The old Van Rensselaer House at Greenbush, New York
Peter Minuit bought Manhattan Island for twenty-four dollars
36. The Settlement of New Netherland. Already a great company of Amsterdam merchants were sending settlers, as well as fur traders, to the new colony, which now was called New Netherland. Peter Minuit, the first governor, bought the island of Manhattan from the Indians for twenty-four dollars' worth of glass beads and other trinkets, built a town of log cabins on the end of the island, and named it New Amsterdam.
THE SALE OF MANHATTAN TO THE DUTCH
Peter Minuit, who made the trade with the Indians, is known as the founder of New York City
But settlers did not come rapidly enough, so the company offered its members large tracts of land and the title of "patroon" or "patron," on the condition that they plant colonies at their own expense. Each patroon was to govern the people on his own land.
CHILD'S CHAIR AND CRADLE
Furniture used by the patroons