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Courtesy of The Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary, by Antonia H. Froendt, p. 64.
Athore, son of the Timucuan king Saturiwa, showing Laudonnière the monument placed by Ribault. Wikipedia.
Three of his children, Isaac, Henry and Rachel, the last of whom married Jean Mousnier de la Montagne, were among the earliest European inhabitants of New York. In an article in the New York Evening Post of September 19, 1922, Mr. Robert de Forest says that Jesse de Forest’s autograph petition of July 21, 1621, is still extant and that it is signed by 56 men, most of them heads of families, the whole number comprising 227 men, women and children. It was presented to the British Ambassador at The Hague. Sir Dudley Carlton, and transmitted to the British State Secretary.
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On 9/6/2021 at 2:03 PM, RWB said:
French love to wear their medals - Légion d'honneur, Croix de Guerre, and the Grand Apprentissage de la Propreté, etc. The Americans just wear their crooked tie and coat unbuttoned.
So true Roger and very funny! lol
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State of New York Governor’s Proclamation. Courtesy of The Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary, by Antonia H. Froendt, p. 43.
“April 27 (1924) Set Aside As Huguenot Sunday
Presbyterians of U. S. Will Commemorate Anniversary of First Colony
Sunday, April 27, is to be recognized as Huguenot Sunday by the Presbyterian churches in the United States. All the ten thousand churches of that denomination are asked to co-operate on that date in making memorable the three hundredth anniversary of the coming to America of the first permanent Huguenot colony. Plans for the special committee of the Presbyterian General Assembly, consisting of Rev. Authur J. Brown, chairman; Rev. William H. Foulkes, Rev. John a. Marquis, Rev. H. G. Mendenhall and Rev. William S. Coffin.
In a message issued to the entire 1,800,000 communicant membership of the Presbyterian Church, Dr. Brown says: ‘The colony consisted of thirty-two families of Walloons, all of the Reformed religion (Huguenots), most of them natives of what is now the Province of Halnaut, Belgium. They came to the Middle Atlantic States under the flag of the Dutch West India Company. The religious services instituted by them marked the beginning of the Reformed Church in America.
‘The Huguenot immigration during the early Colonial years has meant so much in the making of our Nation and in laying the foundation of its faith and character that it is eminently fitting indeed that the Protestant churches of America should commemorate the introduction of the Huguenot element into our national life. April 27 is the Sunday which has been set apart to inaugurate the tercentenary celebrations which will take place in Huguenot centres all over the country this spring.”2
2 The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News · Sat, Apr 12, 1924 · Page 26.
“Six Weeks’ Commemoration Includes Celebration at Valley Forge
NEW YORK, April 26.—Thousands of Protestant churches in the United States, France and Belgium tomorrow will commemorate with special services the 300th anniversary of the emigration of Huguenots and Walloons to America.
Courtesy of The Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary, by Antonia H. Froendt, p. 62.
The day will be officially observed as Huguenot-Walloon Sunday.
Chief interest in the celebration, which is sponsored by the Huguenot-Walloon New Netherland Tercentenary Commission, centres in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania and several Southern States, because of the part had by Huguenots and Walloons in their settlement.
Huguenot-Walloon Sunday marks the beginning of a six weeks’ commemoration of the first Huguenot settlements in New York State and Middle Atlantic region. Ceremonies at Mayport and Jacksonville, Fla., on May 1, will open the celebration. At Mayport, site of the first Huguenot colony in America, a monument to Jean Ribaut, leader of the colony, will be unveiled. The colony, founded in 1562, was wiped out three years later by a Spanish massacre.
The tercentenary party will move northward on May 5, stopping at Charleston, S. C., until May 8. The celebration will conclude with exercises at Valley Forge, Pa., New York City, Staten Island, Albany and New Platz, N. Y.”3
3 The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News/newspaper dot com· Sat, Apr 27, 1924 · Page 4.
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I provided a history lesson around the coin earlier. Now a history lesson around the events of the Tercentenary Celebrations.
Seal of New Netherland. The Huguenot-Walloon New Netherland Commission (Instituted by the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America), for the Celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Settling in New Netherland of Walloons (French and Belgium Huguenots) by the Dutch West India Company, in 1624. Courtesy of The Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary, by Antonia H. Froendt, p. 1. A book in my numismatic library.
“. . . In 1924, from May 17 through 22, Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary celebrations were held in New York City. Among the activities paid for, at least in part, from the profit derived from the sale of the commemorative coins was the dedication of the National Huguenot Memorial Church at Huguenot Park, Staten Island, on the afternoon of May 18th. . . Admiral Gaspard de Coligny (1519-1572; who died 52 years before the settlement in question!) and William the Silent (1533-1584; first *stadtholder of the Netherlands, who had also been dead for a long while by the time of the 1624 settlement). Both of these individuals were associated with Protestantism and the Calvinist church, a tenuous historical connection at best with the 1624 landing, although a brochure noted they were ‘champions of the Huguenots.’ Debate raged concerning the appropriateness of these portraits withy the reasonable conclusion that they were irrelevant to the subject being commemorated. The reverse bore a depiction of the ship Nieuq Nederland. Morgan’s models were subject to approval and modification by James Earle Fraser, and this was done.1“1
* In the Low Countries, stadtholder (Dutch: stadhouder, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈstɑtˌɦʌudər]) was an office of steward, designated a medieval official and then a national leader.
The title was used for the official tasked with maintaining peace and provincial order in the early Dutch Republic and, at times, became de facto head of state of the Dutch Republic during the 16th to 18th centuries, which was an effectively hereditary role. For the last half century of its existence, it became an officially hereditary role and thus a monarchy (though maintaining pretence) under Prince William IV. His son, Prince William V, was the last stadtholder of the republic, whose own son, King William I, became the first king of the Netherlands. The Dutch monarchy is only distantly related to the first stadtholder of the young Republic, William of Orange, the leader of the successful Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Empire, his line having died out with William III.
1. The title stadtholder is roughly comparable to England's historic title Lord Lieutenant.
See Taxay pp. 70-73, pages which also reprint an interesting letter from Fraser to Congressman Vestal, telling of the Mint’s hostile posture toward outside artists.
1 Commemorative Coins of the United States; A Complete Encyclopedia, Q. David Bowers. Published by Bowers and Merena Galleries, Inc., Box 1224, Wolfeboro, NH 03894, 1991, p. 174.
Courtesy of The Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary, by Antonia H. Froendt, p. 44.
“A small fort, which our people call Fort Orange’
May 5, 2018 to December 31, 2021, ADIRONDACK HALL
Fort Orange was the first permanent Dutch settlement in New Netherland, built as a trading post by the West India Company in 1624 at the location of present-day Albany along the Hudson River. Between 1624 and 1664, the fort’s role in the development of New Netherland changed—from a point of contact and trade between Native Americans and Europeans, to an enclosure with dwellings and private enterprises, and finally an abandoned space consumed by the development of Albany.
Centuries later, Fort Orange on the surface had long disappeared. But in a six-month period in 1970 and 1971—just ahead of Interstate 787 construction—a small archaeology team from the State Historic Trust (predecessor to the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, or OPRHP), headed by Paul Huey and composed mostly of volunteers, made remarkable discoveries about life in the Dutch colony at Fort Orange. In 2016, a collection of 36,000 artifacts from Fort Orange was transferred from OPRHP to the New York State Museum.
This exhibition examines the momentous discovery of Fort Orange and the lasting impact of events occurring there 400 years ago that shaped the character of the region, New York State, and the nation. The exhibition title is a quote taken from The New World by Johannes De Laet, a director of the Dutch West India Company, recorded in 1625. Select artifacts, film footage from the excavation, and four decades of historical and archaeological research are highlighted—including renderings of the fort by Historical Artist Len Tantillo. Dutch ceramics on loan from the Albany Institute of History & Art help bring life to the story.
This exhibition is supported as part of the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York and in partnership with Historic Albany Foundation. Special thanks to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation for their support in promoting understanding of New York State history.”2
2 Courtesy of the New York State Museum.
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Just wanted to share some research. I have found it very interesting where information/images around the early commemorative series can be found.
The Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association has announced that President Coolidge has accepted as a gift the first coin struck of the Confederate memorial issue. The first coin was struck January 21, 1925, the 101st anniversary of “Stonewall’ Jackson.”
Reverse of the Plate of Georgia gold presented to President Coolidge.
I can’t give too much away of what’s in my book.
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On 7/31/2021 at 8:31 AM, leeg said:
I think this is the one:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/194250541505?hash=item2d3a3c09c1:g:aHUAAOSwOGtgssyj
Box came in and it's a little big. Nothing a small bit of stuffing of some sort can't fix.
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On 7/30/2021 at 5:03 PM, Jason Abshier said:
I was unaware they made a box for the ol’school fatty holders ? I myself have several of old NGC fatty holders I keep each one wrapped in a plastic bag inside a plastic storage bin with silica gel … I have a wood shop with tablesaw and router and planer and jointer and stuff like that in my garage I haven’t gotten around to making a custom wooden slab box for my old fatties . I have few nice pieces of black walnut and few Pennsylvania wild cherry limber that would make a nice looking box for a display
Hi Jason,
I know they used to but I haven't been able to find one.
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On 7/29/2021 at 12:09 PM, Quintus Arrius said:
@leeg Firstly, thanks for shelving that intimidating avatar. Now, where was I? Oh yeah, the same way they recently changed Verrazzano's name by correcting the spelling, regardless the cost, the city of Cleveland can best honor Moses Cleaveland by correcting the spelling of his name. Nice coin!
P.S. I have some thoughts on mispronunciations, but that's another issue for another time and place.
Thanks on the kind words on my NEWP. It's an NGC MS-63, huh? Very few folks know about the spelling issue. I agree that errors of this type should be fixed.
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Thank you Q. A.
When I write about the coin I also write about the event surrounding it, if there was one.
Next comes the chapter on the Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary Celebration.
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A 3-1/2 x 6” mailing envelope—also with embossing from a half dollar-size coin. The envelope is postmarked Aug 13 / 11 PM 1924 Madison Sq. Sta. New York. Attached is a cancelled horizontal strip of two 1924 one-cent Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary stamps with *selvage at right having having plate number 15756.
*Selvage (noun), an edge produced on woven fabric during manufacture that prevents it from unraveling.
George T. Morgan.
“George T. Morgan Bio.: Born in Birmingham, England, Morgan studied in England, and worked for many years as a die engraver at Messrs. J.S. & A.B. Wyon. Morgan came to the United States from England in 1876 and was hired as an assistant engraver at the Mint in October of that year under William Barber. He figured very prominently in the production of pattern coins from 1877 onward. Morgan designed several varieties of 1877 half dollars, the 1879 ‘Schoolgirl’ dollar, and the 1882 ‘Shield Earring’ coins. Eventually, Morgan took the role of seventh Chief Engraver following the death of Charles E. Barber in February 1917. Morgan is most famous for designing the Morgan dollar, one of many namesakes, as well as the never-released $100 Gold Union coin.”8
8 Wikipedia.
Congressional Authorization Act
[PUBLIC—NO. 440—67TH CONGRESS.]
[S. 4468]
An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the three hundredth anniversary of the settling of New Netherland, the Middle States, in 1624, by Walloons, French and Belgian Huguenots, under the Dutch West India Company.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in commemoration of the three hundredth anniversary of the settling of New Netherland, the Middle States, in 1624, by Walloons, French and Belgian Huguenots, under the Dutch West India Company, there shall be coined at the mints of the United States silver 50-cent pieces to the number of three hundred thousand, such 50-cent pieces to be of the standard troy weight, composition, diameter, device, and design as shall be fixed by the Director of the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, which said 50-cent pieces shall be legal tender in any payment to the amount of their face value.
SEC. 2. That all laws now in force relating to the subsidiary silver coins of the United States and the coining or the striking of the same, regulating and guarding the process of coinage, providing for the purchase of material and for the transportation, distribution, and redemption of the coins, for the prevention of debasement or counterfeiting, for security of the coin, or for any other purposes, whether said laws are penal or otherwise, shall, so far as applicable, apply to the coinage herein authorized: Provided, That the United States shall not be subject to the expense of making the necessary dies and other preparations for this coinage.
SEC. 3. That the coins herein authorized shall be issued only upon the request of the Fifth National Bank of New York, and upon payment of the par value of such coins by such bank to the United States Treasury.
I hope some of you have enjoyed this chapter. The End.
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Above image courtesy of The Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary, by Antonia H. Froendt, Secretary, The Huguenot-Walloon New Netherland Commission, 1924, p. 40.
Next comes the chapter on the Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary Celebration.
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In my book project it doesn't. The chapter around the coin is just that, around the coin. The chapter following is around the Celebration. You must not have read my chapter around the coin.
Thanks for the question.