Monthly Archives: September 2007


Stoutenburgs in Fiction

30 September 2007

Many are acquainted with The Scarlet Pimpernel stories by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. She also authored two stories entitled The Laughing Cavalier (1913) and The First Sir Percy (1921) featuring William Stoutenburg, one of Johann Van Oldenbarneveldt’s two sons. (more…)


The Dutch In America

1 September 2007

I came across an interesting bit of information recently that I thought was worth sharing here. It’s from the Library of Congress and it’s a history of the Dutch in America from 1609 to 1664.