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New York, Age 400, Looks Back to Holland

Exhibition features letter signaling founding of Manhattan

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 11, 2009 10:16 AM CDT

(Newser) – Today is an unhappy date in New York, but tomorrow is a much more joyous anniversary—on Sept. 12, 1609, Henry Hudson sailed up the river that now bears his name, leading to the founding of New Amsterdam. The Dutch royal family will visit for...   Read full story »

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