Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jane Levere is a New York-based freelance writer covering the arts. Jan 30, 2024, 11:24pm EST Jan 31, 2024, 09:19am EST This ...
Cover issued in commemoration of Jacob Barsimson, erroneously claiming that he was “the first Jew to arrive in America” on August 22, 1662. In fact, Joachim Gaunse had arrived on our shores almost ...
Excerpted from Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America. Copyright (c) 2025 by Russell Shorto. Used with permission of the ...
In “Taking Manhattan,” author Russell Shorto writes about the deal that New Netherland Director General Peter Stuyvesant made with English military officer Richard Nicolls to transfer the Dutch colony ...
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