Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitlePresent at the Creation: Making the Case for the Dutch Founders of America.AuthorsGOODFRIEND, JOYCE D.AbstractThis essay traces the efforts of nineteenth-and early twentieth-century New Yorkers to challenge the Pilgrim myth and gain recognition for the New Netherland Dutch as legitimate founders of the American nation.SubjectsUNITED States; HISTORICAL errors; HISTORICAL revisionism; PILGRIMS (New Plymouth Colony); FOLKLORE &; history; COLONIZATION; COLONISTS; FOLKLORE &; nationalism; COLONIAL United States, ca. 1600-1775PublicationEarly American Studies, An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2009, Vol 7, Issue 2, p259ISSN1543-4273Publication typeArticle