History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . inued in force till the English occupa-tion, 1664. In 1618, the charter of the NewXetherland Company having expired, theDutch West India Company was offered alimited incorporation, but it was not until1621 that it received its charter, and it wastwo years later that it was completelyorganized and approved by the States-General. By this company were sent outMey, as Director, to the Delaware orSouth River, and Tienpont to the Hudsonor North River. Four miles below Phila-delphia Fort Nassau was erected, andw
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . inued in force till the English occupa-tion, 1664. In 1618, the charter of the NewXetherland Company having expired, theDutch West India Company was offered alimited incorporation, but it was not until1621 that it received its charter, and it wastwo years later that it was completelyorganized and approved by the States-General. By this company were sent outMey, as Director, to the Delaware orSouth River, and Tienpont to the Hudsonor North River. Four miles below Phila-delphia Fort Nassau was erected, andwhere Albany now stands was begun thetrading-post called Fort Orange. In 1626 Tienponts successor, PeterMinuit, a German, born at Wesel, wasappointed Director-General of New Neth-erland. He bought of the Indians, forthe sum of twenty-four dollars, the entire 1626] NEW NETHERLAXD. 171 island of Manhattan, and a fort called NewAmsterdam was built. The State of NewYork dates its beginning from this trans-action. By their usually honest dealing with thenatives the Dutch settlers gained the. Eailiest Picture of New Amsterdar friendship of the Five Nations, whosegood-will was partly on this account trans-ferred to the English colonists later. TheDutch were not only friendly to the redmen, but tried to open social and com-mercial relations with the Plymouth colo-nists as well. Governor Bradford replied, 172 DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT [1630 mildly urging the Dutch to clear theirtitle to a territory which the Englishclaimed by right of discovery. The present State of Delaware soon
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