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Manning, Captain John, trades between New Haven and Manhattan, 579 ; accompanies Cart wright to Fort Orange, 743; at treaty with Iro- quois, 744.
Manomet, Dutch traders at, 145; trading-house at, 176 ; traffic at, 179, 180.
Mantes, or Red Hook, on the South River, 225. lands purchased at, 511.
Manufactures in Holland, 147, 192, 459 ; forbidden in New Netherland, 196 ; prohibition of, abolish- ed, 312 ; on Staten Island, 313; on Coney Is !- and, 694.
Manuscripts, New York Colonial, 759.
Maps found in archives at the Hague, 755, 757. Maquaas, 54, 77 ; see Mohawks.
Marechkawieck, 292 ; see Breuckelen.
Marechkawiecks, near Breuckelen, attacked, 353, 354.
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Marest, David de, a delegate to General Assem- bly, 729.
Marriages, ordinance respecting, in New Nether- land, 639.
Martin Gerritsen's Bay, or Martinnehouck, 290, 388 ; see Heemstede.
Martin, Henry, accompanies Mohawks to Canada and is lost, 650.
Maryland, royal charter for, 252; colonists sent to, by Lord Baltimore, 253; commerce with the Dutch encouraged by Culvert, 280 ; side of, on Delaware Bay, 384; Lord Baltimore's authority abrogated in, 559 ; designs of, against the Dutch on South River, 663 ; Dutch agents at, discuss title of Lord Baltimore to, 666-669 ; Stuyvesant ordered to oppose encroachments of, 682 ; trade of, with Dutch on South River, 697 ; new treaty with the savages, 717 ; navigation law evaded in, 724; threatening attitude of, 734; tobacco trade in, 735 ; Lord Baltimore's rights in, con- sidered doubtful by Nicolls, 744.
Mason, Captain John, complains of Dutch in New Netherland, 140; his letter to Sir John Coke, 142, 143, 215, 755.
Mason, Captain John, commander-in-chief against the Pequods, 271, 272 ; his proposed removal to the South River opposed by Connecticut, 530.
Massachusetts Bay visited by Block, 58, 59, 756 ; by Smith, 91; English grant of land on, 188; royal charter for, 189; intolerance in, 190 ; its religious government, 208; emigrations from, to Connecticut, 238, 255-257 ; feeling of, toward Maryland colonists, 253, note ; religious intoler- ance of, and emigrations from, 331-335 ; com- missioners of, 361 ; sends exploring expedition to the South River, 383; bond slavery in, 429, note ; correspondence of Stuyvesant with, 478 ; advises New Haven, 480 ; Mohawks a terror to savages in, 496 ; death of Winthrop of, 499 ; as- sents to Hartford treaty, 519 ; at variance with the commissioners, 557 ; prevents a war with New Netherland, 558, 559 ; maintains her posi- tion, 564, 565 ; lukewarmness of, against the Dutch, 585 ; persecution of Quakers in, 635; territorial claims of, 654 ; an exploring party from, at Fort Orange, 655 ; complains to com- missioners, 671 ; claims of, 672 ; asks Stuyve- sant to deliver up regicides, 695 ; reluctance of, to assist royal commissioners, 737; commis- sioners from, at New Amsterdam, 742.
Massasoit, sachem of the Narragansetts, 171. Masts for ships, where procured, 302.
Matouwacks, or Metowacks, on Long Island, 57, 73, 87.
Matteawan, 29, 75.
Maurice, John, sheriff of Gravesend, 596.
Maurice, Prince, of Nassau, 39, 45, 107-111 ; be- comes Prince of Orange, 109, 124-126, 133, 160, 434, 446 ; see Orange, Prince of ..
Mauritius River, 45, 214, 229, 756 ; see North River.
Maverick, Samuel, of Boston, in London, 725; a royal commissioner, 736.
May, Cornelis Jacobsen, 47 ; at Martha's Vineyard, 54 ; at the South River and Virginia, 97 ; returns to Holland, 97; returns to New Netherland, 150; first director of the province, 154; suc- ceeded by William Verhulst, 159.
May-day sports in New Netherland prohibited, 611.
Mayano, chief of the Stamford Indians, 386. Mayflower, 128; at Cape Cod, 129-133.
Mayo, Samuel, settles at Oyster Bay, 595.
Measures and weights of Amsterdam required to be used in New Netherland, 406, 412, 489.
Meautinay wins the Fresh River, 233.
Megapolensis, Domine Johannes, his agreement with Van. Rensselaer, 342; arrives at Rens- selaerswyck, 343 ; his influence there, 344; shows kindness to Father Jogues, 373 ; his zeal as a missionary, 375, 376 ; writes tract on Mohawk Indians, 306, 376 ; asks permission to return to Holland, 494; succeeds Backerus at New Amsterdam, 508 ; a patentee of Flatbush, 536,; assists to organize a church at Midwout, 580, 581 ; illiberality toward the Lutherans, 582 ; accompanies Stuyvesant to the South River, 604; preaches to the troops, 605 ; thinks terms allowed the Swedes "too easy," 606 ; mission- ary spirit of, 615; jealous of the Lutherans, 616 ; complains of conventicles, 617 ; complains of Goetwater and the Lutherans, 635 ; explana- tions respecting religious affairs, 643 ; his inti- macy with Father Le Moyne, 645; enjoined by the company to be more moderate, 656 ; success of his ministry, 681 ; sent to meet Nicolls, 738 ; leads Stuyvesant from rampart of Fort Amster- dam, 740 ; advises surrender, 741.
Megapolensis, Samuel, goes to Holland, 643 ; re- turns to New Netherland, 730 ; takes Selyns' place, 734; sent to meet Nicolls, 738; leads Stuyvesant from rampart of Fort Amsterdam, 740; a commissioner on the Dutch side, 741, 763.
Melyn, Cornelis, comes to New Netherland, 289, a patroon on Staten Island, 313, 314; chosen one of the Eight Men, 365 ; president of the Eight Men, 371 ; insulted by Kieft, 394 ; writes to the States General, 397 ; refuses to thank Kieft, 466 ; complains of Kieft's administration, 468, 469 ; proceedings against, 470 ; is convict- ed and sentenced to banishment, 471 ; sails in the "Princess," 472; escapes from the ship- wreck, 473 ; obtains letters in Holland, 503 ; re- turns to Manhattan and is refused redress, 503 ; goes back to Holland, 508 ; his efforts there, 512, returns to Staten Island, 525; accused of in- citing the savages, 525; goes to New Haven, 641 ; surrenders Staten Island and returns to New Amsterdam, 692.
Mennonists, Anabaptists so called, 374, 616, 749.
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Mennonist colony at the Horekill, singular arti- cles of association for, 699, 699 ; plundered by the English, 745.
Mercier, Father Le, at Onondaga, 644.
Merry Mount, or Mount Wollaston, 188.
Mespath purchased by Kieft, 297 ; patent for, 333 ; destroyed by the savages, 367 ; savages sur- prised at, 389 ; Doughty's troubles at, 411 ; new settlement near, 536 ; see Middelburgh or New- town.
Mespatlı Kill, family murdered at, 657.
Messenger, Andrew. magistrate of Rustdorp, 689. Mey, Peter, assistant connnissary on South Riv- er, 279, 282.
Miantonomoh assists the English against the Pe- quods, 271 ; accused by Uncas, 330 ; visits the neighborhood of Greenwich, 347 ; invades the Mahicans, 363 ; is put to death, 364.
Middelburgh, or Newtown, settlement at, 536; depositions against the Dutch taken at, 555 ; delegates from, at Flushing, 568; sends dele- gates to New Amsterdam, 569 ; represented in Convention, 571 ; sedition at, 585 ; John Moore the preacher at, 615; asks for minister in place of, 690 ; orders of Connecticut to, 703; petition from, to Connecticut, 719 ; naine of, changed, 723; forms combination, 726; letter of States General to, 730, 733.
Midwout, or Flatbush, settlement at, 536 ; repre- sented in Convention at New Amsterdam, 571 ; delegates from, forbidden to appear again, 575 ; loyalty of, 579 ; municipal government of, 580; church at, 581, 615; Hegeman schout of, 693 ; represented in Convention, 722 ; Scott at, 726 ; remonstrance of Five Dutch towns at, 727 ; rep- resented in General Assembly, 729; letter of States General to, 730.
Militia, 312, 327, 328, 351, 365, 453 ; to be armed,
406, 415 ; enrollment of, in Dutchi villages, 579. Military force asked for from Holland, 181 ; sent, 223.
Mills, Richard, of West Chester, imprisoned, 709. Minerals, 33, 34 ; near Fort Orange, 405 ; near
Nevesinck, 412 ; explorations for, encouraged, 431 ; found at Minnisinck, 662.
Minnahonnonck Island, in Hell-gate River, 267. Minnewit's Island, vessel to be stationed at, 579. Minnisinck, minerals found at, 662.
Minnisincks, 76 ; Esopus savages among the, 714, 717; trail of the, 757.
Minquas, 73, 78, 226, 232, 424, 482, 680, 716, 757. Minquas' Kill, Minuit at, 282 ; named Christina Creek, 284; within New Sweden, 378 ; called Settoensoene, 529; and Suspencough, 632.
Mint, contemplated, at New Amsterdam, 694. Minuit, Peter, appointed director general of New
Netherland, 162; arrives at Manhattan, 163; purchases the island from the Indians, 164 ; his correspondence with Bradford, 173-181; asks soldiers from Holland, 181 ; is recalled, 213 : at
Plymouth, 213 ; goes to Sweden and conducts expedition to South River, 281 ; at Jamestown. 252 ; arrives with Swedes at South River, and purchases land, 282, 699 ; Kieft's protest against. 283 ; builds Fort Christina, 284; death of, 321 Minute-inen enrolled in Dutch villages, 579.
Mission of the Martyrs, 423.
Missionary zeal of Megupolensis, 375.
Moderation, religious, enjoined, 642, 643. Mohawk River, 83 ; beautiful land on, 346.
Mohawks, 54, 77 ; called Kayingeliaga, 82 ; their pre-eminence, 86; treaty with, 88; at Fort Orange, 152 ; subdue the Mahicans, 183, 212, 232 ; De Vries among the, 306 ; supplied with fire-arms, 308; capture Father Jogues, 345 ; visited by Dutch from Beverwyck, 346 ; attack the River Indians, 349; preached to by Mega- polensis, 375; capture Father Bressani, 402 ; treaty with, at Fort Orange, 408 ; at Fort Ain- sterdam, 409 ; murder Jogues, 423 ; “ Wooden Leg," 493 ; a " terror" to the New England In- dians, 496 ; alliance with, renewed, 522, 523 : trading-house among, proposed by the Dutch, 563 ; again at war with the French, 564 ; cap- ture Father Poncet, 564 ; jealous of the Onon- dagas, 592 ; Father Le Moyne among, 611 ; new alliance with the Dutch, 611, 612; unfriendly to the French, 644; visit Fort Orange, 650; de- sire a Dutch interpreter to go with them to Can- ada, 650 ; again at Fort Orange, 658 ; visited by delegates from Beverwyck, 659; promise as- sistance against Esopus savages, 660 ; media- tion of, 661 ; employment of, opposed by Stuy- vesant, 677 ; at Esopus treaty, 678; complain of bosch-loopers, 679 ; lostile to the Kennebeck savages, 682 ; sell Schenectady flats, 691 ; attack English on the Kennebeck, 704 ; threaten Mon- treal, 705 ; obtain release of Dutch captives at Esopus, 712; complained of by Temple, 732; attacked by the Mahicans, 733 ; first treaty of English with, 744.
Moliegans, 72 ; see Mahicans.
Molemaecker, François, at Manhattan, 165.
Molenaar, Abram, one of the Twelve Men, 317. Monemins Castle, at mouth of the Mohawk, 201.
Montagne, Johannes la, physician and counselor, 275 ; his farm on Manhattan 279: ordercd to Fort Good Hope, 322 ; warns Kieft against his rashness, 350, 351 ; commands expedition to Staten Island, 386 ; sent to Heemstede, 389 ; ar- gues in favor of Kieft, 399 ; goes with Kieft to Fort Orange, 40$ ; analyzes minerals there. 408, note ; retaincd as counselor by Stuyvesant, 466 ; visits the South River, 485 ; appointed school- master, 538 ; a delegate at New Amsterdam. 569 ; appointed vice-director at Fort Orange, 625 ; writes to La Pothcrie, 650 ; entertains ex- ploring party from Massachusetts, 655 ; arrests bosch-loopers, 679 ; attests purchase of Schenec- tady flats, 691 ; his daughter Rachel, wife of
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Surgeon Gysbert van Imbroeck, 712; required | Needham, Captain, sent by Nicolls to Fort Am- sterdam, 738.
by Nicolls to surrender to Cartwright, 743. Montagne, Rachel la, guides expedition, 712. Montauk Point, or Visscher's Hoeck, Block at, 57. Monts, the Sieur de, his patent, 16 ; at Saint Croix, 17; at Port Royal, 17.
Moody, Lady Deborah, settles at Gravesend and is attacked by the savages, 367 ; obtains a pat- ent, 411 ; Stuyvesant a guest of, 596; allowed to nominate magistrates, 599 ; her house again attacked, 607.
Moody, Sir Henry, a patentee of Gravesend, 411 ; favors disaffection there, 579; procures release of Hubbard, 619 ; visits New Amsterdam as am- bassador from Virginia, 683, 684.
Moore, John, English preacher at Heemstede, 527 ; at Middelburgh, 615 ; death of, 690.
Morley, Captain, obtains a farm on the South Riv- er, 744.
Morton, Nathaniel, his calumny respecting the Dutch, 129, 130.
Mott, Adam, a commissioner at Heemstede, 728. Moucheron, Balthazar, favors voyages to North, 22 ; opposes Hudson, 24.
Mountains, River of the, 35, 44.
Moyne, Father Simon le, visits the Onondaga country, 591 ; discovers salt springs at, 592 ; visits Beverwyck, 611 ; among the Mohawks, 611, 645 ; visits New Amsterdam, 645 ; his in- timacy with Megapolensis, 645 ; obtains com- mercial favors for the Dutch from the Governor of Canada, 646 ; revisits the Iroquois, 704. Municipal governments promised, 312.
Municipal system of Holland desired for New Netherland, 326-328 ; demanded by the colo- nists, 400 ; effects of, in Holland, 453-456 ; again demanded, 505; conceded, 540, 548.
Munster, treaty of, 435.
Murderer's Island, 152, 758.
Nainde Nummerus, chief of the Rockaways, 349. Narragansett Bay, Block in, 57, 58 ; Dutch traders in, 145, 171, 174 ; island of Quotenis, in, bought by the Dutch, 268 ; boundary of New Nether- land, 209, 479, 497.
Narratikon, or Raccoon Creek, lands bought at, 511 ; lands near, purchased, 529
Narrington, treaty at, 733.
Narrows, the, in N. York harbor, 2, 16, 28, 35, 202. Nassau Bay, Narragansett Bay so called, 57.
Nassau, Fort, 55, 81, 153 ; see Fort Nassau.
Nations, law of, respecting title to unowned ter- ritory, 143.
Naval war between Dutch and English, 545, 586. Navigation, English Act of, 543; revised and ex- tended, 685 ; its effects, 687, 701 ; unpopular in Virginia, 701, 702; observed in New England, 719 ; enforcement of, enjoined, 724, 725, 735.
Neale, Captain James, Lord Baltimore's agent, de- mands surrender of the South River, 685.
Negroes, colonists promised to be supplied with, 196, 197, 312; on Staten Island, 309; further arrangements respecting, 406, 415 ; more, asked for by Gravesend, 526 ; colonists allowed to pro- cure, from Africa, 540, 656 ; trade in, 697 ; con- dition of, in New Netherland, 746, 748.
Netherlands, United Provinces of the, 19, 42, 445. Nevesincks, or Navisincks, 73 ; attack the Dutch,
368 ; minerals found in country of the, 412; lands purchased by the Dutch, 724.
Nevius, Johannes, schepen of New Amsterdam, 597.
New Albion, patent for, 381 ; see Plowden.
New Amersfoort founded, 265 ; see Amersfoort.
New Amstel, colony of the city of Amsterdam, on the South River, 630 ; Fort Casimir so named, 632 ; church at, 633 ; prosperity of, 651 ; smug- gling at, 651; sickness and scarcity at, 652; population of, 653; distress at, 661 ; desertions from, 662 ; alarm at, about designs of Maryland, 663 ; Utie at, 664, 665 ; disastrous condition of, 670 ; troubles at, 682 ; Charles Calvert at, 717 ; powder demanded from, for New Amsterdam, 736 ; surrendered to the English, 744.
New Amsterdam, Manhattan so called, 467, 488 ; municipal regulations of, 467, 487, 488 ; popular discontent at, 495 ; burgher government de- manded, 505 ; public school, 506 ; burgher gov- ernment proposed for, in Holland, 514, 515 ; burgher guard, 517 ; concessions of Amsterdam Chamber to, 540, 541 ; population of, 548; or- ganization of municipal government of, 548, 549 ; preparations for defense of, 549 ; first public debt of, 550 ; New England agents at, 552 ; mu- nicipal affairs of, 559, 560, 567, 568 ; represented in Convention, 569, 571 ; agrees to a remon- strance, 571-573 ; more power asked for, 575, 576 ; affairs of, 578 ; military preparations in, 579; Lutherans at, 581, 582 ; Cromwell's de- signs against, 583 ; put in a state of defense, 584 ; Kuyter appointed schout of, 587; City Hall and seal of, 588; ferry regulated, 589; excise resumed by Stuyvesant, 590 ; city seal and coat of arms, 596, 597 ; new burgomaster and sche- pen, 597 ; City Hall ordered to be repaired, 597 ; invaded by savages, 607; measures for its de- fense, 608 ; contribution assessed, 608 ; excise of, farmed, 610 ; affairs of, 613 ; survey and pop- ulation of, 623 ; great and small burgher right in, 628, 629 ; its privileges enlarged, 640 ; munici- pal affairs at, 640, 641 ; Father Le Moyne at, 645 ; commerce opened with Canada, 646 ; for- eign trade of, 656 ; Latin schoolmaster at, 656; volunteers at, for Esopus expedition, 660 ; Ton- neman schout of, 674; burgher right extended, 674; second survey and map of, 674; treaty with savages at, 675 ; prosperity of church at, 681 ; ambassador from Virginia at, 683 ; burgher
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right, stone wall, mint, and Latin school, In, 694, Winthrop at, 695 ; New Haven agents at, 696 ; Canadian refugees at, 705; Bowne Im- prisoned at, 706; expedition from, to Esopus, 712; Convention at, 722 ; loan raised at, for de- fenses, 727 ; excise at, surrendered by Stuyve- sant, 727 ; General Provincial Assembly at, 728- 731 ; population of, 734 ; preparations for de- fense of, 736; further preparations, 738; sum- moned to surrender, 738 ; discontent of citizens, 739, 740 ; condition of, 741 ; surrender of, 742 ; named New York, 743 ; Nicolls' opinion of, 743 ; see Burgomasters and schepens.
New Amsterdam records, 467, 488, 549, 761.
New England, Block In, 58, 59, 756 ; Smith in, 64, 91; namcd, 91; patent for, 95, 96, 138; com- plained of in Parliament, 139 ; progress of col- onization of, 188 ; arrival of Winthrop, 207 ; en- croachments of, on New Netherland, 255-262 ; patent surrendered, 259; scarcity in, 269 ; the Pequods in, 270-273 ; emigrations from, to New Netherland, 291 ; encroachments of, 293-300 ; designs of, on South River, 321 ; agents sent to England, 323 ; advice of Boswell to, 324 ; relig- ious Intolerance In, 331-334 ; emigrations from, to New Netherland, 334, 335 ; temper of friends of, in England, 340 ; colonics in, form a unlon, 361, 362 ; see United Colonies.
New Gottenburg, fort built by Printz at Tinicum, 379 ; De Vries at, 380 ; destroyed by fire, 423, 424; Printz's conduct at, 427 ; called Katten- berg by the Dutch, 631.
New lfaerlem, village formed at, 641 ; Incorpora- ted, 674 ; represented in Convention, 722; rep- resented in General Assembly, 729.
New Haven founded, 294; obtains Yennecock, on Long Island, 300 ; attempts a plantation on the Delaware, 321 ; protests against Kleft's pro- cecdings, 338 ; commissioners of, 361 ; com- plains of the Dutch and Swedes on South Riv- er, 363 ; refuses to assist New Netherland, 370 ; builds trading-house at Paugussett, 428 ; first meeting of commissioners at, 430 ; ship selzcd at, by Stuyvesant, 479 ; correspondence of Stuy- vesant with, 480, 481, 496, 500, 519 ; another ex- pedition of, to South River defeated by Stuyve- sant, 527 ; complains to the commissioners, 530; agent of, sent to New Amsterdam, 551 ; urges a war, 559; feeling at, against the Dutch, 565, 566 ; zeal of, against the Dutch, 585; colonists from, at West Chester, 595 ; persecution of Quakers in, 636 ; Melyn In, 641 ; regicides shel- tered at, 695; magistratcs of, visit New Am- sterdam, 696 ; conditions required by, and offer- ed to, as colonists, 696 ; protests against Con- necticut, 709 ; endeavors to engage Scott, 725.
New Holland, Cape Cod so named by Hudson, 26 ; Block at, 58.
New Jersey, grant of, to Berkeley and Carteret, 736 ; named Albania by Nicolls, 745.
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New Netherland namcd by the States General, 62, 63, 91 ; Included within charter of West India Company, 136 ; English complain of Dutch pos- session of, 140; Dutch title to, 144; made a Dutch province, 148; taken possession of by the West India Company, 149; cost of, 186; commissarics of, 187 ; charter for patroons in, 187 ; provisions of Its charter, 194-198 ; en- croachments of English, 255-262 ; of Swedes. 282-284 ; the West India Company declines to surrender it to the States General, 285 ; trade in, made more frec, 288; prosperity of, 290 ; further encroachments of the English, 293-301 ; new charter for patroons in, 311 ; Reformed Dutch Church established in, 312; Swedes in, 319, 320 ; English views respecting, 323, 324 ; political affairs of, 327 ; emigrations from New England to, 331-335 ; Jesuits in, 346, 374, 402 ; ravaged by the Indians, 354, 364-372, 397-400; its affairs considered In Holland, 403 ; cost of, 405 ; condition of, at end of Kieft's war, 410; new arrangements for, agreed upon, 413-416 ; "Mission of the Martyrs" in, 423 ; condition of, on Stuyvesant's arrival, 465 ; its claims defend- ed by Stuyvesant, 479, 497 ; memorial and re- monstrance of commonalty of, 504-507 ; provi- sional order for government of, 513-516; treaty of, with New England, 519 ; maritime superior- ity of, predicted, 547; critical condition of, 557, 578, 582-585 ; hostilities against, relinquished, 586 ; religious affairs in, 614-618 ; English claim of title to, 633, 634 ; foreign trade of, 656; ne- gotiations of, with Maryland, 666-669; with Massachusetts, 673; treaty of, with Virginia, 683; new conditions offered to emigrants to, 688, 696 ; part of its territory included In Con- necticut charter, 702 ; action of Connecticut re- specting, 703 ; persecution ccases in, 707 ; trade and commerce of, 715 ; Dutch title to, denied by Connecticut, 720; confirmed and asserted by the States General, 730; letter of States General to towns In, 730 ; population of, 734 ; granted by Charles II. to the Duke of York, 735 ; capitu- lation of, 742 ; re-named by Nicolls, 745 ; arti- cles of capitulation, 762.
New Netherland, ship, 150, 153 ; great ship, built at Manhattan, 212, 215, 219 ; its cost complain- ed of, 286.
New Plymouth, or Crane Bay, Block at, 58, 59. 756; Smith and Dermer at, 133 ; landing of Pil- grims at, 133; progress of, 145, 171; corre- spondence of, with New Netherland, 173-181 ; De Rasleres at, 177 ; description of, 178 ; patent for, 208, 209; commences a settlement on the Connecticut, 238, 240, 241 ; troubled by Massa- chusetts emigrants, 260 ; assists Connecticut. 271; called the "Old Colony," 130, 361, 530; commissioners of, 361 ; assents to the Hartford treaty, 519 ; declines to assist New Haven against the Dutch, 530 ; commissions Standish
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and Willett to act against them, 585 ; persecu- tion of Quakers in, 635.
New Port May, 97.
New style introduced into Holland, 443, note ; use of, enjoined in New Netherland, 412.
New Sweden, colony of, established on South River, 281-284 ; progress of, 319-321 ; new ar- rangements for government of, 378-380 ; ships from, arrested in Holland, 385 ; progress of, 424-428 ; officers of, oppose the Dutch, 482-487, 510, 511 ; visited by Stuyvesant, 528-530 ; new arrangements for government of, 577; hostile proceedings of officers of, 593, 594; ordered to be reduced under the Dutch, 601; expedition from New Amsterdam against, 603, 604 ; reduc- tion of, 605, 606 ; Dutch title to, maintained, 621, 622.
New Utrecht, lands purchased at, 537 ; one of the Five Dutch Towns, 580, note ; settlement of, 693 ; charter for, 693 ; represented in Conven- tion, 722 ; Scott at, 727 ; represented in General Assembly, 729 ; letter of States General to, 730 ; English squadron at, 738. -
New Year, sports at, prohibited, 611. -
New York harbor visited by Verazzano, 2; city of, named, 743; Nicolls' opinion of, 743.
New York colonial manuscripts, 759.
New York, Province of, named, 745.
New World, papal donation of the, to Spain, 1.
Newark Bay visited by Colman, 28; called Ach- ter Cul, 313 ; see Hackinsack.
Newfoundland discovered by Cabot, 2 ; visited by Gilbert, 5.
Newman, Francis, sent as agent to New Amster- dam, 551-555.
Newman, Thomas, a magistrate of Oost-dorp, 619. Newton, Captain Bryan, one of Stuyvesant's coun- selors, 466 ; arrests Van Dincklagen, 526 ; signs letter to New England agents, 553; sent to West Chester, 618 ; sent to Oost-dorp, 625, 626 ; goes to Virginia and negotiates a treaty of trade, 683.
Newtown, 297, 333, 367, 389, 411, 536 ; see Mes- path and Middelburgh.
Nicolls, Colonel Richard, appointed deputy gov- ernor for the Duke of York, 736; a royal com- missioner, 736 ; at Boston, 737 ; at Nyack Bay, 738; summons Manhattan to surrender, 738; terms offered by, 739; reply of, to Dutch mes- sengers, 740; appoints commissioners and agrees to articles, 742 ; enters New Amsterdam, and is proclaimed governor, 743; his opinion of the city, 743; re-names New Netherland, 745. Niessen, Ensign Christiaen, sent to Wiltwyck, 712 ; left in charge of garrison at, 714.
Nine Men in Holland, 453 ; chosen in New Neth- erland, 474 ; their duties and term of office, 474, 475 ; first meeting and action of, 476 ; propose measures of reform, 488, 489 ; suggest a dele- gation to Holland, 495; new election of, 495 ;
consult the commonalty, 501 ; their memorial to the States General, 504 ; reforms demanded by, 505 ; "Vertoogh" or remonstrance of, 506, 507 ; proceedings in Holland respecting, 514, 515; write again to Holland, 518; complain again, 521 ; not consulted on Van Dyck's supersedure, 532.
Nineteen, College of the, in the West India Com- pany, 135, 414.
Ninigret, his account of Stuyvesant's treatment of him, 551 ; Stuyvesant's statement about, 554. Noble, William, of Flushing, case of, 637.
Noblemen, the Dutch, 192, 193, 439, 440, 451, 454, 455, 461.
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