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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, State of (search)
y the first constitution, was abolished in 1817, but a few aged persons continued in nominal slavery several years later. The revised constitution of the State was adopted November, 1894, materially restricting the proportionate representation of New York and Kings counties. Population in 1890, 5,997,853; in 1900, 7,268,012. See United States, New York, in vol. IX. governors of New York. Under the Dutch. Name.Term. Cornelius Jacobsen May 1624 William Verhulst1625 Peter MinuitMay 4, 1626 to 1633 Wouter Van Twiller April, 1633 to 1638 William KieftMarch 28, 1638 to 1647 Peter Stuyvesant May 11, 1647 to 1664 Under the English. Richard NicollsSept. 8, 1664 to 1668 Francis LovelaceAug. 17, 1668to 1673 Dutch resumed. Anthony Colve1673 to 1674 English resumed. Edmund AndrosNov. 10, 1674 to 1683 Thomas DonganAug. 27, 1683 1688 Francis Nicholson.1688 to 1689 Jacob LeislerJune 3, 1689to 1691 Henry SloughterMarch 19, 1691 Richard IngoldsbyJuly 26, 1691 1692 Be
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, Brooklyn......May–June, 1623 Cornelius Jacobsen May, first director or governor of New Netherland......1624 Sarah Rapelje the first known white child born in New Netherland......June 7, 1625 Peter Evertsen Hulft fits three vessels, each of some 250 tons, for New Amsterdam; lands at Nutten (Governor's) Island......July, 1625 William Verhulst succeeds May as director......1625 Peter Minuit, director, leaves Amsterdam in Sea-Mew......Jan. 9, 1626 Arrives at Manhattan......May 4, 1626 Manhattan Island, rocky and full of trees, ceded by Indians to the Dutch West India Company for sixty guilders ($23)......1626 A block-house built surrounded by a palisade of cedar posts, at the extreme southern end of the island and called Fort Amsterdam......1626 Six farms, or boweries, laid out on the island, and specimens of the harvest sent to Holland to show the fertility of the soil......1626 Dutch in friendly relations with the Plymouth colony of New England......1627