but New York still ranked only seventh among theAmerican colonies. Dutch culture remained strong in New York City and in Albany, while most of the settlements in the interior had a flavour anddialectof the New England Yankee; there were also several Germancommunities. This emerging pattern of ...
Dutch culture remained strong in New York City and in Albany, while most of the settlements in the interior had a flavour and dialect of the New England Yankee; there were also several German communities. This emerging pattern of cultural heterogeneity was reported in 1782 by the French writer...