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Reply to 1664 New Amsterdam becomes New York, English warships in the harbor. Looking S on Broadway from the Wall. wwwsavingny.com for reconstructions, 3/15 NYC Fire Museum Opening by Impressive_Run_6557
The Dutch negotiated the transfer to the British as part of a global deal that secured their trade interests in Asia.
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Reply to 1664 New Amsterdam becomes New York, English warships in the harbor. Looking S on Broadway from the Wall. wwwsavingny.com for reconstructions, 3/15 NYC Fire Museum Opening by Impressive_Run_6557
My tenth great grandparents lived there in the early 1630s. I enjoyed reading Shorto's, Island at the Center of the World about its history.
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They named Yonkers after him. They called him a Yonk.