Legal And Judicial History Of New York Vol 3 Classic Reprint

Download or read book Legal and Judicial History of New York, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) written by Alden Chester and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Legal and Judicial History of New York, Vol. 3 As early as 1540 some French fur traders found their way up the river that many years afterward was "discovered" by Hudson, and erected a stone fort or castle on the island in the river, near the present southern boundary of the city of Albany. Here seventy-five years later the castle, which had fallen into decay, was rebuilt as Fort Nassau by Hendrick Corstiaensen, of Amsterdam, who bore a license from the Lords States-General of Holland to traffic in furs with the natives of New Netherland. Here Henry Hudson arrived on the "Half Moon," September 19, (oldstyle) 1609, under contract with the Dutch East India Company on his exploration of the Grande (now Hudson) River. Here the Walloons, under the authority of the Dutch West India Company, which had been incorporated by the Holland government to colonize America, erected Fort Orange in 1624, on the shore of the river, near the site of the present steamboat landing. None of these early efforts, however, resulted in a permanent settlement. It remained for Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, the first patroon, to become the founder of an enduring settlement here. He it was to whom the Dutch West India Company, under a plan approved by the Lords States-General, granted manorial rights and the permission to establish a colony. While he did not come himself, he sent a few settlers here in 1630. These were followed by others in subsequent years, but he remained at his home in Amsterdam and administered his affairs from there. 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.