Samuel Swartwout

Target entity: Samuel Swartwout
Context triple: [Collector of the Port of New York, positionHeldBy, Samuel Swartwout]

• A. Kiliaen van Rensselaer
  Kiliaen van Rensselaer was a 17th-century Dutch merchant and one of the principal founders and patroons of the colony of Rensselaerswyck in New Netherland.
• B. Peter Stuyvesant
  Peter Stuyvesant was the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Netherland, best known for his authoritarian rule and for overseeing its surrender to the English, after which it became New York.
• C. Pierre Van Cortlandt
  Pierre Van Cortlandt was an American patriot and politician who served as the first lieutenant governor of New York during and after the Revolutionary War.
• D. Willem Kieft
  Willem Kieft was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator best known for his controversial and often brutal governorship of New Netherland, which included initiating Kieft's War with local Native American tribes.
• E. Abraham Pierson
  Abraham Pierson was a colonial American clergyman and educator who served as the first rector (president) of the institution that became Yale University.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Samuel Swartwout
Target entity description: Samuel Swartwout was a 19th-century American politician and businessman best known for his role in a major federal embezzlement scandal while serving in the Jackson administration.

• A. Kiliaen van Rensselaer
  Kiliaen van Rensselaer was a 17th-century Dutch merchant and one of the principal founders and patroons of the colony of Rensselaerswyck in New Netherland.
• B. Peter Stuyvesant
  Peter Stuyvesant was the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Netherland, best known for his authoritarian rule and for overseeing its surrender to the English, after which it became New York.
• C. Pierre Van Cortlandt
  Pierre Van Cortlandt was an American patriot and politician who served as the first lieutenant governor of New York during and after the Revolutionary War.
• D. Willem Kieft
  Willem Kieft was a 17th-century Dutch colonial administrator best known for his controversial and often brutal governorship of New Netherland, which included initiating Kieft's War with local Native American tribes.
• E. Abraham Pierson
  Abraham Pierson was a colonial American clergyman and educator who served as the first rector (president) of the institution that became Yale University.
• F. None of above. chosen