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Thursday, September 12, 6:00pm As part of our on-going lecture series, the Leisler Institute, in conjunction with the Gotham Center, and the Hudson Area Library History Room, present, Slavery and Dutch - Palatine Farmers: How did middle class farmers in Colonial New York interact with slavery? In New York State slavery existed for 200 years and recent interest and research, particularly focused on the Hudson Valley area, confronts this reprehensible fact. This lecture is an opportunity to …

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The Jacob Leisler Institute will be among the 43 exhibitors at the Tenth Annual Hudson Children's Book Festival on Saturday, May 5. "The Hudson Children’s Book Festival, established in 2009, is held each year in the historic city of Hudson, NY, and strives to create, sustain, and nurture a culture of literacy in partnership with our community and schools. This free, public event fosters a love of reading as families meet and greet world-class creators of books for children of all ages." The …

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For this second presentation in the Jacob Leisler Institute lecture series, Dr. William A. Starna will speak on "American Indians in the Mid-Hudson Valley." Dr. Starna is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the State University of New York College at Oneonta. He has held lecture, visiting, and adjunct appointments at the State University on New York at Albany, Binghamton University, and Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario). …

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The inaugural lecture of the Jacob Leisler Institute Lecture series, co-hosted by the Hudson Area Library and the Gotham History Center, took place on February 22. The Institute thanks Brenda Shufelt and Emily Chameides of the Hudson Area Library, Andrea Mosterman of the Gotham History Center, and Tina Lesem of the Leisler Institute for their help in bringing this effort to fruition, and filmmaker Dan Udell for producing this video. …

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In conjunction with the opening artist's reception on Saturday, December 2, at 46 Green Street, and Hudson's famed Winter Walk, the Jacob Leisler Institute, at the rear of the 46 Green Street Studios, will be open to the public from 4:00 to 6:00. Stop by Studio 9, say hello, and visit the Institute's new adjoining archival space. …

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