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The Story of Manhattan
By Charles Hemstreet
Charles Scribner's Sons
1901
PREFACE
Here the history of New York City is told as a story, in few words. Theeffort has been to make it accurate and interesting. The illustrationsare largely from old prints and wood engravings. Few dates are used.Instead, a Table of Events has been added which can readily be referredto. The Index to Chapters also gives the years in which the story ofeach 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
CHAPTER VII. New York Under the English and the Dutch.
From 1664 to 1674
CHAPTER VIII. Something About the Bolting Act.
From 1674 to 1688
CHAPTER IX. The Stirring Times of Jacob Leisler.
From 1688 to 1691
CHAPTER X. The Sad End of Jacob Leisler.
The Year 1691
CHAPTER XI. Governor Fletcher and the Privateers.
From 1692 to 1696
CHAPTER XII. Containing the True Life of Captain Kidd.
From 1696 to 1702
CHAPTER XIII. Lord Cornbury makes Himself very Unpopular.
From 1702 to 1708
CHAPTER XIV. Lord Lovelace and Robert Hunter.
From 1708 to 1720
CHAPTER XV. Governor Burnet and the French Traders.
From 1720 to 1732