster : an historical and genealogical magazine . Souvenir Spoons, commemorating 250th anniversary of the founding of Kingston. Specially preparedby the Gorham Company. ii t&TSs, OLDE VLSTER Vol. V NOVEMBER, 1909 No. 11 A Palatine Boy <* *? &and a Free Press MONG the more noticeable floats inthe great Hudson-Fulton parade inthe City of New York last Septem-ber was one representing the fightin New York City for a free told the story of one of the moststirring of the events in American history and onewhich had its complete victory when, as an amendmentto the Federal Constitution, there was written intothe fundamental law of the land the prohibition: Congress shall make no law abridging the freedomof speech nor of the press. The greatest of all the immigrations to the valleyof the Hudson was the second exodus of the Pala-tines, reaching New York in June, 1710. More thanthree thousand men, women and children comprisedthe great company. The story has been told fullyin these pages. Five months were required for the 321. Olde Ulster journey, which began in mid-winter. Four hundredand seventy died on the terrible passage. The mor-tality among fathers and mothers was severe and Gov-ernor Robert Hunter had sixty-eight orphan and halforphan children upon his hands. Their ages rangedfrom three years to fifteen. He bound them out tofarmers and to men who would teach them boys were to serve until seventeen years of ageand the girls until the age of fifteen. Some of thesechildren thus found homes in Ulster county and theirdescendants have greatly honored the county of theiradoption. One of these Palatines boys, bound out toWilliam Bradford, the printer of New York City,became one of the famous men in the colonial historyof America. His name was John Peter Zenger. The entry upon the documents of the State is verybrief and merely says: Johanna Zangerin, widow, aged 33, with three child-ren, John Peter, aged 13, Johannes, aged 7 and Anna Catha-rine aged 1
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