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patterns; above, a harbor scene labeled “Nieuw Amsterdam” with a sailing
ship, windmill, and clustered buildings along the shoreline.]
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=Van Twiller Edition=
=Knickerbocker’s History of New York=
=By=
=Washington Irving=
=With Illustrations
by
Edward W. Kemble=
=Vol. II.=
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK LONDON
27 West Twenty-third St. 24 Bedford Street, Strand
=The Knickerbocker Press=
1894
COPYRIGHT, 1893
BY
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
=A History of New York=
=From the beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty.
Containing, among Many Surprising and Curious Matters, the Unutterable
Ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the Disastrous Projects of William
the Testy, and the Chivalric Achievements of Peter the Headstrong; the
Three Dutch Governors of New Amsterdam, being the Only Authentic
History of the Times that Ever Hath Been or Ever Will Be Published=
=by=
=Diedrich Knickerbocker=
=De waarheid die in duister lag,
Die komt mit klaarheid aan den dug=
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traditional dress, standing with hands in her apron pockets, wearing a
fitted bodice, short-sleeved blouse, and a full skirt with a patterned
hem.]
Contents.
BOOK IV.—(_Continued._)
PAGE
CHAP. VII.—Growing discontents of New Amsterdam under the
government of William the Testy 1
CHAP. VIII.—Of the edict of William the Testy against tobacco—Of
the Pipe Plot, and the rise of feuds and parties 6
CHAP. IX.—Of the folly of being happy in time of prosperity—Of
troubles to the South brought on by annexation—Of the secret
expedition of Jan Jansen Alpendam, and his magnificent reward 15
CHAP. X.—Troublous times on the Hudson—How Killian Van Rensellaer
erected a feudal castle, and how he introduced club-law into the
province 22
CHAP. XI.—Of the diplomatic mission of Antony the Trumpeter to the
Fortress of Rensellaerstein—and how he was puzzled by a
cabalistic reply 28
CHAP. XII.—Containing the rise of the great Amphictyonic Council
of the Pilgrims, with the decline and final extinction of
William the Testy 34