VOLUME 7

THE CHRONICLES OF AMERICA SERIES

ALLEN JOHNSON EDITOR

GERHARD H. LOMER CHARLES W. JEFFERYS ASSISTANT EDITORS

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[Frontispiece: LOWER BROADWAY IN 1650. From the painting by C. W. Jefferys]

DUTCH AND ENGLISH ON THE HUDSON

A CHRONICLE OF COLONIAL NEW YORK

BY MAUD WILDER GOODWIN

NEW HAVEN: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS

TORONTO: GLASGOW, BROOK & CO.

LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

1921

_Copyright, 1919, by Yale University Press_

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CONTENTS

I. UP THE GREAT RIVER Page 1 II. TRADERS AND SETTLERS " 17 III. PATROONS AND LORDS OF THE MANOR " 32 IV. THE DIRECTORS " 51 V. DOMINES AND SCHOOL-TEACHERS " 83 VI. THE BURGHERS " 102 VII. THE NEIGHBORS OF NEW NETHERLAND " 123 VIII. THE EARLY ENGLISH GOVERNORS " 137 IX. LEISLER " 150 X. PRIVATEERS AND PIRATES " 165 XI. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY " 180 XII. THE ZENGER TRIAL " 193 XIII. THE NEGRO PLOTS " 206 XIV. SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON " 218 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE " 231 INDEX " 235

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ILLUSTRATIONS

LOWER BROADWAY IN 1650 From the painting by C. W. Jefferys. _Frontispiece_

THE HUDSON RIVER REGION, 1609-1770 Map by W. L. G. Joerg, American Geographical Society. _Facing page 12_

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DUTCH AND ENGLISH ON THE HUDSON