Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Wouter Van Twiller” in entry new-york-colony-of of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...ssed into the possession of a few persons, and an aristocratic element was introduced.
The colony was flourishing when Governor Minuit returned to Amsterdam, in 1632, and was succeeded next year by Wouter Van Twiller , who had married a niece of Killian Van Rensselaer, a rich pearl merchant, and who became a patroon.
Van Twiller was stupid, but shrewd, and the colony prospered in spite of him. At the end of four...
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