Scandinavian immigrants in New York, 1630-1674; with appendices on Scandinavians in Mexico and South America, 1532-1640, Scandinavians in Canada, 1619-1620, Some Scandinavians in New York in the eighteenth century, German immigrants in New York, 1630-1674 . 3 w til fejiz; ^ o o. ?^ INTRODUCTION. 9 also paved. In 1658 the General and Council gave the city per-mission to build a pier, to charge wharfage and to trade with othercountries. In 1661 the first regularly appointed revenue cutter wasput into commission. The leading industries centered in saw mills and grist mills,boat and yacht building
Scandinavian immigrants in New York, 1630-1674; with appendices on Scandinavians in Mexico and South America, 1532-1640, Scandinavians in Canada, 1619-1620, Some Scandinavians in New York in the eighteenth century, German immigrants in New York, 1630-1674 . 3 w til fejiz; ^ o o. ?^ INTRODUCTION. 9 also paved. In 1658 the General and Council gave the city per-mission to build a pier, to charge wharfage and to trade with othercountries. In 1661 the first regularly appointed revenue cutter wasput into commission. The leading industries centered in saw mills and grist mills,boat and yacht building, sail-making, soap-boiling, tanning, lime-burning, pot-baking, stone-quarrying, brick-making. New Amsterdam had the first public Latin and Greek schoolin our country. It drew pupils even from New England. Itwould be honor enough for this stock (Dutch) to have been thefirst to put on American soil the public school, the great enginefor grinding out American citizens, the one institution for whichAmericans should stand more stififly than for aught others.(Speech by Theodore Roosevelt, 1896). As to the protection of the colonists. New Netherland had agarrison of 180 men who were employed on distant expeditionsto Delaware River, Bergen, Esopus, Beverwyck, Long Island,Stat
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