Excerpt from The Jews Who Stood by Washington: An Unwritten Chapter in American History The bigoted Governor, Peter Stuyve sant, whose head was as wooden as his leg, requested the directors Of the West India Company in Amsterdam that none Of the Jewish nation be permitted to infest the New Netherlands. The answer was worthy of tolerant Holland - that his re quest was inconsistent with reason and justice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.