NEW HAVEN: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
TORONTO: GLASGOW, BROOK & CO.
LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
1921

Copyright, 1919, by Yale University Press

CONTENTS

I. [UP THE GREAT RIVER ] Page 1
II. [TRADERS AND SETTLERS ] " 17
III. [PATROONS AND LORDS OF THE MANOR ] " 32
IV. [THE DIRECTORS ] " 51
V. [DOMINES AND SCHOOL-TEACHERS ] " 83
VI. [THE BURGHERS] " 102
VII. [THE NEIGHBORS OF NEW NETHERLAND ] " 123
VIII. [THE EARLY ENGLISH GOVERNORS ] " 137
IX. [LEISLER ] " 150
X. [PRIVATEERS AND PIRATES ] " 165
XI. [COLONIAL GOVERNMENT IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ] " 180
XII. [THE ZENGER TRIAL ] " 193
XIII. [THE NEGRO PLOTS ] " 206
XIV. [SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON ] " 218
[BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ] " 231
[INDEX ] " 235

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ LOWER BROADWAY IN 1650]
From the painting by C. W. Jefferys. 		Frontispiece
[ THE HUDSON RIVER REGION, 1609-1770]
Map by W. L. G. Joerg, American Geographical Society. 		Facing page 12