Griffis, William Elliot, The story of New Netherland

(Boston and New York :  Houghton Mifflin Company,  1909.)

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CONTENTS

I. Hudson seeks the Sea Path to China     .       1

XL The Manhattan Pioneers        ...         10

III.   Jesse de Forest and the Homb-Makers  .     20

IV.   Peter Minuit, First Civil Governor     .         30
V. The First Church and Domine   ...     40

VI.  Walter van Twiller, Director-General      49

VII. The Patroons and the Manors ...     61

VIII. The Rensselaerwijk Colony   ...         73

IX. Kieft and his Indian War   ....     81

X. Nijkerk : the Old Home beyond Sea    .         90

XI. The Maker of the Silver Chain       .       .    101

XII. Stuyvesant and his Rule .       .       .       .       110

XIII.   Outside Feudalism:  The Free Farmers   .    121

XIV.   Dutch and Swedes on the Delaware River    129
XV. The Fall of New Netherland   .       .       .139

XVI. Life and Amusements of the Young Folks    149

XVII. Social Life in New Netherland    .       .       160
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