In 1626, Peter Minuit, the first Dutch Governor - General of New Netherland, purchased all of Manhattan Island from the Indians for the equivalent of $24.00.
Float - Purchase of Manhattan
[The Purchase of Manhattan Island from the Indians.]
Purchase of Manhattan Island from the Indians, 1626: The First Big Real Estate Deal
In 1639 Jonas Bronck, after whom the Borough of the Bronx was named, purchased land in that Borough from the Indians. In 1642, after many hostilities, a treaty with the Indians was signed in his house
Float - Purchase of Manhattan.
Massacre by the Indians of the white people in Pavonia.
Massacre by the Indians of the white people at Pavonia.
An Indian Village of the Manhattans
William Penn's Treaty with the Indians.
Arrival of the ship of Captain Christaensen.
Wm. Penn's Treaty with the Indians when he founded the Province of Pennsya. 1661.
Manhattan Island before the Dutch.
Landing of the "Pilgrim Fathers" at Plymouth, Mass. Dec. 11, 1620.
The Indian Family.
Indians.