A History of New-York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, Vol. 2 of 2: Containing Among Many Surprising and Curious ... the Disastrous Projects of William the Testy

by Diedrich Knickerbocker

Excerpt from A History of New-York, From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, Vol. 2 of 2: Containing Among Many Surprising and Curious Matters, the Unutterable Ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the Disastrous Projects of William the Testy The molt glorious and praife-worthy' hero that ever defolated nations, might have mouldered into oh livion among the rabbith of his own monument, did nor ihme hillorian take him into favour, and bene volently tranfmit his name to poiletity-and much as the valiant William Kieft worried, and bullied, and turmoiled, while he had the deftinies of a whole oo lony in his hand, I queftion ferioully, whether he will not be obliged to this authentic hiltory, for all his fua ture celebrity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

254 pages, Paperback

First published December 6, 1809

About the author

Diedrich Knickerbocker is a pen name used by Washington Irving to publish his first satirical work A History of New York.