The fall of New Amsterdam

Title: The fall of New Amsterdam
Subject: New York (State)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Stuyvesant, Peter,--1592-1672.
Description: Print shows Peter Stuyvesant, in 1664, standing on shore among residents of New Amsterdam who are pleading with him not to open fire on the British who have arrived in warships waiting in the harbor to claim the territory for England.
Creator: J.L.G Ferris
Date: July 28, 1932
Source: Library of Congress
Rights: Public Domain. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004669964/
Type: Print
Format: JPEG
Language: English
Coverage: Colony of New Netherland 1624-1664.
Contributor: Duncan Knox