:

A

HISTORY

OF

NEW-YORK,

FROM THE

BEGINNING OF THE WORLD

TO THE

END OF THE DUTCH DYNASTY.

CONTAINING,

AMONG MANY SURPRISING AND CURIOUS MATTERS,

31E UNUTTERABLE PONDERINGS OF WALTER THE DOUBTER.
THE DISASTROUS PROJECTS OF WILLIAM THE TESTY,
AND THE CHIVALRIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF PETER
THE HEADSTRONG,

THE THREE DUTCH GOVERNORS OF NEW-AMSTERDAM:

Being the only Authentic History of the Times that ever hath been published.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

SEVENTH AMERICAN EDITION.

BY DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER.

VOL. I.

De waarheid die ia vuister lag,
Die komt met klaarheid aan den dag.

Philadelphia ·

CAREY & LEA-CHESNUT-STREET.

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