Peter Stuyvesant (/ˈstaɪvəsənt/ STY-və-sənt, Dutch: [ˈpeːtər ˈstœyvəzɑnt]; c. 1610 – August 1672) was a Dutch colonial officer who served as the last Dutch...
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Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village (/ˈstaɪvəsənt/ STY-və-sənt), colloquially known as StuyTown, is a large post–World War II private residential development...
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Peter Stuyvesant is a brand of cigarettes currently owned by British American Tobacco and manufactured by the American Cigarette Company. In Australia...
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Stuyvesant High School (/ˈstaɪvəsənt/ STY-və-sənt), commonly referred to as a nickname among its students, faculty and alumni as "Stuy" (/staɪ/ STY), is...
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The Stuyvesant family is a family of American politicians and landowners in New York City. The family is of Dutch origin and is descended from Peter Stuyvesant...
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Petrus "Peter" Stuyvesant (October 13, 1727 – October 7, 1805) was a New York landowner and merchant who was a great-grandson of his namesake, Peter Stuyvesant...
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Philip Morris International (redirect from Peter Stuyvesant (brand))
Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) is an American multinational tobacco company, with products sold in over 180 countries. The most recognized and...
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Peter Gerard Stuyvesant (/ˈstaɪv.əs.ənt/; September 21, 1778 – August 16, 1847) was an American landowner, philanthropist and descendant of Peter Stuyvesant...
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Stuyvesant may refer to: Stuyvesant family Peter Stuyvesant (1592–1672), the last governor of New Netherland Peter Stuyvesant (1727–1805), New York landowner...
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Peter Stuyvesant may refer to: Peter Stuyvesant (1610–1672), Dutch colonial officer, the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Netherland Peter...
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The Peter Stuyvesant Monument is a memorial to Peter Stuyvesant and the establishment of settlement of Bergen, New Netherlands in 1660. It is located...
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Cornelius Vanderbilt, and, on her mother’s side, she was a descendant of Peter Stuyvesant. After her father's death in 1914, Cornelia inherited the Biltmore...
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Bedford–Stuyvesant (/ˌbɛdfərd ˈstaɪvəsənt/ BED-fərd STY-və-sənt), colloquially known as Bed–Stuy, is a neighborhood in the northern section of the New...
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New Netherland (section Director-General Stuyvesant)
Donna. Stuyvesant Bound: An Essay on Loss Across Time (U of Pennsylvania Press, 2013) 212 pp excerpt Shaw Romney, Susanah. "Peter Stuyvesant: Premodern...
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Bergen, New Netherland (section Peter Stuyvesant)
cemeteries founded by the first settlers and their descendants. A statue of Peter Stuyvesant, commemorating the 250th anniversary of its founding, sits on the grounds...
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George Washington Vanderbilt II and Peter Goelet Gerry, a United States senator from Rhode Island. Edith Stuyvesant Dresser was born on January 17, 1873...
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September 1655, Dutch soldiers from New Netherland under the command of Peter Stuyvesant conquered the Delaware River colony of New Sweden. Under the terms...
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where the colony awaits the arrival of its new Governor from Holland, Peter Stuyvesant. Irving selects the young Brom Broeck as his hero. Broeck is a brave...
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Company Board of Directors fired him in 1647. He was replaced with Peter Stuyvesant. He died on September 27, 1647, in the Princess Amelia shipwreck near...
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Remonstrance was a 1657 petition to Director-General of New Netherland Peter Stuyvesant, in which some thirty residents of the small settlement at Flushing...
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received municipal rights by a charter from New Netherland Governor Peter Stuyvesant on February 2, 1653, thus becoming a city. Albany, then named Beverwyck...
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War. In 1655, the Dutch West India Company ordered Director-General Peter Stuyvesant to conquer the colony of New Sweden. New Sweden had been established...
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Stuyvesant Fish (June 24, 1851 – April 10, 1923) was an American businessman and member of the Fish family who served as president of the Illinois Central...
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Rutherfurd Stuyvesant or Stuyvesant Rutherfurd (September 2, 1843 – July 4, 1909) was an American socialite and land developer from New York, best known...
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if he were to play the role of the aged governor of New Netherland, Peter Stuyvesant. Anderson and Weill wrote the song in a couple of hours for Huston's...
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[citation needed] Moffat left the "Blue Oval" brand in 1981 to drive a Peter Stuyvesant-sponsored Mazda RX-7 as both the ATCC and Bathurst began to exhibit...
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Stuyvesant Farm, also known as the Great Bowery, was the estate of Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Netherland,...
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The Stuyvesant Apartments, Stuyvesant Flats, Rutherfurd Stuyvesant Flats or simply The Stuyvesant, was an apartment building located at 142 East 18th...
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of ghosts led by Peter Stuyvesant to magically repair Hecate's mansion. Although successful, the ghosts turn against them because Peter, who is actually...
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Netherland (Nieuw-Nederland in Dutch) in North America. Only the last, Peter Stuyvesant, held the title of Director General. As the colony grew, citizens advisory...
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