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- Born 1602 in Amsterdam, Estates-General of the United Provinces (Nether lands). Died 1669 or before in Gravesend, Kings Co., New York.
Described as the first prostitute of New Amsterdam. "Manhattan's first a nd most famous prostitute."
From Russel Shorto's "The Island at the Center of the World:
The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan atd the Forgotten Colony That Shaped A merica" (Vintage Books, NY: 2004):
"There was a kind of duke and duchess of the era of New Amsterdam, who o utdid their neighbors for sheer rabble-rousing. Back in Europe, Griet R eyniers had worked as a barmaid at the tavern of Pieter de Winter in Am sterdam. In fact, she practiced two professions at once—the mistress of t he tavern once spotted her in a back room' "her petticoat upon her knee s," sekually servicing a party of soldiers. It's impossible to say whet her the young Wouter van Twiller wandered into her establishment one ev ening and became enamored of her. All we know is that when he set sail f or Manhattan on de Zoutberg ("Salt Mountain"), Griet was on board, too, r eady to seek her fortune in a new land. It was a hazardous crossing: th e ship was nearly captured by "Turks," and then it turned the tables an d took the prize of a Spanish bark whose hulls were crammed with sugar. G riet was unfazed by the goings-on, and plied her trade at sea- passenge rs noticed her pulling "the shirts of some of the sailors out of their b reeches."
Landing at Manhattan and finding it, so to speak, virgin territory, she s et up shop. She took to walking the Strand, hiking her petticoats to di splay her wares for the sailors. If she had come as Van Twiller's mistr ess, it may have been as a result of his finally dismissing her that sh e was observed marching into the fort one day crying out, "I have long e nough been the whore of the nobility. From now on I shall be the whore o f the rabble!"
Born 1602 in Amsterdam, Estates-General of the United Provinces (Nether l ands). Died 1669 or before in Gravesend, Kings Co., New York.
Described as the first prostitute of New Amsterdam. "Manhattan's first a n d most famous prostitute."
From Russel Shorto's "The Island at the Center of the World:
The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan atd the Forgotten Colony That Shaped A m erica" (Vintage Books, NY: 2004):
"There was a kind of duke and duchess of the era of New Amsterdam, who o u tdid their neighbors for sheer rabble-rousing. Back in Europe, Griet R e yniers had worked as a barmaid at the tavern of Pieter de Winter in Am s terdam. In fact, she practiced two professions at once—the mistress of t h e tavern once spotted her in a back room' "her petticoat upon her knee s ," sekually servicing a party of soldiers. It's impossible to say whet h er the young Wouter van Twiller wandered into her establishment one ev e ning and became enamored of her. All we know is that when he set sail f o r Manhattan on de Zoutberg ("Salt Mountain"), Griet was on board, too, r e ady to seek her fortune in a new land. It was a hazardous crossing: th e s hip was nearly captured by "Turks," and then it turned the tables an d t ook the prize of a Spanish bark whose hulls were crammed with sugar. G r iet was unfazed by the goings-on, and plied her trade at sea- passenge r s noticed her pulling "the shirts of some of the sailors out of their b r eeches."
Landing at Manhattan and finding it, so to speak, virgin territory, she s e t up shop. She took to walking the Strand, hiking her petticoats to di s play her wares for the sailors. If she had come as Van Twiller's mistr e ss, it may have been as a result of his finally dismissing her that sh e w as observed marching into the fort one day crying out, "I have long e n ough been the whore of the nobility. From now on I shall be the whore o f t he rabble!"
Born 1602 in Amsterdam, Estates-General of the United Provinces (Nether lands). Died 1669 or before in Gravesend, Kings Co., New York.
Described as the first prostitute of New Amsterdam. "Manhattan's first a nd most famous prostitute."
From Russel Shorto's "The Island at the Center of the World:
The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan atd the Forgotten Colony That Shaped A merica" (Vintage Books, NY: 2004):
"There was a kind of duke and duchess of the era of New Amsterdam, who o utdid their neighbors for sheer rabble-rousing. Back in Europe, Griet R eyniers had worked as a barmaid at the tavern of Pieter de Winter in Am sterdam. In fact, she practice d two professions at once—the mistress of t he tavern once spotted her in a back room' "her petticoat upon her knee s," sekually servicing a party of soldiers. It's impossible to say whet her the young Wouter van Twiller wandered into her establis hment one ev ening and became enamored of her. All we know is that when he set sail f or Manhattan on de Zoutberg ("Salt Mountain"), Griet was on board, too, r eady to seek her fortune in a new land. It was a hazardous crossing: th e ship was near ly captured by "Turks," and then it turned the tables an d took the prize of a Spanish bark whose hulls were crammed with sugar. G riet was unfazed by the goings-on, and plied her trade at sea- passenge rs noticed her pulling "the shirts of some o f the sailors out of their b reeches."
Landing at Manhattan and finding it, so to speak, virgin territory, she s et up shop. She took to walking the Strand, hiking her petticoats to di splay her wares for the sailors. If she had come as Van Twiller's mistr ess, it may have been as a re sult of his finally dismissing her that sh e was observed marching into the fort one day crying out, "I have long e nough been the whore of the nobility. From now on I shall be the whore o f the rabble!"
Born 1602 in Amsterdam, Estates-General of the United Provinces (Nether l ands). Died 1669 or before in Gravesend, Kings Co., New York.
Described as the first prostitute of New Amsterdam. "Manhattan's first a n d most famous prostitute."
From Russel Shorto's "The Island at the Center of the World:
The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan atd the Forgotten Colony That Shaped A m erica" (Vintage Books, NY: 2004):
"There was a kind of duke and duchess of the era of New Amsterdam, who o u tdid their neighbors for sheer rabble-rousing. Back in Europe, Griet R e yniers had worked as a barmaid at the tavern of Pieter de Winter in Am s terdam. In fact, she pract iced two professions at once—the mistress of t h e tavern once spotted her in a back room' "her petticoat upon her knee s ," sekually servicing a party of soldiers. It's impossible to say whet h er the young Wouter van Twiller wandered into her es tablishment one ev e ning and became enamored of her. All we know is that when he set sail f o r Manhattan on de Zoutberg ("Salt Mountain"), Griet was on board, too, r e ady to seek her fortune in a new land. It was a hazardous crossing: th e s hi p was nearly captured by "Turks," and then it turned the tables an d t ook the prize of a Spanish bark whose hulls were crammed with sugar. G r iet was unfazed by the goings-on, and plied her trade at sea- passenge r s noticed her pulling "the shi rts of some of the sailors out of their b r eeches."
Landing at Manhattan and finding it, so to speak, virgin territory, she s e t up shop. She took to walking the Strand, hiking her petticoats to di s play her wares for the sailors. If she had come as Van Twiller's mistr e ss, it may have been a s a result of his finally dismissing her that sh e w as observed marching into the fort one day crying out, "I have long e n ough been the whore of the nobility. From now on I shall be the whore o f t he rabble!"
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1602 - 1666 (63 years)
