Purchase of Manhattan Island from the Indians, 1626: The First Big Real Estate Deal
Fort Hamilton Ave., Fort Hamilton, N. Y.
[The Purchase of Manhattan Island from the Indians.]
In 1626, Peter Minuit, the first Dutch Governor - General of New Netherland, purchased all of Manhattan Island from the Indians for the equivalent of $24.00.
An Indian Village of the Manhattans
Purchase of Manhattan Island from the Indians
Lower Manhattan 1609 as Hudson First Saw It.
The Dutch Garden, Van Cortlandt Park, N. Y.
Bedford Corners, 1777.
Statue of Liberty, New York
The Little Church Around the Corner, New York
The Flag of Thirteen Stripes, the Standard of the United States....
The Lagoon, Luna Park, Coney Island, N. Y.
The Miniature Railroad, Dreamland, Coney Island, N. Y.
Road to City Island, N. Y.
Arrival of the ship of Captain Christaensen.
Sport on the Beach. Greetings from Coney Island.
In 1692 Col. Peter Schuyler took five Iroquois chiefs to London. The Indians were objects of intense interest at the Court of St. James.