Peter Stuyvesant (1592-1672), the governor of the New Netherlands
He sold NY to the English.
Peter Stuyvesant was the govner of the middle colonie of New netherland which was later named New York after the duke of York. Pete ruled the colonie with a iron fist and traied and got a lot of...
for inventing the telephone amongst other things
peter stuyvesant was the governor of new netherland, which later became new york after it was ceded to the british in 1664