Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam — John S.C. Abbott

? Annotated ? Illustrated? Author?s biography is includedThis is the digital edition of John S.C. Abbott?s ?Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam? first published in 1898. Pieter Stuyvesant (c.?1612 ? August 1672), known as Petrus, served as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664, after which it was renamed New York. He was a major figure in the early history of New York City.Stuyvesant's accomplishments as director-general included a great expansion for the settlement of New Amsterdam beyond the southern tip of Manhattan. Among the projects built by Stuyvesant's administration were the protective wall on Wall Street, the canal that became Broad Street, and Broadway.Although he is most commonly referred to in modern English as Peter Stuyvesant, that name is not found in historical records. TABLE OF CONTENTSABOUT THE AUTHORPREFACECHAPTER I. Discovery of the Hudson RiverCHAPTER II. The Progress of DiscoveryCHAPTER III. The Commencement of ColonizationCHAPTER IV. The Administration of Van TwillerCHAPTER V. War and Its DevastationsCHAPTER VI. Governor StuyvesantCHAPTER VII. War Between England and HollandCHAPTER VIII. Another Indian WarCHAPTER IX. An Energetic AdministrationCHAPTER X. The Esopus WarCHAPTER XI. The Disastrous YearCHAPTER XII. Encroachments of the EnglishCHAPTER XIII. Hostile Measures CommencedCHAPTER XIV. The Capture of New AmsterdamCHAPTER XV. The Final SurrenderCHAPTER XVI. The Olden TimeFOOTNOTES