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1600 AD (search for this): entry kieft-wilhelm
Kieft, Wilhelm 1600-
Dutch governor; born in Holland, about 1600.
Little is known of him before his appearance at Manhattan on March 28, 1638.
He seems to have been an unpopular dweller at Rochelle, France, where his effigy had been hung upon a gallows.
De Vries, an active mariner, who knew him well, ranked him among the great rascals of his age. He was energetic, spiteful, and rapacious—the reverse of Van Twiller, his immediate predecessor.
Kieft began his administration by concentrati1600.
Little is known of him before his appearance at Manhattan on March 28, 1638.
He seems to have been an unpopular dweller at Rochelle, France, where his effigy had been hung upon a gallows.
De Vries, an active mariner, who knew him well, ranked him among the great rascals of his age. He was energetic, spiteful, and rapacious—the reverse of Van Twiller, his immediate predecessor.
Kieft began his administration by concentrating all executive power in his own hands; and he and his council possessed such dignity, in their own estimation, that it became a high crime to appeal from their decision.
He found public affairs in the capital of New Netherland in a wretched condition, and put forth a strong hand to bring order out of confusion.
Abuses abounded, and his measures of reform almost stripped the citizens of their privileges.
Dilapidated Fort Amsterdam was repaired and new warehouses for the company were erected.
March 28th, 1638 AD (search for this): entry kieft-wilhelm
Kieft, Wilhelm 1600-
Dutch governor; born in Holland, about 1600.
Little is known of him before his appearance at Manhattan on March 28, 1638.
He seems to have been an unpopular dweller at Rochelle, France, where his effigy had been hung upon a gallows.
De Vries, an active mariner, who knew him well, ranked him among the great rascals of his age. He was energetic, spiteful, and rapacious—the reverse of Van Twiller, his immediate predecessor.
Kieft began his administration by concentrating all executive power in his own hands; and he and his council possessed such dignity, in their own estimation, that it became a high crime to appeal from their decision.
He found public affairs in the capital of New Netherland in a wretched condition, and put forth a strong hand to bring order out of confusion.
Abuses abounded, and his measures of reform almost stripped the citizens of their privileges.
Dilapidated Fort Amsterdam was repaired and new warehouses for the company were erected.
France (France) (search for this): entry kieft-wilhelm
Kieft, Wilhelm 1600-
Dutch governor; born in Holland, about 1600.
Little is known of him before his appearance at Manhattan on March 28, 1638.
He seems to have been an unpopular dweller at Rochelle, France, where his effigy had been hung upon a gallows.
De Vries, an active mariner, who knew him well, ranked him among the great rascals of his age. He was energetic, spiteful, and rapacious—the reverse of Van Twiller, his immediate predecessor.
Kieft began his administration by concentrating all executive power in his own hands; and he and his council possessed such dignity, in their own estimation, that it became a high crime to appeal from their decision.
He found public affairs in the capital of New Netherland in a wretched condition, and put forth a strong hand to bring order out of confusion.
Abuses abounded, and his measures of reform almost stripped the citizens of their privileges.
Dilapidated Fort Amsterdam was repaired and new warehouses for the company were erected.