Peter Stuyvesant
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Peter Stuyvesant (originally Pieter or Petrus; Peter is never mentioned in historical records) (c. 1612 – August 1672) served as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664. He was a major figure in the early history of New York City. The Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York, United States is named after him.
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Lester, C. Edwards Lester’s History of the United States Vol. I (New York, NY: P. F. Collier, 1883)
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