The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28

lane.
The United New Netherlana Comnonv NJ Ho,.
land merohants vaa cbarterod In Arns,arda, ~, IN
1921. and pnder tho onora,iona NJ that char
ter Peter Minuit. the Dutch Dlrector-Gen
eral. consummated this voor ACCORDING IN.
unassailnb,o nroofs. tho nprchs.o ~ Mon.
haitian Island from tho Ipa,ons FOR 40 o,,,dor.
or s24. IN beods. buttons. fura and ,rinto,a,a
frst.rate bargain TO tho uo,,an nd. Apericon In.
habitonts ana their desoondants boyyovor 4,
may have bean for the Indians
,oaa.
Major Gonero,. D;rocto-.cs,oro proro.,
Marshal. Rear Admiral. and R-uroom,stcr Won.
ter Van TwllIer arrived In Manb,ttan In tho
fripate Zontboro hringing the inr,zo snori.h
caravel and HAVING an hoard Dor,in,o Ever.an.
Rooardps ana ,bo arst nrot.ssion., .ohoo,n,o.-
ter. Adam Roe,andsen Van Tviu.r hrouebt
with him 1oa mitch troon. tho 0rst .o,diors
! In enter Manhattan ora nIocoa ,hor In ror,
Ams,erdom oroc,od nv M,nr,t 4, Ieoa ror.
Amsterdam was On tho po,yi;no croo, tho
present alto NJ tho oeHc.s n, tho chief =, tho
| steamsbin lines n WA spba,antiaily buiIt bnt
imperfectlv eou,nned for dofonce
1885,
A very lively year in the old town. Captured
by the English from the Dutch without any re-
slstance to speak Of; Its name changed from
New Amsterdam to New York. under q royal
grant by Charles ii. to the Duke OF York; the
establishment Of a local English court for tho
determination of matters of difference; a con-
STABLE. hendrik oooe' elected oy popular vote;
tho .nrno-, ~ Enn,ish .o,at.r. 20 no ,.td
veokly estoh,,sh.d nv law. the ,our, r.onrds
ordered IN he bon, IN E,,lsh ana mitch. cart.
men ordered mt m e.an5 on thar corts Will.
drIvinr. n,obt yvatcbmcn ordered IN carrv Ian.
farm. under r.naltv ~ ir,n-r,sonmont
-.
~
Thomas Wfllet, who had never been In Ohio,
became the FIRST Mayor OF New York; Claes Van
distant. HollRnder. Court attendant, dismissed
without the formality OF civil service from hie
post OF nouor ana emolument ana Harry Nuton.
an Englishman. made his successors: the official
preacher OF the city, unable to collect his
salary petitioneo Mayor Wiilet Tor MS payment;
the minister VINO had sued Tor MS salary tell
into oisfavor, the inhabitants determining by
vote to send to Holland for an able clergy
man; the currency question, though not six.
teen TO one, became o subject OF dispute. orators
cal agitation and mathematical controversy;
the one local auctioneer made o formal COM
plant 10 the City council, composed or the
mayor. the sherln. and nve Aldermen. That MS
tees did not pay him for the time lost In count
Ing the wampum currency In which they were
paid ana demanded the establishment OF an In
nexioie' undeviating and unnuctuating
Standard; denounced as a monopoilst, Out tho
use OF Wampum oiminished.
10ss.
,,o,, ,o s.s,.,d.n .... ,.,,
nal .m,eront, A n,toh &C., - tm.nt,thrS.
r...ei. and a enh,,na TO-. =, : eoo - ~,
$500 ,ho h,,ho. "a n~o,o..os s-..ssa.
LII ~. Enn,;sh .,,sia,s ~ ,hs n..s"~ ~.
"'A oho SiNiS'o a. LAW oostcAy IA
No. y.sor go - 80 -. ~" .s..s.tS 80
~ washinatan Masno, "nS $3.50 49, -
pr,.anant - 80. a.. T..,,s, $3.50. -.
-. s.--ss H. n,-Ns 100 80
Wi o,t;,on. ~ n,,ris.,. ZOO, 20 -"
riod and the Enol,.h earr,sor of-,nhtsa ~ ~,
spectacle Of Dutch troops to either side of them
tho Dutch on shore coming down Broadway and
the Dutch on ships lying of what is now the
Staten Island ferry, surrendered precipitately
Internationally. and without resistance, ant
New York became again q Dutch town; the
name New York abolished officially and New
Orange substituted for It; the Dutch domina
ton brief, New York being restored to England
by Holland on the 10th day of November, 1874
by the treaty of Breda.
From that period until after the success of til,
American patriot soldiers In the war of indie
pendence, n century later. New York remainet
a part of the British colonies in the Nav World
Its Affairs being administered by representative
of the English throne. Tho Governor of tn,
province at the period when the oitv rece,ve,
its first charter was Thomas Donpan. an irish
man. who divided the city into wards estab,isb
ed urinary elections nrcscribed methods n
selectine ward leaders and dividing ~noljtica
patronage by districts. and was. while he re-
manned in charge of its affairs. the most nonnla
man in New York. The charter which bsara hi
,ouoa A.. CLo,o.a ~. -,
three respects IL Is worthy of all praise An,
honor. praise FOR its success In operation ant
honor to Dongan: religious freedom. liberty o
choice In elections, and no taxation for publ
purposes except by the consent of the people.
1883.
On Nov. OK. 1919 Evacust;o nav o- ,or
vears before the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ~ Tammsn,
Hall the Hritisb army under comman ~ 81
CIV Carleton and made mn In mart NJ gr.n.d,.r
of resnlendcnt annearance emba rke al AZ The IA,
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