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Marching on New Amsterdam: In an 1850 edition of A History of New York, Stuyvesant, far left, urges on comically costumed troops. (Fotosearch / Stringer/2010 Getty Images)
Fotosearch / Stringer/2010 Getty Images
Marching on New Amsterdam: In an 1850 edition of A History of New York, Stuyvesant, far left, urges on comically costumed troops. (Fotosearch / Stringer/2010 Getty Images)
Fotosearch / Stringer/2010 Getty Images