Colonial dispute in Rhode Island, 1600sColonists conflict over cattle at Acquidneck (now Newport), Rhode Island, 1641. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Peter Stuyvesant in New AmsterdamGovernor Stuyvesant haranguing citizens of New Amsterdam, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Dutch colony found destroyed by Native Americans, 1640sDe Vries finds the ruins of his Dutch settlement in New Netherland, 1640s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Roger Williams brings the colony charter to Rhode Island, 1644Return of Roger Williams from England with the Rhode Island charter, 1644. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
New York colonial real estate documentDocument signed by Richard Nicolls, British governor of New York colony, 1667. Woodcut reproduction
Rhode Island charter arriving from England, 1644Rhode Island colonists welcome Roger Williams with the charter from England, 1644. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Mohawks and New Netherland colonists agree to a truceDutch treaty with the Mohawks at Fort Amsterdam, 1640s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Final portion of the Rhode Island charter, 1640sSignatures and closing sentences of the Narragansett Patent (Rhode Island charter), 1643. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash
PUSA2A-00071Peter Stuyvesant at Fort Orange ( now Albany), New Netherland, 1648. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PUSA2A-00084John Winthrops Journal, written 1630-1644, title page of the first printing, 1790. Woodcut with a watercolor wash
