Petrus Stuyvesant's Pear Tree

On this corner grew Petrus Stuyvesant's pear tree.

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Recalled to Holland in 1664 on his return he brought the pear tree and planted it as his memorial "by which" said he "my name may be remembered." The pear tree ...

Petrus Stuyvesant’s Great House

Birth of a City: Nieuw Amsterdam & Old New York

PETRUS STUYVESANT'S GREAT HOUSE

Location: Whitehall Street between Pearl & State Streets

Dutch Name: Opt Waeter

Near this site stood the “Great House” of Petrus Stuyvesant (c. 1612-1672), Nieuw Nederland’s last director. A colonial ...

Petrus Stuyvesant

Director General of Niev Nederland

of Curacao and the Dutch West Indies

This bust was given to the people of New York

in trust of

Saint Mark’s-in-the-Bowerie

in 1915 by

Wilhelmina Queen of the Netherlands

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From the Commissie Boek of the States General

The States General of ...

Petrus Stuyvesant

Director General of Niev Nederland

of Curacao and the Dutch West Indies

This bust was given to the people of New York

in trust of

Saint Mark’s-in-the-Bowerie

in 1915 by

Wilhelmina Queen of the Netherlands

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From the Commissie Boek of the States General

The States General of ...