knowledge we have of actual set-
tlement on the island, and which,
it may be said, formed the begin-
nings of the present city.
Hitherto Manhattan Island
had been looked upon merely as
|| a trading post, but now, With a
]| full appreciation of its value and
importance as a settlement and a
province, attention was turned in
that direction, and immigration
=| set in soon after; a charter being
=~|| granted to the Dutch West India
\| Company for purposes of trade
HI}; and colonization, the foundations
\| of the city were laid in earnest.
In 1623 the Mew Netherland,
a ship of two hundred and sixty
tons, brought over thirty Wal-
=| loon families, who were distrib-

   
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
   

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