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Title: The Story of Manhattan

Author: Charles Hemstreet

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THE STORY OF MANHATTAN

by

CHARLES HEMSTREET

New York

1901

[Illustration]

PREFACE

Here the history of New York City is told as a story, in few words. The
effort has been to make it accurate and interesting. The illustrations
are largely from old prints and wood engravings. Few dates are used.
Instead, a Table of Events has been added which can readily be referred
to. The Index to Chapters also gives the years in which the story of
each 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 X