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Headstrong Peter: Told by new English bosses to surrender, Stuyvesant shredded the letter. (Ivy Close Images / Alamy Stock Photo)
Ivy Close Images / Alamy Stock Photo
Headstrong Peter: Told by new English bosses to surrender, Stuyvesant shredded the letter. (Ivy Close Images / Alamy Stock Photo)
Ivy Close Images / Alamy Stock Photo