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Peter of New Amsterdam

Subtitle: A Story of Old New York

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1. Front matter 2. FOREWORD 3. WHERE I WAS BORN 4. ALONE IN HOLLAND 5. AN IMPORTANT INTRODUCTION 6. I GO MY WAY 7. THE BARGAIN 8. SAILING FOR THE NEW WORLD 9. A VIEW OF NEW NETHERLAND 10. THE "BROWN MEN" OR SAVAGES 11. SUMMONED TO THE CABIN 12. TOYS FOR THE SAVAGES 13. CLAIM OF THE WEST INDIA COMPANY 14. MAKING READY FOR TRADE 15. HANS BRAUN AND KRYN GILDERSLEEVE 16. THE GATHERING OF THE SAVAGES 17. GOING ASHORE 18. BUYING THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN 19. BOATS USED BY THE SAVAGES 20. WANDERING OVER THE ISLAND 21. THE HOMES OF THE SAVAGES 22. MASTER MINUIT'S HOME 23. BEGINNING THE WORK 24. STRANGE KIND OF CRAFT 25. BUILDING A FORT 26. IN CHARGE OF THE GOODS 27. THE VALUE OF WAMPUM 28. BUILDINGS OF STONE 29. THE GOVERNMENT 30. A PROSPEROUS TOWN 31. QUARRELSOME SLAVES 32. A BRUTAL MURDER 33. THE VILLAGE CALLED PLYMOUTH 34. I GO ON A VOYAGE 35. A LUKEWARM WELCOME 36. TWO DAYS IN PLYMOUTH 37. FORGING AHEAD 38. THE BIG SHIP 39. MASTER MINUIT'S SUCCESSOR 40. TROUBLE WITH THE ENGLISH 41. MASTER VAN TWILLER DISCHARGED 42. DIRECTOR KIEFT 43. UNJUST COMMANDS 44. MASTER MINUIT'S RETURN 45. THE REVENGE OF THE SAVAGES 46. MASTER KIEFT'S WAR 47. DIRECTOR PETRUS STUYVESANT 48. TIME FOR SIGHT-SEEING 49. HOW THE FORT WAS ARMED 50. VILLAGE LAWS 51. OTHER THINGS ABOUT TOWN 52. A VISIT OF CEREMONY 53. NEW AMSTERDAM BECOMES A CITY 54. MASTER STUYVESANT MAKES ENEMIES 55. ORDERS FROM HOLLAND 56. MAKING READY FOR WAR 57. AN UNEXPECTED QUESTION 58. WITH THE FLEET 59. DRIVING OUT THE SWEDES 60. THE UPRISING OF THE INDIANS 61. AN ATTACK BY THE INDIANS 62. HASTENING BACK TO NEW AMSTERDAM 63. COAXING THE SAVAGES 64. INTERFERENCE WITH RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 65. PUNISHING THE QUAKER 66. OTHER PERSECUTIONS 67. DULL TRADE 68. THE CHARGE MADE BY HANS BRAUN 69. DISMISSED BY MASTER STUYVESANT 70. ENGLISH CLAIMS 71. IDLE DAYS 72. ON BROAD WAY 73. LOOKING AFTER THE FERRY 74. THE COMING OF THE ENGLISH 75. A WEAK DEFENSE 76. MASTER STUYVESANT ABSENT 77. DISOBEYING COMMANDS 78. SURRENDER OF THE CITY DEMANDED 79. A THREE DAYS' TRUCE 80. VISITORS FROM THE ENGLISH 81. MASTER STUYVESANT'S RAGE 82. THE END OF DUTCH RULE 83. THE CITY OF NEW YORK 84. ELEMENTARY HISTORIES

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