A
HISTORY OF NEW YORK,
FROM
THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THE END OF THE
DUTCH DYNASTY,
CONTAINING,
AMONG MANY SURPRISING AND CURIOUS MATTERS,
THE UNUTTERABLE PONDERINGS OF WALTER THE DOUBTER, THE DISASTROUS
PROJECTS OF WILLIAM THE TESTY, AND THE CHIVALRIC
ACHIEVEMENTS OF PETER THE
HEADSTRONG,
THE THREE DUTCH GOVERNORS OF NEW AMSTERDAM.
BEING THE ONLY AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF THE TIMES THAT EVER HATH BEEN PUBLISHED.
BY DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER.
De waarheld die fit dulster lag,
Die komt met klaarheld aan den dag.
PHILADELPHIA:
LEA AND BLANCHARD.
© 1840.
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