BRODHEAD, JOHN ROMEYN
\bɹˈɒdhɛd], \bɹˈɒdhɛd], \b_ɹ_ˈɒ_d_h_ɛ_d]\
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(1814-1873), was Secretary of Legation in Holland from 1841 to 1844 and in England from 1846 to 1849. He collected the valuable records and documents relating to the history of New York, published as "N. Y. Colonial Documents," and wrote a valuable colonial "History of New York."
By John Franklin Jameson
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Snake's-head
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