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The Flushing Remonstrance, signed on December 27, 1657, was a petition by a group of English citizens who were affronted by persecution of Quakers and the religious policies of Peter Stuyvesant, Director General of New Netherland.

This is an edict from October 10, 1658 on the conversion rate between wampum, beaver, Dutch silver, and household commodities like beer, wine, and bread.

The Buttonwood Agreement was signed by 24 merchants under a buttonwood tree outside of 68 Wall Street on May 17, 1792. It started the New York Stock & Exchange Board, which later became the New York Stock Exchange.

This brick outline marks the the present-day site where New Amsterdam's City Hall formerly stood.

This is a photograph of the present-day site where Fort Amsterdam formerly stood.

This flagpole commemorates the 300th anniversary of the settlement of New Amsterdam.