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Usage examples of "graaff".
Jordaan of The Hague for records of Johannes de Graaff in the Archive of the West India Company.
Commemoration of the salute of the flag of the United States fired in this fort November 16, 1776, by order of Johannes de Graaff, Governor of St.
Thereby de Graaff found a place, though it may be the least known of any, in the permanent annals of the United States.
When De Windt conveniently died in 1775, Holland, without appearing to submit to a foreign demand, appointed de Graaff, secretary of the island administration for 24 years, to take his place.
De Graaff had furnished the spacious rooms with the same pewter and Delft porcelain and polished mahogany that adorned the homes of the rich Regents of Amsterdam.
Local complaints which charged the Governor with acting arbitrarily suggest an autocrat and make it quite clear that de Graaff was not a nominal or absentee governor, but fully aware and in control of all activities on his island.
De Graaff was not intending a mere routine ritual, as he later pretended when under investigation, but a deliberate one.
For added emphasis, de Graaff gave a party after the salute in honor of Captain Robinson, inviting all American agents and merchants to the entertainment, as Van Bibber happily reported to his principals in Maryland.
Eustatius and his mission to deliver a copy of the Declaration of Independence to Governor de Graaff and to buy cloth and a load of arms and ammunition for the Continental Army.
Prince of Orange, was unprepared to meet the threat of war, and ordered the recall of de Graaff for a hearing and the posting of its own cruisers off St.
Self-respect for Dutch sovereignty was no doubt one motive, and the knowledge that de Graaff would keep open the gainful trade with the Colonies to the satisfaction of the merchant class was certainly another.
Johannes de Graaff returned to the scene of his former governorship as a private citizen in 1779.
De Graaff s property and influence enabled him to pursue the accumulation successfully.
Anatole must have turned off the installation after his latest experiment but had forgotten about the Van de Graaff generator.
It had a Van de Graaff generator, spark gaps, and a battery of electrets.