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Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam

CHAPTER VI
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_And the seller was also to be held responsible for any injury which the savage might inflict, while under the influence of strong drink_.

After the ringing of the nine o'clock bell in the evening, intoxicating drinks were not to be sold to any person whatever.
To draw a knife in a quarrel was to be punished with a heavy fine and six months imprisonment.

If a wound was inflicted the penalty was trebled.

Great faults accompanied this development of energy.

The new governor assumed "state and pomp like a peacock's." He kept all at a distance from him, exacted profound homage, and led many to think that he would prove a very austere father.


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