by

CHARLES HEMSTREET

New York

1901

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PREFACE

Here the history of New York City is told as a story, in few words. The effort has been to make it accurate and interesting. The illustrations are largely from old prints and wood engravings. Few dates are used. Instead, a Table of Events has been added which can readily be referred to. The Index to Chapters also gives the years in which the story of each chapter occurs.

INDEX to CHAPTERS

CHAPTER I. The Adventures of Henry Hudson. From 1609 to 1612

CHAPTER II. The First Traders on the Island. From 1612 to 1625

CHAPTER III. Peter Minuit, First of the Dutch Governors. From 1626 to 1633

CHAPTER IV. Walter Van Twiller, Second of the Dutch Governors. From 1633 to 1637

CHAPTER V. William Kieft and the War with the Indians. From 1637 to 1647

CHAPTER VI. Peter Stuyvesant, the Last of the Dutch Governors. From 1647 to 1664