Cornelius Van Steenwyk

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Cornelius[1] Steenwyck[1] (also styled Cornelis Steenwijck[2] or Cornelius Steenwyk[3] and others including Van Steenwyk[4] ) served two terms as Mayor of New York City, the first from 1668 to 1672 (or 1670[5], and the second from 1682 to 1684 (or 1683[6]).

He also briefly served as governor of the Dutch West India Company's paper claim over Acadia in 1676[citation needed], although his only attempt to actually assert Dutch control over the territory was rebuffed at Fort Pentagouet by three war ships from Boston. The Dutch colonial claim over Acadia was surrendered in 1678 by the Treaties of Nijmegen.

An inventory of his estate ordered July 20, 1686 ran 14 pages [7] and totaled ₤4,382 (New York pounds), while a list of his debts ran 16 pages, and totaled ₤1,588, showing that Cornelis Steenwyck was one of the richest men in New York of his time.[8]

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  1. ^ a b Inventory of estate of CORNELIUS STEENWYCKLong Island Wills and Death Notes, 1708-1728
  2. ^ New Netherland: A Dutch Colony in Seventeenth-century Americapage 186
  3. ^ Annals of Albany Convention on the State of the Province, page 175
  4. ^ Bentley's Miscellany page 148
  5. ^ [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/US_Mayors2.html Mayors of U.S. Cities M-W
  6. ^ [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/US_Mayors2.html Mayors of U.S. Cities M-W
  7. ^ Inventory of estate of CORNELIUS STEENWYCKLong Island Wills and Death Notes, 1708-1728
  8. ^ Inventory of estate of CORNELIUS STEENWYCKLong Island Wills and Death Notes, 1708-1728
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