His 1809 work "A History of New York" relates the Dutch occupation of Manhattan
In his prefatory address, "To the Public," Knickerbocker implicitly ... of documents 
in 1811.13 Knickerbocker's own 1809 declaration "To the Public," ..... As Jeffrey 
Insko notes, "one of the functions of A History of New York ..... of the Dutch 
colonists of Manhattan given by Washington Irving ever will be effaced.