Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam
by John S. C. Abbott
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About this eBook
- Author
- Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot), 1805-1877
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Curtis A. Weyant, Keith M. Eckrich, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F106: United States local history: Atlantic coast. Middle Atlantic States
- Subject
- Stuyvesant, Peter, 1592-1672
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 13811
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13811
- Release Date
- October 20, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.PETER STUYVESANT, THE LAST DUTCH GOVERNOR OF NEW AMSTERDAM
- 2.By John S. C. Abbott
- 3.PREFACE — JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.
- 4.CONTENTS.
- 5.PETER STUYVESANT.
- 6.CHAPTER I.—DISCOVERY OF THE HUDSON RIVER.
- 7.CHAPTER II.—THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY.
- 8.CHAPTER III.—THE COMMENCEMENT OF COLONISATION.
- 9.CHAPTER IV.—THE ADMINISTRATION OF VAN TWILLER.
- 10.CHAPTER V.—WAR AND ITS DEVASTATIONS.
- 11.CHAPTER VI.—GOVERNOR STUYVESANT.
- 12.CHAPTER VII.—WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND AND HOLLAND.
- 13.CHAPTER VIII.—ANOTHER INDIAN WAR.
- 14.CHAPTER IX.—AN ENERGETIC ADMINISTRATION.
- 15.CHAPTER X.—THE ESOPUS WAR.
- 16.CHAPTER XI.—THE DISASTROUS YEAR.
- 17.CHAPTER XII.—ENCROACHMENTS OF THE ENGLISH.
- 18.CHAPTER XIII.—HOSTILE MEASURES COMMENCED.
- 19.CHAPTER XIV.—THE CAPTURE OF NEW AMSTERDAM.
- 20.CHAPTER XV.—THE FINAL SURRENDER.
- 21.CHAPTER XVI.—THE OLDEN TIME. — THE END.
- 22.NOTES:
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