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 PublishedJ.W. Lovell Company, 1883 - 307 Seiten |
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