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The New Netherland Project and Historic Hudson Valley are joint sponsors for this one-dayconference celebrating the Tercentenary of Philipsburg Manor. The conference will be heldSaturday, October 16, 1993 at Philipsburg Manor on Route 9 in North Tarrytown.

As the 16th Rensselaerswijck Seminar of the New Netherland Project, this conference will featureone speaker on the 17th century Dutch culture of the Hudson Valley upon which Philipsburg Manorwas founded. The remaining five speakers will present papers on various aspects of 18th and 19thcentury manor life and culture, including the anti-rent wars, abolishment of slavery, material cultureof a Huguenot settler, Dutch foodways, and social issues.

This conference should be of special interest to historians of colonial New York, anthropologists,historic site interpreters, and educators.

HistoricHudsonValley

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150 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY 10591; [914] 631-8200

Manor Life and Culture in the Hudson ValleySpeakers

Jonathan Earle, Ph.D. candidate in history, Princeton University

Michael E. Groth, Ph.D. candidate in history, SUNYlBinghamton

Suzanne Clarke Richardson, Administrator, Gristmill Excavation, Windsor, Vermont

Peter G. Rose, Food Historian, author of The Sensible Cook, South Salem, New York

Martha Dickinson Shattuck, Ph.D. in history, Boston University/Research Assistant, New Netherland Project

Ann Wentworth, Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology, SUNY Albany

Program

Saturday, October 16,1993

8:30 a.m. Coffee and Sign-in9:00 a.m. Introductory RemarksRadiah Harper Sumler, Director of Program, HHV

9:30 a.m. Morning Session"Glode Requa: a French Huguenot" (Richardson)"Dutch Foodways in the Hudson River Valley" (Rose)''The Hudson Valley Anti-rent Wars" (Earle)

12:00 p.m. Lunch furnished at the seminar.

1:30 p.m. Afternoon Session

Remarks: Charles T. Gehring, Director, NNP

New Netherland Project'sRensselaerswijck Seminar Featured Speaker"Before the Manors: 17th Century Dutch Culture

in the Hudson Valley" (Shattuck)

"Forging Freedom in the Mid-Hudson Valley"(Groth)

"Ladies and Landlords: Eighteenth-Century SocialIssues" (Wentworth)

No. of Persons @ $40 each (seminar + lunch incl.) Total Enclosed: _

Pre-registration is essential; attendance is limited to 110; payment at the door will not be accepted.Please complete and return this form with payment to:

Darcy Lassek, Historic Hudson Valley, 150 White Plains Road,Tarrytown, NY 10591

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Location: Philipsburg Manor

Directions: From the New York State Thruway (1-87), take exit 9for Tarrytown and proceed north on Rte. 9 two miles. From theTaconic State Par1<way, exit at 1-287 and proceed west to Rte. 9,then north 2 miles on Ate. 9. From the Garden State Par1<way, exitat 1-87 for Tarrytown then proceed north 2 miles on Ate. 9.

Parking: There is a large, free parking lot located at PhilipsburgManor.

Information: Contact Darcy Lassek, Historic Hudson Valley, 150White Plains Ad., Tarrytown, NY 10591; [914] 631-8200

For Hendricks Manuscript Award Dinner sponsored by the Friendsof New Netherland, Saturday night bed & breakfast, and/or Sundaytour please contact: Nancy Zeller, New Netherland Project, NY StateLibrary, CEC 8th Fl., Albany, NY 12230; [518] 474-(i()67

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