A history of New York from the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch dynasty .. (1850)
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859, Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888 · New York, G.P. Putnam · leaf 417
for- tress of Fort Christina, which, like another Troy, had stood a siege of full ten hours, was carried by assault, without the loss of a single man on either side. Victory, in the likeness of a gigan- tic ox-fly, sat perched upon the cocked hat of the gallant Stuy- vesant, and it was declared, by…
New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
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