See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN ROMEYN See also:

• JOHN ROMEYN BRODHEAD (1814–1873)

BRODHEAD (1814–1873)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, on the 2nd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1814, the son of See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob See also:

• BRODHEAD, JOHN ROMEYN (1814–1873)

Brodhead (1782–1855), a prominent clergyman of the Dutch Reformed See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church . He graduated at Rutgers See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College in 1831, and in 1835 was admitted to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City . After 1837, however, he devoted himself principally to the study of American colonial See also:

• HISTORY

history, and in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to have See also:

• ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access to the records of the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Dutch settlements in See also:

• AMERICA

America he obtained in 1839 an See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment as attache of the American See also:

• LEGATION (Lat. legalio, a sending or mission)

legation at the See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague . His investigations here soon proved that the Dutch archives were See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich in material on the early history of New York, and led the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state legislature to appropriate funds for the systematic gathering from various See also:

• EUROPEAN

European archives of transcripts of documents See also:

• RELATING

relating to New York . Brodhead was appointed (1841) by See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

Governor See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William H . See also:

• SEWARD, ANNA (1747-1809)
• SEWARD, WILLIAM HENRY (180r-1872)

Seward to undertake the See also:

• WORK

work, and within several years gathered from See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland some eighty See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript volumes of transcriptions, largely ofdocuments which had not hitherto been used by historians . These transcriptions were subsequently edited by See also:

• EDWARD

Edward O'Callaghan (vols. i.-xi., incl.) and by Berthold See also:

• FERNOW, KARL LUDWIG (1763-1808)

Fernow (vols. xii.-xv., incl.), and published by the state under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Documents relating to the Colonial History of New York (z5 vols., 1853–1883)• From 1846 to 1849, while See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• BANCROFT, GEORGE (1800—1891)
• BANCROFT, HUBERT HOWE (1832– )
• BANCROFT, RICHARD (1544–161o)
• BANCROFT, SIR SQUIRE (1841– )

Bancroft was See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister to See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, Brodhead held under him the See also:

• POST

post of secretary of legation . In 1853–1857 he was,See also:

• NAVAL

naval officer of the See also:

• PORT

port of New York . He published several addresses and a scholarly History of the State of New York (2 vols., 1853–1871), generally considered the best for the brief See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period covered (1609-169o) . He died in New York City on the 6th of May 1873 .