Excerpt from Affairs and Men of New Amsterdam: In the Time of Governor Peter Stuyvesant; Compiled From Dutch Manuscript Records of the Period The following historic particulars, relating to the condition, men and affairs of New Amsterdam, in Governor Stuyvesant's time, have been translated from the records of proceedings of the Schout, Burgomasters and Schepens (the magistrates) of that city. It is believed that no part of the matter now presented has been before published; indeed, it is more than probable, that a great part of the records referred to has not, during many generations past, met the eye of any one conversant with the language and familiar with the antiquated style of the manuscript of which they are composed. It will be observed that several important historical events, heretofore unrecorded, are mentioned, and the accounts of men and matters of a city, over whose local history a veil of obscurity has lain for a century and a half, will, it is hoped, prove of interest to our community. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.