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Dutch treat: Discover New York City’s Dutch sites -- past & present

By Jacquelin Carnegie “View of New Amsterdam” 1664, Johannes Vingboons Even though the Dutch were only in charge here for ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Time When New York City Seriously Considered Seceding From the United States

A culture clash driven by finances and Old World alignments had the Big Apple contemplating leaving the Union. The Civil War ...