The New Netherland Proj eet
presents
The 12th Rensselaerswyck Seminar
The Age ofLeisler
Saturday,
September 23, 1989
The Trainbands Signing Leisler's Declaration
New York Slate LibraI)' Collection
The New Netherland Project announces its 12th
Rensselaer'swyck Seminar, a one-day conference entitled "The Age of Leisler," to be held Saturday,
September 23, 1989, in the Orientation Center of the
New York State Museum in the Cultural Education
Center at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, NY.
Five speakers will present papers on the occasion
of the 300th anniversary of the takeover of the provin.:
cial government of New York by Jacob LeislerNew York's only governor executed for his efforts.
Included will be internationally-known historian John
M. Murrin, sponsored by the New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, speaking on the impact of the Leisler
Rebellion on the Constitution.
The seminar should be of special interest to
colonial American historians.
New Netherland Project
New York State Library
CEC 8th Floor
Albany, NY 12230
Speakers
Randall Balmer, Assistant Professor
Department of Religion, Columbia University
Firth H. Fabend, Ph.D.
Writer and Museum Consultant
Dennis J. Maika, Ph.D. Candidate
New York University
John M. Murrin, Professor
Department of History, Princeton University
David W. Voorhees, Assistant Professor and Editor
"Papers of Jacob Leisler," New York University
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The New Netherland Project's
12th Rensselaerswyck Seminar
The Age ofLeisler
Location: Orientation Theater of the State Museum,
fIrst floor of the Cultural Education Center at the south
end of the Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY
Directions: From Exit 23 of the Thruway take 1-787
north and exit at Madison Avenue (Rte. 20 West). The
CEC is on the top of the hill directly behind the
Cathedral.
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Parking: A free parking lot is available between the
Cathedral and the Cultural Education Center on
Madison Avenue.
Orientation Map
Address: New Netherland Project, CEC 803,
New York State Library, Albany, NY 12230;
[518] 474-6067
Program
Saturday, September 23, 1989
8:30 a.m. Registration & Coffee Orientation Theater,
CEC
9:00 a.m. Introductory Remarks (Gehring)
12:00 p.m. LUNCH
on your own at local restaurants
or on the Plaza
9:30 a.m.
1:30 p.m.
MORNING SESSION
"Leisler's pre-1689 Biography & Family Background"
(Voorhees)
"The Religious Dimensions of Leisler's Rebellion"
(Balmer)
"The Impact of the Leisler Rebellion on the Constitution"
(Murrin-sponsored by the NYS Commission on
the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution)
AFTERNOON SESSION
"New York City Merchants in the Age of Leisler"
(Maika)
"The Pro-Leislerian Dutch Farmer: 'A Mad Rabble'
or 'Gentlemen Standing Up for their Rights'?"
(Fabend)
Seminar Pre-Registration Form
Name(s)
Title
Affiliation
Address
No.ofPersons
Day Telephone
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Registration fee forseminar(@ $10 each) Total Enclosed: _ _
To pre-register and avoid the crush at the door, please complete and return this form with payment to: The New
Netherland Project, New York State Library, CEC 8th Floor, Albany, NY 12230.
For Hendricks Manuscript Award Dinner reservations contact Nancy Zeller at [518] 474-6067.