CUNY Academic Commons | Paul Hortenstine | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/paulh/activity/ Activity feed for Paul Hortenstine. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 2af6211fd73a7f47a979a24359be51de Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=5721 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:39:25 -0500 The Missing Mayors of NYCNew York City’s Municipal Archives has revised their list of mayors’ terms to[…]

]]> 2324126d57e3b65e84fc8056052de1a5 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=5521 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:59:54 -0500 TimelineTimeline of New York City Slavery from Dutch Colony to the Civil War 1525: Estaban Gomez of[…]

]]> 28fe04d9b1c5faf3abc7a1bb46b476d0 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=5515 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:58:17 -0500 NYC Mayors ListMayoral Administrations Until Emancipation Thomas Willett, 1665-1666 Thomas[…]

]]> 21365269a10088e582c28a63c7aafff5 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=5507 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:56:49 -0500 Enslaved PeopleNames of People Enslaved by Mayors Mayor Names of Enslaved Date of Record William[…]

]]> f813455fd5f360646731c6d7d2ba0c4e Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=5501 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:55:29 -0500 Terms of Enslaver MayorsEnslaver Mayors and Terms in Office Thomas Willett 1665-1666 and[…]

]]> 601f864cfba86bc8df5c6210fde02b58 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=3041 Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:23:48 -0400 Jacobus Van Cortlandt: 31st & 34th Jacobus Van Cortlandt, Mayor 1710-1711 and 1719-1720: Van Cortlandt[…]

]]> c2c74e0ea2b92b14570a7a4f2ebf7796 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2007 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:25:24 -0400 Thomas Delavall: 2nd, 5th, & 12thThomas Delavall (Delaval or De Lavall), Mayor 1666-1667, 1670-1671, and[…]

]]> a3cc756ffba0e6a68c70aaafa62634c8 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2015 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:25:12 -0400 Matthias Nicolls: 6th & 8thMatthias Nicolls (Nicoll), Mayor 1671-1672 and 1674-1675: Nicoll (1626? – 1[…]

]]> 5fc884155d16d1ae7e5f5e0efa8f080e Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2025 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:24:58 -0400 John Lawrence: 7th & 20thJohn Lawrence (Jan Lawrens), Mayor 1672-1673 and 1691: Lawrence (1618–1699) wa[…]

]]> 036246fd4262b5749ef1df0385d34682 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2029 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:24:47 -0400 William Dervall: 9th Mayor William Dervall (Darvall or Der Val), Mayor 1675-1676: Dervall (c.1642-1712) was[…]

]]> fa934f6c4da2d217c2c1c43bb665fc74 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2033 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:24:33 -0400 Nicolaes De Meyer: 10th Nicolaes De Meyer (Nicholas/Nicolaus/Nicol de Myer/Mayer/Mayor), Mayor 1676-1677: De[…]

]]> f0586476f88dd4aa059d912cc507ba31 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2043 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:24:18 -0400 Francis Rombouts: 13thFrancis (Francoijs) Rombouts, Mayor 1679-80: Rombouts (1631 – 1691) owned a s[…]

]]> 703da0b875ebdf8b955a13196a05570e Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2051 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:24:04 -0400 Gabriel Minvielle: 16th Gabriel Minvielle, Mayor 1684-1685: Minvielle (?-1698) was a merchant in the fur and[…]

]]> 38b66c10823432263250eac95449f0cf Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2059 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:23:49 -0400 Nicholas Bayard: 17thNicholas Bayard (Nicolaes Beijaert), Mayor 1685-1687: Bayard (c.1644 – 1707/9) was P[…]

]]> c9344fe73bebb6e3c0f9d4cc89e73a16 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2063 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:23:40 -0400 Peter Delanoy: 19thPeter Delanoy (Pieter De Lanoy or Delano), Mayor 1689-1691: Delanoy (d.1696) was a[…]

]]> 566ec22b7dfd0b16062c498b309cfa66 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2071 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:23:23 -0400 William Merritt: 23rdWilliam Merritt, Mayor 1695–1698: Merritt (d.1708) owned four enslaved men, one e[…]

]]> 0347588b68e754032ee2111e14b31832 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2077 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:23:13 -0400 Johannes De Peyster: 24thJohannes De Peyster II (de Peijster), Mayor 1698-1699: De Peyster (1666 – 1711) w[…]

]]> 464591061fa3b38da16c1d7ada3c194b Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2081 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:22:55 -0400 David Provoost: 25thDavid Provoost (Provost), Mayor 1699-1700: Provoost (1670 – 1724) married Maria De P[…]

]]> ba878f339a0f4919d34de4c07e69c1c6 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2085 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:22:41 -0400 Isaac de Riemer: 26thIsaac de Riemer, Mayor 1700-1701: de Riemer (c.1666 – c.1731) was a prominent me[…]

]]> d5d12cc9ba1f52a3a80e77dfdc94d794 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2089 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:21:55 -0400 Thomas Noell: 27thThomas Noell, Mayor 1701–1702: Noell (d.1702) was mayor when the comprehensive slave c[…]

]]> 3ff88697cb8d101273686d86fa732b83 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2093 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:21:43 -0400 Philip French: 28thPhilip French, Mayor 1702-1703: French (1666/7 – c.1707) was a merchant who engaged in p[…]

]]> b81750fb679fc5aad1176fca8e2a4e44 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2097 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:21:34 -0400 William Peartree: 29thWilliam Peartree, Mayor 1703-1707: Peartree (c. 1643 – 1714) began his career in Jam[…]

]]> e331f76911fb92b3bb387e1b16a0482e Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2101 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:21:22 -0400 Ebenezer Wilson: 30th Ebenezer Wilson, Mayor 1707-1710: Wilson (c.1650-?) was a merchant who traded[…]

]]> 4eeeca7fcf9e5fe9093f071ec878b69d Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2113 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:21:07 -0400 Robert Walters: 35thRobert Walters, Mayor 1720-1725: Walters (c.1660-1733) was a wealthy merchant and ended[…]

]]> 43e5b138948e7e66d94f97ab528d1ab7 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2117 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:20:52 -0400 Robert Lurting: 37thRobert Lurting, Mayor 1726-1735: Lurting (c.1653 -1735) was a merchant who invested in[…]

]]> c4fe68f4b016cb751db7df5499ecf3be Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2121 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:20:36 -0400 Paul Richard: 38thPaul Richard (Paulus Richards), Mayor 1735-1739: Richard (1697 -1756) owned enslaved[…]

]]> 66cb23cccb02c058f5938cbd86d66289 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2133 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:20:22 -0400 Gerardus Stuyvesant: Acting Mayor Gerardus Stuyvesant (Peter Gerard Stuijvesant or Stuyvezandt), Acting Mayor August to[…]

]]> cde99119c81695c4eb0121d220a02953 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2137 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:20:10 -0400 Stephen Bayard: 40th Mayor Stephen (Stephanus) Bayard, 1744-1747: Bayard (1700-1757) was a merchant who[…]

]]> a61db338d59148499d50d6d2df192e6e Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2143 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:19:50 -0400 Edward Holland: 41stEdward Holland (Halland), Mayor 1747-1756: Holland (c.1702 – 1756) was an investor in t[…]

]]> ed9a90f204be5135ddec1e22687235e8 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2151 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:19:38 -0400 David Mathews: 44thDavid Mathews, Mayor 1776–1783: Mathews (1739 – 1800) was a Loyalist during the Rev[…]

]]> 0ccd500a5ef822e3182c6d93e2d25923 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2171 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:19:23 -0400 DeWitt Clinton: 48th, 50th, & 52nd DeWitt Clinton, Mayor 1803-1807, 1808-1810, 1811-1815: Clinton (1769 – 1[…]

]]> 0f6a7273d53e12f87f9de497abdd2a60 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2201 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:19:08 -0400 Walter Bowne: 60th Walter Bowne, Mayor 1829-1833: Bowne (1770–1846) was a descendant of John Bowne, who e[…]

]]> c3c6528f969794b8b286bc37485e0409 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2189 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:18:54 -0400 Stephen Allen: 56th Stephen Allen, Mayor 1821-1824: Allen (1767 – 1852) was a wealthy sailmaker and had o[…]

]]> a96144807c5675280a03d306b5b35c3e Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2175 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:18:40 -0400 Marinus Willett: 49th Marinus Willett, Mayor 1807-1808: Willett (1740 –1830) was a member of the Sons of L[…]

]]> 150f84f3d6451b5a99c665a728627d8c Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2157 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:18:23 -0400 James Duane: 45th James Duane, Mayor 1784-1789: Duane (1733 – 1797) is considered a founder and attended t[…]

]]> a6a65573551d8944203a2479967b5929 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2161 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:16:50 -0400 Richard Varick: 46th Richard Varick, Mayor 1789-1801: Varick (1753 – 1831) served as George Washington’s a[…]

]]> aaf5c0863df767b51d634eeb1f286768 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2209 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:16:35 -0400 William Havemeyer: 67th, 70th, & 81st William Havemeyer, Mayor 1845-46, 1848-49, and 1873-74: Havemeyer[…]

]]> d8f84d9256be62865c4661dd05072473 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2197 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:16:23 -0400 Philip Hone: 58th Philip Hone, Mayor 1826-1827: Hone (1780 – 1851) co-owned an auction house with his b[…]

]]> cf39b1226a28b16bf70c45c4592406e0 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2205 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:16:11 -0400 Isaac L. Varian: 64th Isaac L. Varian, Mayor 1839-1841: Varian (1793 – 1864) had one enslaved person in his h[…]

]]> cac80feb188a04899b4273f49fc89de8 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2193 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:15:23 -0400 William Paulding, Jr.: 57th & 59th William Paulding, Jr., Mayor 1824-1826 and 1827-1829: Paulding (1770 – 1[…]

]]> 57cb1cc1c4ffd03fd7a9d6a0b414820e Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2185 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:15:14 -0400 Cadwallader D. Colden: 55th Cadwallader D. Colden, Mayor 1818-1821: Colden (1769 – 1834) was an enslaver, me[…]

]]> 301006a4ade48cc56c44ee28c16ae9c1 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2181 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:14:56 -0400 Jacob Radcliff: 51st and 54th Jacob Radcliff[e], Mayor 1810-1811 and 1815-1818: Radcliff (1763/4 –1844) is l[…]

]]> 27a7dcf43dc43cacdcd66ba84d7e474d Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2167 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:14:39 -0400 Edward Livingston: 47th Edward Livingston, Mayor 1801-1803: Livingston (1764 – 1836) also served in C[…]

]]> be08d73cd8e6173f99505197a253a65e Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2147 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:14:22 -0400 Whitehead Hicks: 43rd Whitehead Hicks, Mayor 1766–1776:  Hicks (1728 – 1780) was the first mayor born in w[…]

]]> aa4fe17157a2f59ec64891dbc6ee3be1 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2125 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:14:09 -0400 John Cruger 39th & Cruger Jr. 42nd John Cruger (Jan Kruger), Mayor 1739-1744: Cruger (c.1677–1744) w[…]

]]> c20ce73ffa7b60fb6364f4c21f2873bf Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2067 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:13:54 -0400 Abraham De Peyster: 21st Abraham De Peyster (de Peijster), Mayor 1691-1694: De Peyster (1657 – 1728) was a c[…]

]]> c1df5324688c83d7555fc716c7d43965 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2047 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:13:42 -0400 William Beekman: Acting Mayor William Beekman (Wilhelmus/Willem Beeckman/Veesteman), Acting Mayor 1681-1683: Beekman[…]

]]> 5d8f79727769a8a04784698c12d5eebf Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2037 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:12:23 -0400 Steph. Van Cortlandt: 11th & 18th Stephanus Van Cortlandt, Mayor 1677-1678 and 1687-1689 Oloff Stevense[…]

]]> 3cb2a5ee845e2720ec32ee828456fa2d Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1927 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:11:41 -0400 Gradual Emancipation On November 25, 1783, James Duane rode into New York City in a triumphal[…]

]]> 7577fac0b7585a2ef1ac9f62b0fea2a7 Paul Hortenstine wrote a new post on the site Northeast Slavery Record Index https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1917 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:11:24 -0400 Turmoil and Trials in 1741 1741 The events of 1741 changed the city, the lives of the enslaved and free[…]

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