A History of New York

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Book by Irving Washington; Belford, Clarke, 1885. 307 pgs.

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ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR.

TO THE PUBLIC.

Book I. Containing Divers Ingenious Theories and Philosophic Speculations, Concerning the Creation and Population of the World, as Connected with the History of New York

Chapter I. Description of the World

Chapter II. Cosmogony, or Creation of the World; with a Multitude of Excellent Theories, by Which the Creation of a World is Shown to Be No Such Difficult Matter as Common Folk Would Imagine

Chapter III. How That Famous Navigator, Noah, Was Shamefully Nick-Named; and How He Committed an Unpardonable Oversight in Not Having Four Sons. with the Great Trouble of Philosophers Caused Thereby, and the Discovery of America

Chapter IV. Showing the Great Difficulty Philosophers Have Had in Peopling America -- and How the Aborigines Came to Be Begotten by Accident -- to the Great Relief and Satisfaction of the Author

Chapter V. In Which the Author Puts a Mighty Question to the Rout by the Assistance of the Man in the Moon -- Which Not Only Delivers Thousands of People from Great Embarrassment, but Likewise Concludes This Introductory Book

Book II. Treating of the First Settlement of the Province of Nieuw-Nederlandts

Chapter I. In Which Are Contained Divers Reasons Why a Man Should Not Write in a Hurry. Also, of Master Hendrick Hudson, His Discovery of a Strange Country -- and How He Was Magnificently Rewarded by the Munificence of Their High Mightinesses

Chapter IV. How the Heroes of Communipaw Voyaged to Hell-Gate, and How They Were Received There

Chapter V. How the Heroes of Communipaw Returned Somewhat Wiser Than They Went -- and How the Sage Oloffe Dreamed a Dream -- and the Dream That He Dreamed

Chapter VI. Containing an Attempt at Etymology -- and of the Founding of the Great City of New-Amsterdam

Chapter VII. How the City of New-Amsterdam Waxed Great, Under the Protection of Oloffe the Dreamer

Book III. In Which is Recorded the Golden Reign of Wouter Van Twiller

Chapter I. Of the Renowned Walter Van Twiller -- His Unparalleled Virtues -- and Likewise His Unutterable Wisdom in the Law-Case of Wandle Schoonhoven and Barent Bleecker -- and the Great Admiration of the Public Thereat

Chapter II. Containing Some Account of the Grand Council of New Amsterdam, as Also Divers Especial Good Philosophical Reasons Why an Alderman Should Be Fat -- with Other Particulars Touching the State of the Province

Chapter III. How the Town of New-Amsterdam Arose Out of Mud, and Came to Be Marvellously Polished and Polite -- Together with a Picture of the Manners of Our Great-Great Grandfathers

Chapter IV. Containing Further Particulars of the Golden Age, and What Constituted a Fine Lady and Gentleman in the Days of Walter the Doubter

Chapter V. In Which the Reader is Beguiled into a Delectable Walk Which Ends Very Differently from What It Commenced

Chapter VI. Faithfully Describing the Ingenious People of Connecticut and Thereabouts -- Showing, Moreover, the True Meaning of Liberty of Conscience, and a Curious Device Among These Sturdy Barbarians, to Keep Up a Harmony of Intercourse, and Promote Population

Chapter VIII. How the Fort Goed Hoop Was Fearfully Beleaguered -- How the Renowned Wouter Fell into a Profound Doubt, and How He Finally Evaporated

Book IV. Containing the Chronicles of the Reign of William the Testy

Chapter I. Showing the Nature of History in General; Containing Furthermore the Universal Acquirements of William the Testy, and How a Man May Learn So Much as to Render Himself Good for Nothing

Chapter II. In Which Are Recorded the Sage Projects of a Ruler of Universal Genius -- the Art of Fighting by Proclamation -- Amd How That the Valiant Jacobus Van Curlet Came to Be Foully Dishonoured at Fort Goed Hoop

Chapter III. Containing the Fearful Wrath of William the Testy, and the Great Dolour of the New-Amsterdamers, Because of the Affair of Fort Goed Hoop -- And, Moreover, How William the Testy Did Strongly Fortify the City -- Together with the Exploits of Stoffel Brinkerhoff

Chapter IV. Philosophical Reflections on the Folly of Being Happy in Times of Prosperity -- Sundry Troubles on the Southern Frontiers -- How William the Testy Had Well Nigh Ruined the Province Through a Cabalistic Word -- as Also the Secret Expedition of Jan Jansen Alpendam, and His Astonishing Reward

Chapter V. How William the Testy Enriched the Province by a Multitude of Laws, and Came to Be the Patron of Lawyers and Bum-Bailiffs -- and How the People Became Exceedingly Enlightened and Unhappy Under His Instructions

Chapter VII. Containing Divers Fearful Accounts of Border Wars, and the Flagrant Outrages of the Mosstroopers of Connecticut -- with the Rise of the Great Amphyctionic Council of the East, and the Decline of William the Testy

Book V. Containing the First Part of the Reign of Peter Stuyvesant, and His Troubles with Council

Chapter I. In Which the Death of a Great Man is Shown to Be No Very Inconsolable Matter of Sorrow -- and How Peter Stuyvesant Acquired a Great Name from the Uncommon Strength of His Head

Chapter II. Showing How Peter the Headstrong Bestirred Himself Among the Rats and Cobwebs, on Entering into Office -- and the Perilous Mistake He Was Guilty Of, in His Dealings with the Amphyctions

Chapter III. Containing Divers Speculations on War and Negotiations -- Showing That a Treaty of Peace is a Great National Evil

Chapter IV. How Peter Stuyvesant Was Greatly Belied by His Adversaries, the Mosstroopers -- and His Conduct Thereupon

Chapter V. How the New-Amsterdamers Became Great in Arms, and of the Direful Catastrophe of a Mighty Army -- Together with Peter Stuyvesant's Measures to Fortify the City -- and How He Was the Original Founder of the Battery

Chapter VI. How the People of the East Country Were Suddenly Afflicted with a Diabolical Evil -- and Their Judicious Measures for the Extirpation Thereof

Chapter VII. Which Records the Rise and Renown of a Valiant Commander, Showing That a Man, like a Bladder, May Be Puffed Up to Greatness and Importance by Mere Wind

Book VI. Containing the Second Part of the Reign of Peter the Headstrong, and His Gallant Achievements on the Delaware.

Chapter I. In Which is Exhibited a Warlike Portrait of the Great Peter -- and How General Van Poffenburgh Distinguished Himself at Fort Casimir

Chapter II. Showing How Profound Secrets Are Often Brought to Light; with the Proceedings of Peter the Headstrong, When He Heard of the Misfortunes of General Van Poffenburgh.

Chapter III. Containing Peter Stuyvesant's Voyage Up the Hudson, and the Wonders and Delights of That Renowned River

Chapter V. In Which the Author Discourses Very Ingenuously of Himself -- After Which is to Be Found Much Interesting History About Peter the Headstrong and His Followers

Chapter VI. Showing the Great Advantage That the Author Has Over His Reader in Time of Battle -- Together with Divers Portentous Movements, Which Betoken That Something Terrible is About to Happen

Chapter VII. Containing the Most Horrible Battle Ever Recorded in Poetry or Prose -- with the Admirable Exploits of Peter the Headstrong

Chapter I. How Peter Stuyvesant Relieved the Sovereign People from the Burthen of Taking Care of the Nation -- with Sundry Particulars of His Conduct in Time of Peace

Book VII. Containing the Third Part of the Reign of Peter the Headstrong -- His Troubles with the British Nation, and the Decline and Fall of the Dutch Dynasty

Chapter II. How Peter Stuyvesant Was Much Molested by the Mosstroopers of the East, and the Giants of Merryland - and How a Dark and Horrid Conspiracy Was Carried on in the British Cabinet Against the Prosperity of the Manhattoes

Chapter III. Of Peter Stuyvesant's Expedition into the East Country, Showing That Though an Old Bird He Did Not Under Stand Trap

Chapter IV. How the People of New-Amsterdam Were Thrown into a Great Panic, by the News of a Threatened Invasion, and the Manner in Which They Fortified Themselves

Chapter V. Showing How the Grand Council of the New-Netherlands Came to Be Miraculously Gifted with Long Tongues -- Together with a Great Triumph of Economy

Chapter VI. In Which the Troubles of New-Amsterdam Appear to Thicken -- Showing the Bravery, in Time of Peril, of a People Who Defend Themselves by Resolutions

Chapter VII Containing a Doleful Disaster of Antony the Trumpeter -- and How Peter Stuyvesant, like a Second Cromwell, Suddenly Dissolved a Rump Parliament

Chapter VIII. How Peter Stuyvesant Defended the City of New Amsterdam, for Several Days, by Dint of the Strength of His Head

Chapter IX. Containing the Dignified Retirement and Mortal Surrender of Peter the Headstrong

Chapter X. The Author's Reflections Upon What Has Been Said

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Book by Irving Washington; Belford, Clarke, 1885

A HISTORY OF NEW YORK,

FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THE END OF THE DUTCH DYNASTY, CONTAINING, AMONG MANY SURPRISING AND CURIOUS MATTERS, THE UNUTTERABLE PONDERINGS OF WALTER THE DOUBTER, THE DISASTROUS PROJECTS OF WILLIAM, THE TESTY, AND THE CHIVALRIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF PETER, THE HEAD STRONG -- THE THREE DUTCH GOVERNORS OF NEW AMSTERDAM; BEING THE ONLY AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF THE TIMES THAT EVER HATH BEEN, OR EVER WILL BE PUBLISHED.

BY DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER.

De waarheid die in duister lag, De komt; mit klaarheid aan den dag.

CHICAGO AND NEW YORK: BELFORD, CLARKE & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.

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Publication Information: Book Title: A History of New York. Contributors: Irving Washington - author. Publisher: Belford, Clarke. Place of Publication: Chicago. Publication Year: 1885. Page Number: 1.

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