In “Taking Manhattan,” Russell Shorto pays close attention to the darker aspects of colonial life on the island at the center of the world. By Jacob Goldstein Jacob Goldstein is the host of “What’s ...
New Amsterdam’s earliest years remain shrouded in mystery. The infamous Peter Schagen letter from Nov. 7, 1626, reported that the Dutch West India Company had purchased Manhattan for the value of 60 ...
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