Excerpt from The Works of Washington Irving, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing the Sketch Book; Knickerbocker's History of New York; Bracebridge Hall; Tales of a Traveller; A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada; The Alhambra
Chap. III. - Containing the fearful wrath of William the Testy, and the great dolour of the New Amsterdammers, because of the affair of Fort Goed Hoop; and, moreover, how William the Testy did strongly fortify the city; together with the exploits of Stoffel Brinkerhofi'
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