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Anthony Van Corlaer
Anthony Van Corlaer was a trumpeter in New Amsterdam who, according to Washington Irving's 1809 A History of New York, heroically drowned in (and gave his name to) Spuyten Duyvil Creek in 1664. He was a loyal follower to the real historical Peter Stuyvesant, with a contrasting boisterous temperament to the stern colonial governor.