The Dutch Founding of New York
The Dutch Founding of New York
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Very likely they had an instinctive feeling that treaties were unnecessary — since, without treaties, things were com- ing their way.
Moreover, the desire of the New-Eng- landers to fight the Dutch was strong. Patriotism may have been at the root of that desire, but its more obvious motive was a mere commonplace human longing 125 THE DUTCH FOUNDING OF NEWYORK to lay hands on valuable Dutch property. Rhode Island— in those years, and for many succeeding years, the abode of notoriously hard chara...cters — even made a start at a little war of spoliation on its own account. Two loose fish of thievish proclivities, Dyer and Underhill, were granted a license by that disreputable colony (June 3, 1653) to "take all Dutch ships and vessels as shall come into their power"; and the energetic Thomas Bax- ter — fresh from his palisading operation in Wall Street, and very likely using the profits of that operation in fitting out his expedition — also got a predatory license from Rhode Island ("turned pirate, " is the way that Mr.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Very likely they had an instinctive feeling that treaties were unnecessary — since, without treaties, things were com- ing their way.
Moreover, the desire of the New-Eng- landers to fight the Dutch was strong. Patriotism may have been at the root of that desire, but its more obvious motive was a mere commonplace human longing 125 THE DUTCH FOUNDING OF NEWYORK to lay hands on valuable Dutch property. Rhode Island— in those years, and for many succeeding years, the abode of notoriously hard chara...cters — even made a start at a little war of spoliation on its own account. Two loose fish of thievish proclivities, Dyer and Underhill, were granted a license by that disreputable colony (June 3, 1653) to "take all Dutch ships and vessels as shall come into their power"; and the energetic Thomas Bax- ter — fresh from his palisading operation in Wall Street, and very likely using the profits of that operation in fitting out his expedition — also got a predatory license from Rhode Island ("turned pirate, " is the way that Mr.
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