[74] Petrus Stuyvesant (1592-1672). The last of the Dutch governors of New York. In 1664 he surrendered New York to the English. His farm was called “The Bouwerij”.
[75] Hamlet. While the date of Hamlet can not be told with certainty it is reasonably sure that Shakespeare wrote his version of an older play about 1592.
[76] Rialto. A celebrated bridge in Venice, Italy. It has a series of steps.
[77] Samuel J. Tilden (1814-1886). An American lawyer, at one time Governor of New York. As candidate for the Presidency he won 250,000 more votes than Rutherford B. Hayes, but lost the election in the Electoral College.
[78] John Jacob Astor (1763-1848). A German immigrant who, through the founding of a great fur business, established the Astor fortune. He bequeathed $400,000 for the Astor Library.
[79] James Lenox (1800-1880). An American philanthropist who founded the great Lenox Library.
[80] John Tyler (1790-1862). Tenth President of the United States.
[81] James Monroe (1758-1831). Fifth President of the United States; originator of the “Monroe Doctrine” policy designed to prevent foreign interference in affairs in North or South America.
[82] Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804). A great American statesman and financier. He was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr (1756-1836), an American politician.
[83] The Bodleian Library. The great library of Oxford University, England, named after Sir Thomas Bodley, one of its founders.