"IS SOO SCHOONEN LANDT ALS MEN MET VOETEN BE TVEDEN MUCH.”—Hendrick Hudson, 12 Sept., 1609. 66 WE DESIRE NOTHING MORE THAN THAT NEW AMSTERDAM, OUR CAPITAL AND RESIDENCE, MIGHT CONTINUE AND INCREASE IN GOOD ORDER, JUSTICE, POLICE, POPULATION, PROSPERITY, AND MUTUAL HARMONY.”—Governor Stuyvesant, 1647. |