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The Capture of New Amsterdam by the Duke of York
I was very pleased when you worked in the capture of New Amsterdam as well, the Dutch colony by the Duke of York. And that's an extraordinary moment in English and World History. The expedition for Manowar with 400 soldiers there about came over from England to take New Amsterdam in 1664. But at the same time, those 400 soldiers were then redeployed after the capture ofNew Amsterdam to hunt for Weyly and Gough. They fanned out across New Haven and across the country around there and they came very close I think to capturing them. Because they were hiding out on the coast near Long Island Sound. So they were very close.
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