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== Early History ==
== Early History ==
[[Peter Minuit]], the Dutch Governor of the [[New Netherlands Province]], purchased Manhattan Island from the Manhattan Indian tribe on May 6, 1626. The price was 60 guilders of brass buttons, scarlet cloth and trade goods.
[[Peter Minuit]], the Dutch Governor of the [[New Netherland]] Province, purchased Manhattan Island from the Manhattan Indian tribe on May 6, 1626. The price was 60 guilders of brass buttons, scarlet cloth and trade goods.
Manhattan Island was named the Island New Amsterdam, and later taken over by the British and renamed New York City.
Manhattan Island was named the Island New Amsterdam, and later taken over by the British and renamed New York City.
== Religious History ==
== Religious History ==