Ship to america
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"New York City Hall when occupied by the English” A postcard from the early 1900s that says: "In 1664, New Amsterdam was besieged by four English ships carrying 450 soldiers and captured, after all attempts of Stuyvesant to induce his people to defend their position had failed. The name was then changed to New York, in honor of the Duke of York, brother of Charles II, King of England." On the morning of September 8, 1664 New Amsterdam became New York. Image via NYPL Digital Collections