Peter Stuyvesant
Peter Stuyvesant
Peter Stuyvesantserved as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664, after which it was renamed New York. He was a major figure in the early history of New York City...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionPublic Servant
peace war blessed
Praise the Lord, O England's Jerusalem: and Netherland's Zion, praise ye the Lord! He hath secured your gates, and blessed your possessions with peace, even here, where the threatened torch of war was lighted.
people moral
The people are grown very wild and loose in their morals.