Peter of New Amsterdam: A Story of Old New York
by James Otis
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Chapters (240)
- PETER OF NEW AMSTERDAM A STORY OF OLD NEW YORK
- FOREWORD
- CONTENTS.
- PETER OF NEW AMSTERDAM
- WHERE I WAS BORN
- ALONE IN HOLLAND
- AN IMPORTANT INTRODUCTION
- I GO MY WAY
- THE BARGAIN
- SAILING FOR THE NEW WORLD
- A VIEW OF NEW NETHERLAND
- THE "BROWN MEN" OR SAVAGES
- SUMMONED TO THE CABIN
- TOYS FOR THE SAVAGES
- CLAIM OF THE WEST INDIA COMPANY
- MAKING READY FOR TRADE
- HANS BRAUN AND KRYN GILDERSLEEVE
- THE GATHERING OF THE SAVAGES
- GOING ASHORE
- BUYING THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN
- BOATS USED BY THE SAVAGES
- WANDERING OVER THE ISLAND
- THE HOMES OF THE SAVAGES
- MASTER MINUIT'S HOME
- BEGINNING THE WORK
- STRANGE KIND OF CRAFT
- BUILDING A FORT
- IN CHARGE OF THE GOODS
- THE VALUE OF WAMPUM
- BUILDINGS OF STONE
- THE GOVERNMENT
- A PROSPEROUS TOWN
- QUARRELSOME SLAVES
- A BRUTAL MURDER
- THE VILLAGE CALLED PLYMOUTH
- I GO ON A VOYAGE
- A LUKEWARM WELCOME
- TWO DAYS IN PLYMOUTH
- FORGING AHEAD
- THE BIG SHIP
- MASTER MINUIT'S SUCCESSOR
- TROUBLE WITH THE ENGLISH
- MASTER VAN TWILLER DISCHARGED
- DIRECTOR KIEFT
- UNJUST COMMANDS
- MASTER MINUIT'S RETURN
- THE REVENGE OF THE SAVAGES
- MASTER KIEFT'S WAR
- DIRECTOR PETRUS STUYVESANT
- TIME FOR SIGHT-SEEING
- HOW THE FORT WAS ARMED
- VILLAGE LAWS
- OTHER THINGS ABOUT TOWN
- A VISIT OF CEREMONY
- NEW AMSTERDAM BECOMES A CITY
- MASTER STUYVESANT MAKES ENEMIES
- ORDERS FROM HOLLAND
- MAKING READY FOR WAR
- AN UNEXPECTED QUESTION
- WITH THE FLEET
- DRIVING OUT THE SWEDES
- THE UPRISING OF THE INDIANS
- AN ATTACK BY THE INDIANS
- HASTENING BACK TO NEW AMSTERDAM
- COAXING THE SAVAGES
- INTERFERENCE WITH RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
- PUNISHING THE QUAKER
- OTHER PERSECUTIONS
- DULL TRADE
- THE CHARGE MADE BY HANS BRAUN
- DISMISSED BY MASTER STUYVESANT
- ENGLISH CLAIMS
- IDLE DAYS
- ON BROAD WAY
- LOOKING AFTER THE FERRY
- THE COMING OF THE ENGLISH
- A WEAK DEFENSE
- MASTER STUYVESANT ABSENT
- DISOBEYING COMMANDS
- SURRENDER OF THE CITY DEMANDED
- A THREE DAYS' TRUCE
- VISITORS FROM THE ENGLISH
- MASTER STUYVESANT'S RAGE
- THE END OF DUTCH RULE
- THE CITY OF NEW YORK
- ELEMENTARY HISTORIES
- HISTORICAL READERS
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