Colonial Days in Old New York

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Pearel of New Nederland; the noble river, the fertile shores, all seemed to the discoverers and to the early colonists to smile a welcome and a promise of happy homes. Still to-day the bay, the islands, the river, the shores wel come with the same promise. In grateful thanhs for that welcome and for the fulfilment of that promise of old, for more years of.