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W.H. Crane, who played "Peter Stuyvesant" when it was given, H.ward writes Matthews of the wisdom shown by the actor in his criticism of
Shenandoah Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 Bronson Howard 1875
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"Peter Stuyvesant" leads us to the Hudson, from the time when its majestic waters were disturbed only by the arrowy flight of the birch canoe, till European colonization had laid there the foundations of one of the most flourishing cities on this globe.
Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam 1841
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Peter Stuyvesant is en route to New Amsterdam, to become its first governor.
Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Knickerbocker Holiday Fern Siegel 2011
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In the very same neighborhood of New York where there is currently a controversy about a plan for an Islamic Cultural Center, Jews were prohibited from creating a cemetery in the 17th century by Peter Stuyvesant.
Rabbi Gerald Serotta: A Dark Day For America Rabbi Gerald Serotta 2011
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Peter Stuyvesant is en route to New Amsterdam, to become its first governor.
Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Knickerbocker Holiday Fern Siegel 2011
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The narrative begins inauspiciously in 1654 with the arrival of 23 Jewish settlers in New Amsterdam, whose governor, Peter Stuyvesant, greeted them as "hateful enemies and blasphemers of the name of Christ."
American Jews' Story Told in a New Home Julia M. Klein 2011
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In the very same neighborhood of New York where there is currently a controversy about a plan for an Islamic Cultural Center, Jews were prohibited from creating a cemetery in the 17th century by Peter Stuyvesant.
Rabbi Gerald Serotta: A Dark Day For America Rabbi Gerald Serotta 2011
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Almost every morning, we'd make two loops around a statue of Peter Stuyvesant.
Jesse Kornbluth: So What If Garland Jeffreys Is 68? He's Still Wild In The Streets Jesse Kornbluth 2011
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Because it's about Peter Stuyvesant and the original settlers of what later became New York, and because its two most famous numbers are "September Song" and "It Never Was You," it seemed that the show itself would be sentimental and patriotic.
Weill's 'Lost' is Found Will Friedwald 2011
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Almost every morning, we'd make two loops around a statue of Peter Stuyvesant.
Jesse Kornbluth: So What If Garland Jeffreys Is 68? He's Still Wild In The Streets Jesse Kornbluth 2011
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