Excerpt from A Frisian Family: The Banta Genealogy; Descendants of Epke Jacobse, Who Came From Friesland, Netherlands, to New Amsterdam, February, 1659 F or your further information on this point, i append a copy of a dispatch on the subject from the United States Minister at The Hague. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.