Previously known as New Amsterdam and formerly in the hands of the Dutch, in 1664 the settlement, now known as New York, ...
The Shagen letter that describes the sale of the island of Manhattan from the Dutch by the Lenape people in 1626 for 60 guilders, about $24, which today's Lenape leaders dispute. Robert Caro's Smith ...
This tiny Catskills town with walking trails near the Hudson River is the perfect place for a fall getaway, with plenty of ...
Before Manhattan was the bustling, skyscraper-filled metropolis we know today—before it was even a British colony—it was a Dutch settlement. To mark the 400th anniversary of this settlement, The ...
It takes a spy to hunt a spy.