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3 unusual facts about Peter Stuyvesant


History of the Jews in New York City

Governor Peter Stuyvesant was at first unwilling to accept them but succumbed to pressure from the Dutch West India Company--itself pressed by Jewish stockholders--to let them remain.

Joseph Thebaud

His neighbors were David Dunham, Cornelius Dubois, and the Stuyvesant family.

Thomas Benedict

On March 20, 1663, he was appointed to be a magistrate for the Dutch Governor, Peter Stuyvesant.


116 Sullivan Street

The house stands on land previously belonging to the farm of Nicholas Bayard, Peter Stuyvesant's brother-in-law, and is one of seven houses that was built as an investment by Charles Starr, a bookbinder, whose business was on Nassau Street.

1983 James Hardie 1000

The Holder Dealer Team Commodore finished a lap ahead of Allan Moffat and Japanese driver Yoshimi Katayama in their Peter Stuyvesant sponsored Mazda RX-7.

Allamuchy Township, New Jersey

In 1972 a left-wing group called the Allamuchy Tribe, led by activists Rennie Davis and Jerry Rubin and funded by ex-Beatle John Lennon, met at the Peter Stuyvesant Farm in Allamuchy to organize protests against the 1972 Republican National Convention.


see also

John Matos

In 1988 he sprayed Notes in the Wind measuring 178 x 178 centimetres to be exhibited and eventually to be owned by the Peter Stuyvesant Foundation in Zevenaar, Netherlands.

Smokeasy

Imperial Tobacco hires public venues to promote its Peter Stuyvesant brand.