The magazine of American history with notes and queries (1877) (14766419742)

Identifier: magazineofamericv18stev (find matches)
Title: The magazine of American history with notes and queries
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910. ed. cn DeCosta, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1831-1904. ed. cn Johnston, Henry Phelps, 1842-1923, ed. cn Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna), 1829-1893. ed. cn Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-1894 ed Abbatt, William, 1851-1935, comp
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Publisher: New York : A.S. Barnes
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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WEST INDIA COMPANYS HOUSE BUILT IN 164I.—VIEW FROM THE OUDE SCHAUS. CITY OF AMSTERDAM. (Frcm an old print.) came now apparent to the West India Company that it could take meas-ures for settling New York without English interference, and it proceededto plant a little colony—-that was not self-supporting—and to establish asystem of government that was as contrary to modern ideas of republican-ism as an absolute monarchy could have been. The West India Companywas never a success in developing plantations. The spoils of war weremore to its taste; the small trade in furs at Manhattan Island lookedmeagre indeed in comparison with the capture of gold by the ship-load.One hundred and four prizes were recorded between 1626 and 1628. In-fatuating wealth poured into the companys treasury. Its dividendsdoubled and trebled. It invested in costly buildings, and its directorslived in elegant and luxurious homes. -.s 4 THE ORIGIN OF NEW YORK
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THE ORIGIN OF NEW YORK 285 But something must be done with that mismanaged and unprofitableproperty at the mouth of the Hudson and inland. Some extraordinary in-ducement must be offered before people, who, like the Hollanders werecontent in their own homes, would voluntarily cross the ocean to dwell ina wilderness among savages and wild beasts. Neither did Holland farmers,as a rule, possess the means needful for emigration. If private capitalistscould only be interested so far as to initiate beginnings it was thought thedifficulties would be in a measure overcome. Finally, after much studyand discussion, a charter of Freedoms and Exemptions was invented, whichwas expected to stimulate systematic and extended colonization ; real estatein Holland outside the towns was in possession of old families of thenobility who were unwilling to part with any portion of it, and there wereunquestionably many who might desire to become extensive landholderselsewhere. The charter received the sanction