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Of course the original Dutch word, bouwerie, passed down from the settlers of New Amsterdam, meant “farm.”
The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010
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Of course the original Dutch word, bouwerie, passed down from the settlers of New Amsterdam, meant “farm.”
The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010
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Of course the original Dutch word, bouwerie, passed down from the settlers of New Amsterdam, meant “farm.”
The King's Best Highway Eric Jaffe 2010
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On another bouwerie he laid out a tobacco plantation, and had slaves paid by the Company to look after it.
The Story of Manhattan Charles Hemstreet
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The parties met at Governor Stuyvesant's residence on his farm or bouwerie, at eight o'clock in the morning of August 27th.
Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam 1841
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