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I used as my main source the article Anikin, Artyom (2015). "The Lost Soldier of Orange: A Brief Biography of Governor Anthony Colve, 1644–1693". New York History. 96 (3–4). Cornell University Press: 336–353.. This is available on the Project Muse site, which is normally not open "to the public". I discovered, however, that the site is accessible to "veteran Wikipedians" via The Wikipedia Library. It was the first time I used this "privilege" in the service of editing a Wikipedia article. Highly Recommended. Ereunetes ( talk) 23:03, 29 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Unfortunately, the Anikin article contained a number of serious errors (date of transfer of power in New York was the most egregious one) which I corrected after reading the Shomette and Haslach book. But the biographical data are correct. Ereunetes ( talk) 00:59, 3 July 2023 (UTC) reply

Confronting the several different sources I used was an interesting experience. At first I leaned rather heavily on Anikin, but that proved a mistake when I discovered O'Callaghan and Fernow's compilation of documents, on which Anikin claimed to base his narrative. But on closer inspection it turned out that the documents in the latter compilation did not support some of Anikin's rather negative comments on Colve's administration. So I deleted a number of comments I had based on his narrative. Anikin also professes to have read Shomette and Haslach, but apparently did not profit from that knowledge. He could have used many of the facts I borrowed from the latter book. In any case, I hope the article now corrects a number of errors in wide circulation, like the claim that Colve was a "naval captain". He was nothing of the sort, but a representative of that recent invention, the Dutch Marine (the corps had only been founded on 10 December 1665, so it was just seven years old in 1672.) The landing on Manhattan on 30 July 1673 was therefore one of the earliest exploits of the Corps. Though the contribution of the Corps during the Battle of Texel of 21 August 1673 is better known. Ereunetes ( talk) 20:36, 4 July 2023 (UTC) reply