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nycreligion · 5 days
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Conversion and other common beliefs among the Lenape in Elmhurst,  Queens
The Providence of God brings Indians in Brooklyn and Queens together with the Dutch of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Engraver Aldert, Meijer. Published by Carolus Allard in Orbis Habitabilis, Amsterdam, ca. 1700. Source: New York Public Library. At some point, conversion of Elmhurst Lenape to Christianity must have become the subject of conversation. The idea was widespread among their…
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nycreligion · 5 days
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Conversion and other common beliefs among the Lenape in Elmhurst,  Queens
The Providence of God brings Indians in Brooklyn and Queens together with the Dutch of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Engraver Aldert, Meijer. Published by Carolus Allard in Orbis Habitabilis, Amsterdam, ca. 1700. Source: New York Public Library. At some point, conversion of Elmhurst Lenape to Christianity must have become the subject of conversation. The idea was widespread among their…
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