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Peter Stuyvesant [note 1] (c. 1610 – August 1672) [1] [2] was a Dutch colonial administrator who served as the director-general of New Netherland from 1647 to 1664, when the colony was provisionally ceded to the Kingdom of England. [3]
In 1648, the New Amsterdam governor Peter Stuyvesant appointed four men to act as fire wardens. [4] They were empowered to inspect all chimneys and to fine any violators of the rules. The city burghers later appointed eight prominent citizens to the "Rattle Watch" - these men volunteered to patrol the streets at night carrying large wooden ...
The capitulation of Peter Stuyvesant in New Amsterdam (by Charles Hemstreet) On August 27, 1664, Richard Nicolls, the English commander, acting on instructions from England, delivered an ultimatum to the Hon. Mr. Stuyvesant, the current governor, demanding surrender at the old mill by Monday morning at eight o'clock. On September 8, Stuyvesant ...
Although Peter Stuyvesant, the Director of New Netherland, with his guns in place and ready to fire, was prepared to fight, [50] prominent city residents, including Stuyvesant's son Balthazar, Hendrick Kip and Reverend Megapolensis, all of whom signed a formal Remonstrance, persuaded Stuyvesant to stand down in the face of overwhelming odds.
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Willem Kieft smoking a peace pipe with an Algonquian Chief after the war at New Amsterdam, 1645. The bystanders are New Netherland citizens and natives The outcome is regarded as favourable to the Dutch [ 17 ] since the colony's safety was eventually assured, and the siege of New Amsterdam was lifted, after a great offense which devasted the ...