Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 270
rsof this kind. Having thus provided the embryo city with aname, the next was to give it an armorial bearingor device. As some cities have a rampant lion,others a soaring eagle, emblematical, no doubt, ofthe valiant and high-flying qualities of the inhab-itants, so after mature deliberation a sleek… … ^^T was in the year of our Lord 1629 thatMynheer Wouter Van Twiller wasappointed governor of the province ofNieuw Nederlandts, under the com-mission and control of their HighJNIightinesses the Lords States Gen-eral of the United Netherlands and theprivileged West India Company. The renowned Wouter…
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