Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam

by John S.C. Abbott

This is a biography of the Dutch official Peter Stuyvesant, who oversaw early New York City when it was still a colonial possession of the Netherlands before the British took it over.

114 pages, Paperback

First published September 20, 2004

About the author

John Stevens Cabot Abbott (Andover Theological Seminary; Bowdoin College, 1825) was a historian, Congregationalist pastor, and pedagogical writer. With his brothers, including Gorham and Jacob Abbott, he was a co-founder of Abbott Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies in New York City.