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Mistakes of historians with regard to the seizure of New Netherland.
The news of it reaches Europe. War between England and Hol-
land. The status of the English colonies. - The Navigation Acts;
the 'mercantile system.'-New Amsterdam's Articles of Surrender.
Governor Nicolls establishes his government at New York; and
secures the rest of the province. He demands an oath of allegi-
ance. He settles boundary lines with Connecticut. - Reconstruc-
tion. The Duke's Laws: the courts; taxes; freedom of conscience;
ecclesiastical arrangements. —General Stuyvesant returns to Hol-
land. Nicolls reorganizes the city government.
The mayor
and aldermen installed; Thomas Willett the first mayor of New
York. The mayor's court. -New Harlem receives a town char-
ter. - Alienation of New Jersey. -John Scott's part therein.
Governor Carteret sets up his government in the new province

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CHAPTER XVII

THE EARLY YEARS OF NEW YORK. 1665–1673

(GOVERNOR NICOLLS, GOVERNor Lovelace)

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The war in Europe; France engages in it. Trade annihilated in New

York. Governor Nicolls in New England. - Needs of New York.

-Trouble in the Esopus region. - Murmuring on Long Island.

Renewal of land grants. - The Canadians attack the Iroquois.

Nicolls asks in vain for aid from New England. - The French covet

New York.-Necessitous condition of city and province. -Nicolls

begs for more freedom in trade. - Peace in Europe. - The Treaty

of Breda: Holland resigns New Netherland to England. - General

Stuyvesant accused by the West India Company. He returns to

New York. Departure of Governor Nicolls. - His excellent ad-

ministration. His successor, Colonel Francis Lovelace. - Hopes

of freedom in trade extinguished. The coasting trade revives.

The Duke of York sends gifts to the city; its new seal. - Trade;

the currency.—City improvements. Lovelace establishes a postal

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service with New England. - Church affairs. The courts. Trial
of Angle Hendricks. - Stately funeral of the governor's nephew. —
Earliest list of the householders in the city. - The Roosevelt family.
- Staten Island bought again of the Indians. -Immigration from
Barbadoes. Emigration to Carolina. - Horse-races on Hempstead
Plain. - Manorial estates. - Discontent on Long Island.
governor's varied difficulties ended by a Dutch invasion.

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CHAPTER XVIII

NEW ORANGE. 1672-1674

(GOVERNOR LOVELACE, Governor Colve)

Death of Peter Stuyvesant.

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Why he has been so well remembered. -
War again between England and Holland. - Death of Colonel
Nicolls; his monument. - Apprehension of a Dutch attack upon
New York. Evertsen and Binckes. Their instructions. Their
squadrons approach Manhattan. John Sharpe's account of the
surrender. Other accounts. The city renamed New Orange. -
Reorganization of the province. — Captain Anthony Colve installed
as governor. Connecticut threatens war; hostilities on Long Is-
The feeling in Massachusetts. - Colve's strict administra-
He restores the city government to its Dutch form. — Taxes.
Measures of defence. - The English government urged to retake

the province. -Arrangements made for the province by the Dutch

government.-Peace in Europe. - The Treaty of Westminster:

Holland cedes New Netherland to England. - Dissatisfaction on

Manhattan. Arrival of Governor Andros. Colve turns over the

government to him. — Dissolution and reorganization of the West

India Company. The colonies of modern Holland

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tion.

names.

Changes worked in New York by death and removal; John Underhill;

Thomas Willett. - After career of John Scott. - Denton's Brief

Description of New York. -Other publications relating to the

province. - Vitality of Dutch blood and persistence of Dutch influ-

ence in New York. - Dutch surnames; societies; geographical

- Dutch words that survive in New York. - Influence on

our Christmas festival of the St. Nicholas festival of the Dutch;

Santa Claus. - Democratic temper of New York. - Dutch influence

on its political arrangements. The township-county system; its

extension in the western States.-Three great services rendered by

New York to the colonies at large. Its general influence upon

them

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