Staten Island's history.
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At the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War in 1667, the Dutch ceded New Netherland to England in the Treaty of Breda, and the Dutch Staaten Eylandt, anglicized as "Staten Island", became part of the new English colony of New York.
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The Brits won that one.
Peter Stuyvesant was born 10 miles from where I live FWIW....
But for now
Cheers
Robin