Knickerbocker's History of New York Vol. 1 Book III Chapter I

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In which the reflective narrator mourns the fading simplicity and virtue of old New Amsterdam as he introduces the arrival of its first governor under Dutch rule, a grave and ponderous gentleman named Wouter Van Twiller. Through a whimsical portraiture of Van Twiller’s ponderous habits and comical judicial wisdom, the chapter gently reveals the tranquil yet indecisive order that marked his administration.

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