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Peter of New Amsterdam

Peter of New Amsterdam

by James Otis

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Author
Otis, James, 1848-1912
Title
Peter of New Amsterdam: A Story of Old New York
Credits
Produced by David Edwards, David K. Park and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject
New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
42327
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42327
Release Date
March 13, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.PETER OF NEW AMSTERDAM A STORY OF OLD NEW YORK
  2. 2.FOREWORD
  3. 3.CONTENTS. — PETER OF NEW AMSTERDAM
  4. 4.WHERE I WAS BORN
  5. 5.ALONE IN HOLLAND
  6. 6.AN IMPORTANT INTRODUCTION
  7. 7.I GO MY WAY
  8. 8.THE BARGAIN
  9. 9.SAILING FOR THE NEW WORLD
  10. 10.A VIEW OF NEW NETHERLAND
  11. 11.THE "BROWN MEN" OR SAVAGES
  12. 12.SUMMONED TO THE CABIN
  13. 13.TOYS FOR THE SAVAGES
  14. 14.CLAIM OF THE WEST INDIA COMPANY
  15. 15.MAKING READY FOR TRADE
  16. 16.HANS BRAUN AND KRYN GILDERSLEEVE
  17. 17.THE GATHERING OF THE SAVAGES
  18. 18.GOING ASHORE
  19. 19.BUYING THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN
  20. 20.BOATS USED BY THE SAVAGES
  21. 21.WANDERING OVER THE ISLAND
  22. 22.THE HOMES OF THE SAVAGES
  23. 23.MASTER MINUIT'S HOME
  24. 24.BEGINNING THE WORK
  25. 25.STRANGE KIND OF CRAFT
  26. 26.BUILDING A FORT
  27. 27.IN CHARGE OF THE GOODS
  28. 28.THE VALUE OF WAMPUM
  29. 29.BUILDINGS OF STONE
  30. 30.THE GOVERNMENT
  31. 31.A PROSPEROUS TOWN
  32. 32.QUARRELSOME SLAVES
  33. 33.A BRUTAL MURDER
  34. 34.THE VILLAGE CALLED PLYMOUTH
  35. 35.I GO ON A VOYAGE
  36. 36.A LUKEWARM WELCOME
  37. 37.TWO DAYS IN PLYMOUTH
  38. 38.FORGING AHEAD
  39. 39.THE BIG SHIP
  40. 40.MASTER MINUIT'S SUCCESSOR
  41. 41.TROUBLE WITH THE ENGLISH
  42. 42.MASTER VAN TWILLER DISCHARGED
  43. 43.DIRECTOR KIEFT
  44. 44.UNJUST COMMANDS
  45. 45.MASTER MINUIT'S RETURN
  46. 46.THE REVENGE OF THE SAVAGES
  47. 47.MASTER KIEFT'S WAR
  48. 48.DIRECTOR PETRUS STUYVESANT
  49. 49.TIME FOR SIGHT-SEEING
  50. 50.HOW THE FORT WAS ARMED
  51. 51.VILLAGE LAWS
  52. 52.OTHER THINGS ABOUT TOWN
  53. 53.A VISIT OF CEREMONY
  54. 54.NEW AMSTERDAM BECOMES A CITY
  55. 55.MASTER STUYVESANT MAKES ENEMIES
  56. 56.ORDERS FROM HOLLAND
  57. 57.MAKING READY FOR WAR
  58. 58.AN UNEXPECTED QUESTION
  59. 59.WITH THE FLEET
  60. 60.DRIVING OUT THE SWEDES
  61. 61.THE UPRISING OF THE INDIANS
  62. 62.AN ATTACK BY THE INDIANS
  63. 63.HASTENING BACK TO NEW AMSTERDAM
  64. 64.COAXING THE SAVAGES
  65. 65.INTERFERENCE WITH RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
  66. 66.PUNISHING THE QUAKER
  67. 67.OTHER PERSECUTIONS
  68. 68.DULL TRADE
  69. 69.THE CHARGE MADE BY HANS BRAUN
  70. 70.DISMISSED BY MASTER STUYVESANT
  71. 71.ENGLISH CLAIMS
  72. 72.IDLE DAYS
  73. 73.ON BROAD WAY
  74. 74.LOOKING AFTER THE FERRY
  75. 75.THE COMING OF THE ENGLISH
  76. 76.A WEAK DEFENSE
  77. 77.MASTER STUYVESANT ABSENT
  78. 78.DISOBEYING COMMANDS
  79. 79.SURRENDER OF THE CITY DEMANDED
  80. 80.A THREE DAYS' TRUCE
  81. 81.VISITORS FROM THE ENGLISH
  82. 82.MASTER STUYVESANT'S RAGE
  83. 83.THE END OF DUTCH RULE
  84. 84.THE CITY OF NEW YORK
  85. 85.ELEMENTARY HISTORIES — HISTORICAL READERS

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