New York at the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, April 26 to December 1, 1907 . 30 families of Wal-loons aboard the Nieu Nederlandt, a vessel of 130 lasts, and inMay, 1624, landed those that continued up the Hudson, at the siteof Albany, where they built a fort named in honor of Maurice, Princeof Orange. The curved shape of the key and its hole is unusual,and so far as tradition can verify, for it was transferred to each newfort in turn and is referred to in history, it belonged to this by Hon. Verplanck Colvin, Albany. Z-3. Col. Pieter Schuylers Oil Portrait. A copy in oilf
New York at the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, April 26 to December 1, 1907 . 30 families of Wal-loons aboard the Nieu Nederlandt, a vessel of 130 lasts, and inMay, 1624, landed those that continued up the Hudson, at the siteof Albany, where they built a fort named in honor of Maurice, Princeof Orange. The curved shape of the key and its hole is unusual,and so far as tradition can verify, for it was transferred to each newfort in turn and is referred to in history, it belonged to this by Hon. Verplanck Colvin, Albany. Z-3. Col. Pieter Schuylers Oil Portrait. A copy in oilfrom the 8-foot canvas (now at Watervliet, N. Y.) which was madeby order of Queen Anne in London, when he took the four sachemsto visit her in 1710, hoping to persuade her to furnish funds to aidcolonists. Owned by Schuyler Van Vechten, Albany. Z-4. Col. Pieter Schuylers Sword. He was the firstMayor of the oldest chartered city in the United States (AlbanyJuly 22, 1686) and as shown in his portrait; the hilt of silver andengraved with initials. Owned by Schuyler Van Vechten, JOHN JAY Prominent statesman and jurist; Governor, 1795-1801 ; first Chief Justice of U. Court, 1789-95; special Minister to Gt. Britain, 1794-5; delegate to the Con-gress, 1774-6, 1778-9; drew up New Yorks Constitution, 1777; U. 5. Minister to Spain,1780-2; Peace Commissioner at Paris, 1 782-3; Secy for Foreign Affairs, 1784-9. Bornat New York, Dec. 12, 1745; died at Bedford, N. Y., May 17, 1829. From the originalpainting by Gilbert Stuart. Catalogue of Exhibition 285 Z-5. Tankard. This handsome, old silver piece bears setin its cover to show its age, a coin of Louis XIV., 1691, and washanded down in the Van Vechten family since that time. Ownedby Schuyler Van Vechten, Albany. Z-6. Speech of the Four Sachems, delivered before QueenAnne at London in 1710, with animal sign-marks; also, their speechto the Lords of Her Majestys Privy Council. Owned by the AlbanyInstitute. Z-7. Col. Pieter Sch
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