We have had the Jews with us in New York since 1654. In 1620 there was a settlement of Jews in Brazil. They were driven out and some of them were taken by the Dutch West Indies Co. to New Amsterdam. as New York was then called. In 1654 23 of these refugees applied for admission to New Amsterdam. and our famous but grouchy governor. Peter Stuyvesant. objected to the admission of the Jews. It was only upon their promise that they would forever maintain their own and take care of their sick and their disabled that Peter Stuyvesant would permit them to land.
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