(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