STUYVESANT, PETER

stīˈvəsənt, c.1610–1672, Dutch director-general of New Netherland. He served as governor of Curaçao and lost a leg in an expedition against St. Martin before succeeding Willem Kieft in New Netherland. On his arrival (1647) in New Amsterdam (later New York City), he immediately informed the colonists of his autocratic intentions. He set up a board of nine men to advise him but dissolved it (1651) when they asked for redress of their grievances in a remonstrance to the Dutch government. As a result of this petition, however, Holland granted (1653) municipal government to New Amsterdam. Nevertheless, Stuyvesant continued his harsh rule and was intolerant of religious dissenters, especially Quakers. While he lost territory to Connecticut (1650), he expanded the colony by conquering New Sweden (1655). Overwhelmed by a surprise English attack, Stuyvesant surrendered New Netherland to England in 1664. He spent the rest of his life on his Manhattan farm and was buried there under his chapel, now the site of a church, St. Mark's-in-the-Bouwerie.

See E. L. Raesly, Portrait of New Netherland (1945, repr. 1965); H. H. Kessler and E. Rachlis, Peter Stuyvesant and His New York (1959).

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Memorials of Peter A. Jay
Book by John Jay; G. J, 1929
Subjects: Jay, Peter A--(Peter Augustus)--1776-1843, New York (State)--Politics And Government--1775-1865, Politicians--New York (State)--Biography
...Holland;--the latter married a sister of Governor Stuyvesant. Peter Jay was the sole survivor of his fathers family...classmates of the younger Jay in his Junior year was Peter G. Stuyvesant, a lifelong and intimate friend, and Cyrus King...
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Pete: The Story of Peter V. Cacchione, New York's First Communist Councilman
Book by Simon W. Gerson; International Publishers, 1976
Subjects: Communists--New York (State)--New York--Biography, New York (N.Y.)--Politics And Government--1898-1951
...public office, they will assuredly answer Peter V. Cacchione. The pedantic schoolteacher...165 39 Stuyvesant Town: A Close Question 168...people. Dorothy Cacchione, widow of Peter V. Cacchione, generously made her files...
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Early Songs of Uncle Sam
Book by George Stuyvesant Jackson; B. Humphries, 1933
Subjects: Folk Music--United States--History And Criticism, Folk Songs, English--United States--History And Criticism
...collection of old ballad songs, as sung by our grandmothers. Turner Fisher. Philadelphia and New York. Cir. 1840. GEORGE STUYVESANT JACKSON EARLY SONGS of Uncle Sam With an Introduction by KENNETH B. MURDOCK BOSTON BRUCE HUMPHRIES PUBLISHERS...
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Ordered Liberty: A Constitutional History of New York
Book by Peter J. Galie; Fordham University Press, 1996
Subjects: Constitutional History--New York (State)
...justification for his administration. Peter Stuyvesant, a consumate soldier, was chosen...the exception of Director Peter Stuyvesant in the 1650s. The acceptance...policy of toleration. 91 Peter Stuyvesants attempt to restrict the religious...
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Puritanism and the Wilderness: The Intellectual Significance of the New England Frontier, 1629-1700
Book by Peter N. Carroll; Columbia University Press, 1969
Subjects: Frontier And Pioneer Life--New England, New England--Intellectual Life, Puritans--New England, Wilderness (Theology)
...New England Frontier 1629-1700 by PETER N. CARROLL NEW YORK LONDON COLUMBIA...assistance, for which I am grateful. Peter N. Carroll Evanston, Illinois February...your petitions into the sea." 27 Peter Bulkeley, minister of the church at Concord...
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Affordable Housing, Land Tenure, and Urban Policy: The Matrix Revealed
Journal article by J. Peter Byrne, Michael Diamond; Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 34, 2007
Subjects: Housing policy--Laws, regulations and rules, Land tenure--Laws, regulations and rules, Low income housing tax credit--Laws, regulations and rules, Low income housing--Laws, regulations and rules
...Land Tenure, and Urban Policy: The Matrix Revealed. by J. Peter Byrne , Michael Diamond I. INTRODUCTION Housing provides...normative arguments against residential economic diversity? Peter Schuck acknowledges but does not defend "classism," which he...
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The Brooklyn Dodgers' Move to Los Angeles: Was Walter O'Malley Solely Responsible?
Journal article by Peter Ellsworth; Nine, Vol. 14, 2005
Subjects: Baseball teams--History, Baseball teams--Officials and employees, Brooklyn Dodgers--History, Brooklyn Dodgers--Officials and employees, Los Angeles Dodgers--History, Los Angeles Dodgers--Officials and employees, O'Malley, Walter Francis--Evaluation, O'Malley, Walter Francis--Management
...No sooner had Los Angeles Dodgers owner Peter OMalley announced that he was selling...a plot of land on the edge of Bedford-Stuyvesant, on the border of Brownsville. (77) This...1. 125. "Letter from Robert Moses to Peter Brown," August 26, 1957, Robert F. Wagner...
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Low-Wage Maternal Employment and Parenting Style
Journal article by Aurora P. Jackson, Peter M. Bentler, Todd M. Franke; Social Work, Vol. 53, 2008
Subjects: Parenting--Demographic aspects, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Poor--Employment, Poor--Psychological aspects, Welfare reform--Management, Working mothers--Psychological aspects
...Parenting Style. by Aurora P. Jackson , Peter M. Bentler , Todd M. Franke The...communities in New York City--Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, Harlem in Manhattan, and...PhD, is professor of social welfare, Peter M. Bentler, PhD, is professor of psychology...
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Reviewed Elsewhere
Journal article; Biography, Vol. 27, 2004
Subjects: Book reviewing--Bibliography, Book reviews--Bibliography
...in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures. New York: Peter Lang, 2002. 126 pp. pounds sterling31.00. "In this slim volume...the Life of Charles Darwin, Naturalist, Geologist and Thinker. Peter Sis. New York: Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus Giroux...
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William Aaron Nierenberg
Journal article by Russ Davis, William Happer; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 151, 2007
Subjects: Air traffic controllers, Architecture, Carbon dioxide, Councils, Human capital, Learning, Nierenberg, William Aaron, Oceanography, Personal profiles, Physics, Remote sensing, Scholarships & fellowships, Scientists, World War II
...in New York City in 1919. He grew up in the South Bronx and attended Townsend Harris High School, which along with Peter Stuyvesant High School, the Bronx High School of Science, and other city institutions contributed so much to the rich human...
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The Final Cut: As Smoking Became More Reviled, So Tobacco Campaigns Were Forced to Become Ever More Creative. with the End of the Cigarette Ad, Peter York Looks Back on a Golden Age of Advertising
Magazine article by Peter York; New Statesman, Vol. 132, March 3, 2003
Subjects: Cigarettes--Advertising, Gallaher Group PLC--Advertising, Tobacco industry--Advertising
...older cigarette advertising approaches look decidedly klutzy. Remember Rothmans and its pilots braided uniforms; Peter Stuyvesant and its "International" claims; Players and its 1960s "sharing" commercials. And a raft of below-stairs brands which...
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Sizeable Symphonist
Magazine article by Peter Phillips; Musical Times, Vol. 140, Summer 1999
Sizeable Symphonist by Peter Phillips PETER PHILLIPS The John Marsh journals: the life and times of a...annotated by Brian Robins Sociology of Music no.9 Pendragon Press (Stuyvesant NY, 1998); xiv, 797pp; $76. ISBN 0 945193 94 7. Although...
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The Competitiveness Illusion: Does Our Country Need to Be Literate in Order to Be Competitive? If Not, Why Read?
Magazine article by Peter Shaw; National Review, Vol. 45, January 18, 1993
Subjects: Business and education--Analysis, Educational innovations--Analysis, Industry and education--Analysis, Literacy, Literacy--Effect of technological innovations on, Technical education--Analysis, Technological innovations
...other bright students. New York Citys Stuyvesant High School has turned out the highest-scoring...Computers were obsolete or broken. Stuyvesant High Schools teaching staff was not...leaders, except in special schools like Stuyvesant. Nearly all students are now awarded...
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The Voucher Canard
Magazine article by Peter Feuerherd; Commonweal, Vol. 126, February 12, 1999
Subjects: Education--Social aspects, Educational vouchers--Social aspects
...The voucher canard by Peter Feuerherd Last November...students line up for blocks around Stuyvesant High School in lower Manhattan...and the even more selective Stuyvesant and Bronx Science - have stellar...proud to send their children. Peter Feuerherd is a frequent Commonweal...
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Lavender Hill Mob
Magazine article by Peter Quinn; Commonweal, Vol. 134, May 4, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Fellow Travelers (Book)--Book reviews
Lavender Hill Mob. by Peter Quinn Fellow Travelers Thomas...middle-class kitchens in Manhattans Stuyvesant Town (we lived in its Bronx twin, Parkchester...love of God makes all the difference. Peter Quinn is the author of Looking for...
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Russia and Far East Puff Up Cigarette Sales for BAT
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 27, 2006
Subjects: Tobacco industry--Statistics
...today. The worlds second-biggest cigarette maker, which boasts brands ranging from Pall Mall and Dunhill to Kent and Peter Stuyvesant, produced a 10% increase in like-for-like revenues to pounds sterling4.8 billion for its first half ending 30 June...
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Altadis Smokes out a Rival Imps Suitor
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 13, 2007
Subjects: PAI Partners, Tobacco industry
...maker of Gitanes and Gauloises cigarettes. The news is enough to leave Imps boss Gareth Davis nervously inhaling a Peter Stuyvesant. Earlier this week, Altadis rebuffed a revised bid from him at pounds sterling8.2bn, leaving the pair deadlocked...
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The Spy Who Fed Me; Four Classic Dishes
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 17, 2009
Subjects: Caine, Michael, Deighton, Len, The Ipcress File (Novel)
...belt, the other teases his hair. So far, so Sixties: alpha male and dolly bird. But this is no mere advert for Brut, Peter Stuyvesant or Milk Tray; rather the cover of the republished Len Deightons Action Cook Book. Our hero is cooking pasta, holding...
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A Hint of Hudson? Looking for Dutch Influences in New York City 400 Years Later
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 3, 2009
Subjects: News agencies, Shorto, Russell, The Associated Press
...Dutch director of the colony was Peter Stuyvesant, whose statue can be found outside...the East Village," Shorto said. Stuyvesants family chapel was located here...flagpole near the museum depicts Peter Minuit, a director of the colony...
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Real Estate Transfers
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 17, 2000
...Addison, 60101; sold March 10, 2000 by Victoria L. Stavnem to Peter K. Malecha. $142,500; 901 Krage Drive, Addison, 60101; sold...000; 210 Addison Ave., Elmhurst, 60126; sold March 7, 2000 by Stuyvesant Paebody to Ronald J. Leoni. $202,000; 240 Walnut St., Elmhurst...
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Stuyvesant, Peter
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
STUYVESANT, PETER sti v s nt, c.1610 1672, Dutch director-general of New Netherland...New Netherland (1945, repr. 1965); H. H. Kessler and E. Rachlis, Peter Stuyvesant and His New York (1959). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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Bowery, The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...City. The Bowery, the street that gives the area its name, was once a road to the farm of New Amsterdam Governor Peter Stuyvesant, who is buried at St. Marks-in-the-Bouwerie, an Episcopal church. The mail route (est. 1673) to Boston traveled this...
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Harlem
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...River, 168th St., Amsterdam Ave., and Morningside Park. The Dutch settlement of Nieuw Haarlem was established by Peter Stuyvesant in 1658. To the W of Harlem, near the present site of Columbia Univ., British and Continental forces fought (Sept...
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New Castle
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...food, paper, and gypsum products are among its varied manufactures. It is also a major book distribution center. Peter Stuyvesant built a Dutch fort there, and the settlement was called Niew Amstel until renamed in 1664. The state of Delaware...
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New Sweden
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...stands. In 1643, Tinicum Island (at Philadelphia) became the colonys capital. About half of the colonists were Finns. Peter Stuyvesant , with a Dutch force larger than the population of New Sweden, took the little colony in 1655...
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