12. Governor

08/25/23 • 30 min

A young revolutionary once wrote that "...in the big lie, there is always a certain force of credibility."

And with the insurgence of Marcus de Vogelaer's vehemently anti-patroon faction, his planted Provincial Secretary Jan Remunde wasted no time in teaming up with the increasingly embittered first Minister in order to effect that very big lie. And in short order, scored a decisive victory, by manipulating the dismissal of Walloon Pierre Minuit.

And in the fallout of this upheaval, the Island now being called "the Manhattans" would be introduced to a young man who would eventually be the namesake of today's "Governor's Island" -- a 26-year old former clerk (who just happened to also have an uncle by the name of Kiliaen van Rensselaer.)

Yes, this story is complicated.

And as this inexperienced incoming "Governor" tacked east toward the Strand at Pearl Street, it was not the sight of the three active windmills that actually caught his attention...but rather the posture of a buxom German woman provocatively perched atop that dock, with her hazel eyes locked directly into his...

And if nothing else, the one thing this paunchy Dutch boy knew for sure was that he was not in Amsterdam anymore.

Episode 12 - Governor.

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A young revolutionary once wrote that "...in the big lie, there is always a certain force of credibility."

Yes, this story is complicated.

And if nothing else, the one thing this paunchy Dutch boy knew for sure was that he was not in Amsterdam anymore.

Episode 12 - Governor.

Climb aboard.

#historyiscool :)

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Griet's smile widened at the prospect of these 53 combat mariners and 104 Company soldiers disembarking de Soutbergh, having accompanied the incoming Governor and incoming Minister to this Island, as she readies herself for a bit of a business boom...

And with this morning's arrival, Supercargo Hans Jorisz Hontom certainly promises to continue imposing his own special brand of chaos on this Island, unlike anyone else.

And along with his return, comes the return of yet another key player of the earliest days of this place -- someone who goes all the way back to the earliest voyages of Adriaen Block. But long experience does not necessarily dictate long integrity -- and sure enough, with Hans Jorisz Hontom as half of any duo, trouble can't be far away.

But with the arrival of the feckless Wouter van Twiller, the trouble is just getting started on this raw and increasingly uncivilized island of Manhattan.

Episode 13 - Trouble.

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