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How to See the Liberty Bell...in Queens
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New Amsterdam
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Arts & Culture
Today in NYC History: In 1647, Peter Stuyvesant Takes the Reins in New Netherland
Stuyvesant at the invasion of New Amsterdam by English forces in 1664. Image via Wikimedia Commons New Amsterdam in the
Arts & Culture
Today in NYC History: How The Dutch Actually Bought Manhattan (The Long Version)
1916 Redrawing of The Castello Plan, map of 1660 New Amsterdam via Wikimedia Commons. On May 4, 1626, Peter Minuit
Arts & Culture
Today in NYC History: A 1643 Massacre of the Lenape Almost Dooms New Amsterdam
By the early 1640s, New Amsterdam had found its identity as a cosmopolitan trade capital, but it was almost wiped
Arts & Culture
Today in NYC History: Residents of New Amsterdam Win Recognition from the Dutch Government in 1653
New Yorkers have been agitators and disrupters from the start, even back when New Amsterdam was just a small settlement
Food & Drink
On This Day in NYC History, December 2: 1657 Legislation Banned Household Goods as a Method of Payment for Liquor
On December 2nd 1657, The Nieuw Amsterdam City Council ruled that Tavernkeepers could not sell liquor in exchange for household
