Richard Nicolls
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Richard Nicolls was an English military officer and colonial administrator who served as the first governor of the Province of New York from 1664 to 1668.
NIEUW AMSTERDAM OFTE NUE NIEUW IORX OPT TEYLANT MAN by Johannes Vingboons (1664), an early picture of Nieuw Amsterdam made in the year when it was conquered by the English under Richard Nicolls.
Conquest of New Netherland
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The conquest of New Netherland occurred in 1664 as an English expedition led by Richard Nicolls that arrived in New York Harbor effected a peaceful capture of New Amsterdam and Fort Amsterdam, and the
Richard Nicolls
…the affairs of the New England colonies and settle disputes among them. The expedition set sail from Portsmouth on 25 May 1664, and arrived for the capture of New Amsterdam on 27 August 1664. New Amsterdam was surrendered to Nicolls on 8 September 1664. Under authority of a commission from the Duke (later King James) Nicolls…
"The Fall of New Amsterdam" by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
Landing of the English at New Amsterdam 1664