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Stuyvesant, Peter

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  1. A notoriously hot-tempered governor of the Dutch colony of New Netherland. In 1664, he surrendered it to the English, who renamed it New York.

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Stuyvesant's most familiar feature was his artificial right leg, fitted with silver ornaments.

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Stuyvesant, Peter, director of Curaçao 172; director-general of New Netherlands, 172; struggle over representation, 172-173; conquest of New Sweden, 177; difficulties with the English, 177-178.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

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