CONTENTS.
 

CHAPTER I.

EARLY DISCOVERIES AND RIVAL CLAIMANTS IN NORTH AMERICA     .         I

Pre-Columbian Voyages—The Cabots—Verrazano—The Discoverer of
our Bay and River—Cartier and AUefonsce—First Celebration of the
Holy Communion by the Anglican Rite—The Virginia Colony—Later
Appearance of the Dutch—Hudson's Voyage, and Reconnaissance up
the River San Antonio, now Known as the Hudson—Claim of the Dutch
to Rights as Discoverers Steadily Resisted by the English—The West
India Company—The North Virginia Company,

CHAPTER II.

DUTCH OCCUPATION OF MANHATTAN ISLAND        .         .         .         .       20

General Review of the Dutch Claim—The Walloons among the First
Settlers—Cornells Jacobson May—Peter Minuit, Director—The Patroons
of New Netherlands—The Dutch Church Formally Established—Religious
Intolerance and Persecution—Dissatisfaction with Dutch rule—Gradual
Deterioration and Decline of the Colony—Surrender to the English in
1664,

CHAPTER m.

JAMES, DUKE OF YORK, PROPRIETOR......37

Appointment of the Duke of York to the Charge of Affairs in America
—Surrender of New Amsterdam—Generous Treatment of the Dutch by
their Conquerors—The Duke's Laws—Lovelace Succeeds NicoUs—
Virtual Establishment of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York by
the English Rulers—The Dutch Regain Possession—Disgrace of Love¬
lace and Confiscation of his Property by the Crown—Re-occupation of
the Town by the English—The Bogardus Farm ; its Sale to Lovelace
and Subsequent Histoiy—Governor Andros—Rev, Charles Wolley, Chap¬
lain to the Forces—The Labadists Witness a Church of England Service
—Governor Dongan ; his Just and Impartial Administration—The Book
of Common Prayer in Use on Long Island—Rev. Samuel Ebume at
Brookhaven—Advances toward Civil and Religious Freedom—Death of
King Charles II.