Papers, 1847.

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Papers, 1847.

The collection consists of a typed copy of committee minutes dated January 22, 1847 in which the members decided to send aid to Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte and his settlement at Black Lake.

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Van Raalte, Albertus Christiaan, 1811-1876.

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Albertus Christiaan Van Raalte attended the University of Leyden, deciding in 1833 to study for the ministry. In 1836 he became a minister in the Church of the Seceders when he was denied entry into the ministry of the state church. In that same year he married Christina De Moen. Because of the persecution he and his followers experienced, Van Raalte decided to immigrate to America. In 1846 Van Raalte, along with his family and 53 members of his congregation, set sail aboard the Sou...

Romeyn, Theodore, 1810-1885

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Romeyn, who lived in Detroit, Michigan, served on the Committee on Immigration of Dutch to Michigan. From the description of Papers, 1847. (Joint Archive of Holland, History Research Center). WorldCat record id: 30535747 Theodore Romeyn was born in Hackensack, N.J. on Aug 22, 1810. he studied law at Rutgers University, and was admitted to the New York Bar in 1832. Romeyn moved to Detroit in December 1835, where he lived until 1848 when he went to New York for ten years. He p...