The Congregation in Five Centuries | olddutchchurchnyc

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Old Dutch Church NYC

Worship and Activism Since 1656

Our Congregation in Five Centuries

17th Century

New World Dutch Life

1 Dutch Colonial Roots

2 Dutch Staten Island 1642 to 1673

3 America's First Ordination 1680

4 The Archive Dates from 1688

5 Burial Place 1696

6 The Voorlezer & His House 1696

7 The Voorlezer's Book 1696-1790

20th Century

Two World Wars & A Golden Age

1 Port Richmond Fortunes Gained & Lost

2 Mid-Century Colorful Relationships

21st Century

Preservation & Advocacy

1 Welcoming the New Century

2 Port Richmond Today

18th to 19th Century

Phoebe & the Commodore

Create the Modern Business World

1 Our Congregants, the Vanderbilts

2 Cornelius Vanderbilt

19th Century

A Second War & Prosperity

1 Rock Star Reverend Peter I. Van Pelt

2 Daniel Tompkins Patriotism & Power

3 Scandal & Aaron Burr

4 Radical Growth & Change

5 Architecture & Magic

18th Century

Revolution & Reconciliation

1 The New North Church 1715

2 Dutch Chafe Under the British Yoke

3 The American Revolution Begins

4 Seat of Action August 27, 1776

5 How Joshua Mersereau Saved America

6 The Battle of Staten Island-August 22, 1777

7 Battle in a Blizzard-January 15, 1780

8 A Ravaged Staten Island

9 In the New Nation 1783

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