History of New Netherland Or, New York Under the Dutch, Volume 2D. Appleton & Company, 1848 - Land grants |
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aforesaid Alrichs Amersfoort Amstel appointed arrived authority Beverwyck BOOK Breukelen burghers Burgomasters Burgomasters and Schepens called Capt CHAP city of Amsterdam colonie colonists Commissary commission commissioners Company's Cornelis court Curaçoa delegates demanded Director and Council Director Stuyvesant Director-general and Council Dutch England English Esopus Fort Amsterdam Fort Casimir Fort Christina Fort Orange Governor granted Gravesend guilders Hartford Haven Heemstede High Mightinesses Holland Honors hundred Indians inhabitants Jacob Jansen John jurisdiction justice land letter Long Island Lord magistrates Manhattans Melyn Midwout Mohawks morgens Netherland obtain Orange patent Patroon peace persons Petrus Stuyvesant Pieter plantations possession privileges province received refused remonstrance Rensselaer Rensselaerswyck sachems savages Schepens sent settlement settlers sheriff ship Slechtenhorst soldiers South River Staten Island Stuyvesant's Swedes Tienhoven tion town trade treaty vessels Vice Director village West India Company whilst
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Page 526 - But (God help us!) whether we turn us for assistance to the north or to the south, to the east or to the west, 'tis all In vain! On all sides are we encompassed and hemmed In by our enemies.
Page 577 - Netherlands, with the exclusive privilege to traffic and plant colonies on the coast of Africa from the Tropic of Cancer to the Cape of Good Hope ; on the coast of America, from the straits of Magellan to the remotest north.
Page 206 - Treat them with kindness, so that they may be encouraged 1C52. to remain there, and to abandon the thought of returning hither, which would cause the depopulation of the country. It is therefore advisable to surround the villages, at least the principal and most opulent, with breastworks and palisades to prevent surprise." But the vessel by which these instructions were sent out, was captured — " God help it !" — by the English, who thus obtained a full knowledge of the plans of the Dutch. The...
Page 533 - Highness, and that within two hours after the fort and town called New Amsterdam, upon the isle of Manhotoes, shall be delivered into the hands of the said Colonel Richard Nicolls, by the service of such as shall be by him thereunto deputed, by his hand and seal.
Page 154 - And that upon the escape of any prisoner whatsoever, or fugitive for any criminal cause, whether breaking prison, or getting from the officer, or otherwise escaping, upon the certificate of two magistrates of the Jurisdiction out of which the escape is made, that he was a prisoner, or such an offender at the time of the escape, the magistrates, or some of them of that Jurisdiction where for the present the said prisoner or fugitive abideth, shall forthwith grant such a warrant as the case will bear,...
Page 153 - Stamford, and so to run a northerly line twenty miles up into the country, and after, as it shall be agreed by the two governments of the Dutch and of New Haven, provided the said line come not within ten miles of Hudson river; and it is agreed that the Dutch shall not, at any time hereafter, build any house or habitation within six miles of the said line. The inhabitants of Greenwich to remain, till further consideration thereof be had, under the government of the, Dutch.
Page 37 - and principally New Amsterdam, our capital and residence, might continue and increase in good order, justice, police, population, prosperity, and mutual harmony, and be provided •with strong fortifications, a church, a school, trading-place, harbor, and similar highly necessary public edifices and improvements...
Page 531 - All people shall still continue free denizens and enjoy their lands, houses, goods, shipps, wheresoever they are within this country, and dispose of them as they please. 4. If any inhabitant have a mind to remove himself he shall have a year and six weeks from this day to remove himself, wife, children, servants, goods, and to dispose of his lands here.
Page 349 - ... unto our Town, and houses, as God shall persuade our consciences. And in this we are true subjects both of Church and State, for we are bounde by the law of God and man to doe good unto all men and evil to noe man. And this is according to the patent and charter of our Towne, given unto us in the name of the States General, which we are not willing to infringe, and violate, but shall houlde to our patent and shall remaine, your humble subjects, the inhabitants of Vlishing.
Page 577 - Grant, hereby declare Our meaning well and truly to have been and still to be, that the aforesaid Company was and is still empowered to establish Colonies and settlements on lands unoccupied by others, within the limits aforesaid...