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Donck, Adriaen van der 1620-1655 Dutch Americans New York (State) New York History 17th century Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) History 17th century Minuit, Peter 1580-1638 New York (N.Y.) Biography New York (N.Y.) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 New York (N.Y.) Politics and government To 1898 Stuyvesant, Peter 1592-1672Filter By Authors
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Donck, Adriaen van der 1620-1655 Dutch Americans New York (State) New York History 17th century Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) History 17th century Minuit, Peter 1580-1638 New York (N.Y.) Biography New York (N.Y.) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 New York (N.Y.) Politics and government To 1898 Stuyvesant, Peter 1592-1672Filter By Authors
Shorto, Russell.Shorto, Russell.
Summary: In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in riveting detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today. In the late 1960s, an archivist in the New York State Library made an astounding discovery: 12,000 pages of centuries-old correspondence, court cases, legal contracts, and reports from a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2004