When Stuyvesant clamped down on the excessive drinking in the town, or forbade some of the more obviously pagan folk festivals, or tried to keep the town free of the foolish Quakers... did any of the merchants support him? Hardly any. (Peter Stuyvesant)

When Stuyvesant clamped down on the excessive drinking in the town, or forbade some of the more obviously pagan folk festivals, or tried to keep the town free of the foolish Quakers... did any of the merchants support him? Hardly any.

Peter Stuyvesant

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