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{{Short description|Dutch colonial governor}} {{Infobox Officeholder | name = Willem Verhulst | image = | imagesize = | caption = | order = 2nd | office = Director of New Netherland | term_start = 1625 | term_end = 1626 | predecessor = [[Cornelius Jacobsen May|Cornelis Jacobszoon May]] | successor = [[Peter Minuit]] | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = }} {{New Netherland}} '''Willem Verhulst''' or '''Willem van Hulst''' was an employee of the [[Dutch West India Company]] and the second (provisional) [[Director of New Netherland|Director]] of the [[New Netherland]] colony in 1625β26. Nothing can be verified about his life before and after this period. Verhulst may have consummated the purchase of [[Manhattan Island]] on behalf of the Dutch West India Company, although there is still considerable debate over the evidence that also supports the purchase by Peter Minuit.
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