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Excerpt from A History of New-York, From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing Among Many Surprising and Curious Matters, the Unutterable Ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the Disastrous Project of William the Testy, and the Chivalric Achievements of Peter the Headstrong, the Three Dutch Governors of New-Amsterdam
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