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Zion on the Hudson: Dutch New York and New Jersey in the Age of Revivals (2000) by Haring Fabend Firth
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Andrew - Peter Stuyvesant was the last Dutch Director-General of New Netherland (New York City metro area) in the mid-17th century. He was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church and owned what would later become the town of Kearny, New Jersey. I was born and raised in Kearny. There is a still a street named after Peter Stuyvesant (Stuyvesant Ave.) Stuyvesant also constructed a series of copper mines underneath the towns of North Arlington and Kearny. These tunnels were modified and used to hide American patriots during the Revolutionary War.