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Fort Amsterdam was a fortification on the southern tip of Manhattan Island at the confluence of the Hudson and East rivers in what is now New York City. The fort and the island were the center of trad
Fort Amsterdam in 1660
Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan in 1626
Fort Amsterdam Now the Battery in Kieft’s Days (1637)
Illustration of Minuit and the purchase of Manhattan Island
The Government House was a Georgian-style mansion at the foot of Broadway, south of Bowling Green, on the site previously occupied by Fort George in Manhattan, New York City. Built in 1790 by the stat
Fort Amsterdam
…of service, involving a number of conflicts, the fort was finally torn down in 1790 after the American Revolution. After the fort's demolition, the Government House was constructed on the site as a possible house for the United States President. The site is now occupied by the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House…
The Government House, New York, painting by Cotton Milbourne (1797)
Government House in 1795
Portrait of George Clinton painted by John Trumbull in 1791
The Custom House, 1799–1815