general-governors

Updated: July 25, 2025

Now, whether that was done with or without the permission of England, the town of New Amsterdam was built and fortified, as also the place Aurania, Orange, now called Albany, having since had three general-governors, one after the other. But that was not yet enough.

- Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II: The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733