Talks this Weekend 

Saturday, 7pm 

Dutch Vermin:

Ethnic Tensions in Early New York 

In 1666, an English commentator remarked that "a right Dutchman can never be a true friend, a loyal subject, or a good neighbor; for his trade carries away his heart; riches his allegiance, and thriving his soul." Nearly 100 years later, another Englishman living and writing in New York was even less generous, referring to Dutch-Americans in Albany simply as "reptiles" and "vermin." Join Dr. Kenneth Shefsiek, the Executive Director of the Geneva Historical Society, as he explores the ways in which the English viewed the Dutch in the Old World and the New and how these perspectives impacted the cultural terrain of the eighteenth-century descendants of the New Paltz patentees.

The DuBois Fort Visitor Center

81 Huguenot Street

$10 | $8 for Friends of Huguenot Street 

Sunday, 1pm 

A Feminine Presence:

Women's Correspondence and Contracts from the Archives 

The archives at Historic Huguenot Street house a wealth of primary source material about the lives of many who lived in the Hudson Valley, and those who corresponded with them. Volunteer Laura Rose has spent hours over the past several months sifting through these documents.  The result is an interesting glimpse into the lives of women in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The DuBois Fort Visitor Center

81 Huguenot Street   

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