Notes on The Flushing Remonstrance

1. This is a difficult read. It was written in the 17th century by people who spoke Dutch and English, so there is Dutch influence on the text, especially in the syntax. Further, the Remonstrance made many religious allusions, which complicates the text.
2. At the end of the second part of the Remonstranceare are the signatories. A few of them have biographies written about them, but most of them don’t. As a result, doing research on most of them would be frustrating.
3. Possible research ideas include Quakers in Colonial and Revolutionary America, Jews in Colonial and Revolutionary America, and Catholicism in Colonial and Revolutionary America.
4. When you excerpt this, be careful with pronunciation. You can get lost in the syntax.
5. Here is the Resource Collection. This is not an exhaustive collection of resources, but it does give you a place to start.